Jess has been rx'd compazine, to be taken with aleve and caffeine, because she has been battling migraines every day for over 2 weeks. Her neuro rx'd them. She is to take this every hours even if she is not sick to her stomach or her head feels better. The headache is here every day but will...
difficult child's morning:
*goes straight to computer when he isn't suppose to be on it.
*upset with easy child so tried to squirt ketchup on her.
*still upset with easy child took a screw driver and went at her.
*I took away the screwdriver.
*He was upset with me and tried to move me by wrapping his arms around me.
*Took...
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so i went to dr. and he diagnosis difficult child with bipolar (not otherwise specified), adhd, and severe anxiety disorder. so there it is my ex husband is screaming and carrying on which is a nightmare for me and additional stress. i think he's going to take legal action against me at this point and try to stop me from...
Yesterday Elijah's two week good spree came crashing to an end. He woke up very hyper. He pulled his ten y.o sister's hair so hard she fell to the floor. He threw a chair at his other sister who is twelve. He choked the puppy. He thew his television on the floor twice breaking it. Then got...
We are finishing up our awesome IEP report!!!
But since we have been having lengthy discussions with Ms. J (K's teacher) she has unfortunately seen K start to fall apart.
School is going on 4 weeks now.
I think the School thought at first that we were asking for a lot. Because K presents so...
Anyone have any experience? My difficult child who is 9 was just diagnosed with Bipolar a couple days ago. The psychiatrist was very good. He wants me to get into my prim care doctor so that I can get on different medications also because paxil just doesn't seem to be working for me and I also have bipolar symptoms...
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Please tell me if you have any experiences with these drugs for your GDG. psychiatrist is considering for my youngest, who continues to have lots of problems with emotional dysregulation and a lot of impulsive behavior. We may need to take him off of Abilify because of weight gain. Amantadine...
hi to everyone i haven't been on much today, been dealing with my own nightmares surrounding horrible holiday ugh.
Anyway, i hope everyone's weekend was good and calm, and difficult child's are smiling and happy. :)
difficult child has a rash, i am calling doctor in the a.m. yet it's on the back of her legs. I have...
Yesterday was a really bad day here in the nut house. My difficult child was cursing at me all day for one thing or another. She was in a funny mood, quick to snap at us however she was silly and laughed a lot too. I just could not read her at all. That usually means "watch out"!!!
So after a day...
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so, difficult child has put on alot of weight due to seroquel and I feel badly for her. Nothing is fitting the right way, i had to go to the mall to get a few more things, stretch pants, sweats. Jeans aren't making it due to her stomach whichis huge at this piont.
I'm kinda disgusted, it's the way it is...
This is psychiatrist's reply-
"Immediately give her cogentin 2 mg, and give it each morning. Drooling,
rash, the fidgety feelings will go away. Please go to local doctor. I cant
treat you from a distance. It is not fair on both of us "
What do I do??? Immediately??? Does that mean take her to the...
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So, difficult child has tics from her seroquel. I've noticed in her hands, she keeps twitching them seperately, it's hard to explain what she does. It's almost constant now though. started small and now it's quite often.
doctor says dont make big deal about it, just let's see if it stops. It's...
Hello everyone. I hope all is well with you all. :)
I would like some advice on these medications please. My daughter is in the partial program now working on changing medications. She is on Lithium and Lamictal. The plan is to titrate up on the Lamictal and discontinue the Lithium. She has never...
that may be working for your kid.
What do you do when you've tried them all?
Dylan's hyperactivity and impulsivity are skyrocketing. We had him 6 full days over the holiday, and every person that came in contact with him said he seemed "10x worse", "ready to jump out of his skin", "couldn't...
Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well. I haven't been on in a few weeks, more computer problems, I need a new one.
My difficult child has been driving me nuts as usual. She comes and goes as she pleases with no regard for rules whatsoever. Our social worker comes for her visit weekly and ends up...
Hi! He's on 8 mgs. 4 in the a.m. and 4 in the p.m. All was right with the world, but things are changing.
Drooling, aggressive behavior is returning, stiff legs, back and now shoulders, "droopy", seems sedated. The anxiety is creeping back in as well.
My question: Anxiety seems to be the...
Hello Everyone,
I am new to Forums and Support Groups, infact this is my very first post to a forum ever :) I did a lot of reading before joining and I think this is a very helpful place.
My difficult child is 13. He has Tourette's + (Plus), ODD, ADHD, Learning Disability (LD),and a previous seizure disorder where he was...
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...