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Well... Picked daughter up Friday after much pestering for several days from me to the doctor at the hospital. Husband and I had weekend plans and we had a spot for her in a respite camp so we weren't sure what to do. The doctor finally decided to release her on Friday and also recommended we...

My son has just been weaned off of Depakote because it was causing him to have pretty bad tremors. The doctor now wants to start him on Trileptal. Does anyone have any experience with this drug? He'd be using it along with Abilify (20 mg) and Wellbutrin.

So difficult child 2 is working his way back to manic today. Actually starting seeing the signs on Thursday. Besides being incredibly obnoxious this morning he was giggling intermittently. At one point he said that everything was going too slowly. I said "is that because your thoughts are going fast?" and...

My 16 year old son was just diagnosed with add/adhd, odd and an unclassified form of bipolar. He suffers from depression. I'm still trying to adsorb this as is he. I wanted to find a place where I could learn and ask questions. They have him on abilify and lamactil so far. He has...

This week the doctor took difficult child off of Abilify because it did not agree at all. Things seemed to be getting worse and worse. Now they put him on Trieptal and all I can find on it is , that it is for epilpsy. I didnt know if any one was fimiliar with it. It has come to the point that my husband is...

I haven't posted a lot lately, either my own threads or response to others because wee difficult child has been very, very "off" for a month or longer. I would say he qualifies as manic. Even sleep patterns have changed. A few times, we have had to use our emerency PRN medication to knock him down. Except...

difficult child had a therapy session yesterday and another one today. She told counselor she wanted to kill him. She hates coming to the appointments because he tell us to continue to be consistent and tough with her. She screamed at me in the car the whole way there yesterday and I basically ignored her...

So, like a lot of you, or some of you, I question if some of the medications work at times??? Especially when added on with another medication at or around the same time... We had started Prazosin during K's psychiatric hospital stay when she was trialing a bunch of other medications etc. I was kind of leary about it, it is a...

I've been browsing and browsing this site, and i have been reading all the signature's with great interest....i read some of yours and i want to slap myself for XXX about my difficult child(learning the letters slowly...i usually have my blonde moments)...many of you have it much harder than i do...i hate...

K got up this a.m. and was climbing into our bed, to say Hi to Daddy who just got home, she said she couldn't see and felt wierd... she started wretching and threw up bile 2x's, went pale and felt dizzy. I had her lie down on my pillows. I had her head elevated and her feet also. After a few...

I am assuming he thinks he can stay home and play XBox all night, under the guise of having anxiety issues. NOT. Stay tuned.

It's been a while since I've posted. Tonight my son went to his best friends house for dinner and a birthday celebration, and he was asked to leave by his friend's dad. I'm so embarrassed. These are good neighbors of ours. I'm not entirely sure of what happened, but it seems difficult child was getting rude...

::sigh:: the dreaded school phone call. about how difficult child 2 is constantly putting her head on her desk (actually feel asleep yesterday) and is yelling at everyone, particularly when being corrected over something. so now the school wants to give her detention as a "natural consequence". at...

Ok...back from another visit with DS at the psychiatric hospital and have some concerns about the Risperdal he's on. He's on day 2 1/2 of it and he's exhausted. Visiting hours start at 6 pm and the kid that normally gets to sleep around 9:30-10 pm against his will is ASKING to take a nap. He's like a...

So since psychiatrist was sick on Tuesday, I will go up again today. difficult child's tics are worse, his weird leg movement was still there, and I think it is the seroquel. I want it stopped. I will hope that psychiatrist can come to that conclusion on her own, but I will insist if I have to. I have not been thrilled...

Just got back from another visit to difficult child at the psychiatric hospital. I can't put my finger on it but something about him seems off. The first time I visited him on Tuesday he seemed fine. Laughing, joking, talking like his "normal" self, etc. but yesterday and tonight he seems almost blank and empty. Like...

Hi! I know I haven't been around lately (mostly in the Watercooler) but difficult child 1 is going south rapidly. They've added mood disorder not otherwise specified to his diagnosis of aspergers and learning disability. My husband (now officially known as AH) and I separated over Easter break and difficult child 1 prior to and currently is...

it has been over a month. We did it with the support of psychiatrist, therapist, School Nurse and the School plus her Teacher. She has been on an AP since December of 2006. She has developed severe or worsening drooling, tongue thrust, tics, movement issues, internal agitation, inability to sit still...

:whiteflag:Well, I am new on here and wish I didn't have to be here, like so many of you. Words like frustrated, exhausted, spent, hopeless, etc. do no justice to how I feel at this moment. My hopes for posting this, are that I will find support, advice and resources. I would like to say...

difficult child#1 has always been VERY particular about bedtime, and the anxiety it brings on. He started taking risperdal about 3 months ago, after trying abilify first for helping with anxiety, aggression and agitation symptoms. It really seems to be helping alot during the day, and he seems so "on"...