depakote

Hi all. I have a question for everyone... Sammy is on a food strike. I have no idea what to feed him. The strike has been going on since september but there was always something on the list he would eat. he is a bit chunky from the depakote... Here is what he wont eat: PB&J, any lunch...

Hi everyone, its been awhile since I was on here, so I'm going to tell you what we're up to. difficult child 1 still isn't on medications that work for him. He is defiant and aggressive and sneaky. School started this week and the teacher is already seeing defiant behavior from him. It used to be that he'd...

A couple of weeks ago, wee difficult child pooped his pants in his sleep. We were just outside getting the horses up and he did it again. It was loose, but not liquid diarrhea (sorry this is gross). He apologized repeatedly and said he didn't know. Not sure what to make of it. Now he's in the...

It went pretty well. K did not want to talk. She does not like talking, the ex-psychiatrist's have left a mark on her. K said she was doing pretty well. Said she was doing her school work... blah blah blah. husband and I laughed. K then laid on the floor and played frantically. We talked about K's last 5...

The biggest challenge I have to deal with as a parent is the inexplicable behavour of adults. My difficult child stayed over at the house of a friend whose parent does know I have told her and her boyfriend that I do not permit my child to thier home. Why? Because they do not respond aproriately. They do...

Hello everyone, I am new today and I can't even begin to tell you how relieved I am to have found this place! My difficult child 2 (D)was diagnosed with Autism at 3 years old and has serious behavioral problems that I have never been able to get control of, and now my difficult child 1 (A) is in an inpatient facility...

difficult child went to school yesterday. It was a good thing because I was starting to get emails from his CM at school about him missing too much work. The principal has really slowed down communication-not a good sign at this point. I can tell difficult child feels better but he seems to be pushing this illness for...

My 22yr old son witg PWS was put on Seroquel 3 x 25mg last Thurs and 500mg Epilim at night I keep seeing one good day one bad day...no great change from previous episodes. I know the dose is small perhaps thats why. His behaiviour is similar to a later stage in the previous episodes that...

I'm posting this over on the news page, too.

Just wondering if Lamictil helps with mania? I do know that it is a mood stabilizer and tends to be good with helping the depressive side of things....but what about mania/hypomania? difficult child 2 has been on lamictil for about 5 weeks....He just seems to be hyper...non-stop...

Things have been going very well with difficult child and I. We're not arguing anywhere NEAR what we were this time a week ago. That said, a new problem has come up. Yesterday morning, I barely saw difficult child as I was leaving the house (he said goodbye to me as he was coming down the stairs from a shower and I...

I was directed here by a wonderful friend after my 9yr old sons recent diagnosis of Bipolar. Years ago he was diagnosis'ed as severe ADHD with anxiety disorder. After a year of therapy and natural supp's he has only gotten worse. He suffers from night terrors, rages, seperation anxiety, lying, mania...

I really dont know what to do anymore. nothing works. Sammy's behavior at home is horrific. The therapists advice is: He is very sensitive to subtleties. There are a gazillion incidents a day caused by a gazzilion different subtleties so how the heck are we supposed to figure out what each...

slow down the process of difficult child's voice changing? I noticed that his voice was squeaking and clearly changing to a deeper, more masculine sound early last summer- before mood stabilizers were tried. But now, it's like it never started to change at all. He's on lithobid and depakote er. He's been on...

Hi Chris - I'm starting a new thread for you. ;) Welcome and glad you found us! "Hi there I'm new as well. Been up all night. Can't sleep tonight/day been up looking for answers for my 10 year old son all night :( Decided I need some forums to maybe help me talk about this stuff with...

Hello, I am new here and looking for support. Our 16-year-old was just diagnosed with depression and oppositional-defiant disorder. I am struggling to know how far to push adherence to rules during this time since we are just beginning medication and therapy. Does anyone have anything to...

I haven't finished the parenting process with anyone yet, so perhaps some of you more seasoned folks can tell me how your difficult child's evolved to the point where they take their own medications without being reminded (or is this just a pipe dream of mine)? My oldest difficult child still needs me to give him his first...

I have posted here many times before. I just wanted to give an update on what has been going on since last post. We have been to several doctors, behavioral pediatrician at UCI, and UCLA. We have been going to a new therapist that has been so great for my son. All the doctors say he has...

Hi family - I'm curious to see if any of you have had any experience wtih CNS reeg. Dude had his disability hearing test yesterday and the psychiatric. doctor that he saw was a very neat guy. He's into brain mapping also so we had something to talk about as this is a science I belive in. He started...

I was just curious - of those of you who have kids with bipolar disorder, what has been your experience with Tenex?