depakote

My autistic son of 17 years was percribed Risperdal which he took for 3 months. During that time he balooned in weight and wanted to sleep all the time. We told his doctor that because we did not see enough benefits and my sons self esteem was very low, we wanted him to come off it. He has been...

Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I've been here. I have run out of ideas.... and need some input from all you experts out there. difficult child, m, 7 yo: diagnosis'd with ADHD combined type and ODD 2 years ago. We have tried: Focalin Adderall Vyvanse Bright Spark (www.nativeremedies.com)...

I cannot believe this! My phone just rang, it was Mental Health office. difficult child has a psychiatrist appointment 8/12, I assumed they were calling to reschedule, as per usual. But no!!! They were calling to CANCEL the appointment. The new psychiatrist they finally got is NOT qualified to see children. They will call us...

We had a meeting with the psychiatrist and the sw at the hospital today. difficult child has been having some side effects from the Depakote. He's been on it before but not with the combo of medications. He has been walking with a shuffle and drooling quite a bit. They have lowered some of his other medications and are now...

:confused1: We have gone to visit Elijah twice. Yesterday when we went we met with the social worker assigned to his case. She just asked questions about him. When I answered them she said everything I mentioned were Aspergers or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) things. They are strongly thinking he is Bipolar and...

husband and I have decreased K's medications her Geodon by 1/2 from 80mg 40mg and stopped her Neurontin it was down to 100mg once daily. I don't know if the medication change triggered this mood or if it was coincidental? She has not slept, is talking about imaginary friends... right now she is sobbing about her...

So, husband called Dr. P. our old psychiatrist. Who is the greatest psychiatrist in my opinion!!! (Why do we have her direct #?, and why is a woman this important able pick it up on the 3rd ring and talk to my husband???) Yet the rest of the darn psychiatrist'S in this country can't figure it out??? Back to my confusion, so she...

Just wondering, I don't hear this mentioned much on the board but perhaps folks wouldn't bring it up if everything is OK. If your difficult child is on psychiatric medications - does your psychiatrist or your pediatrician/pcp order any labs for your kiddo and if so which ones and how often? Patricia

Hi all. It has been a long time. TO update: I was in school this semester. Trying to get certified in medical billing so I can work from home.. Sammy has been doing ok for the most part. This week he was "suspended" for the day because he was hitting. I told them thank you for rewarding...

We met with-him this afternoon and he does not think that what difficult child experienced was from the lithium. He thinks something led up to it. He said that an agitated response from lithium would be more prolonged and ongoing. He also wants us to start using Seroquel as a prn instead of clonidine, and only...

My 8 year old has been diagnosis with ODD/ADHD. the last year and a half has been nothing short of horrible. She's been on a number of different medications, and nothing is helping. She can't take stimulants, so she's taking strattrea for the ADHD, also depakote and clonidine for aggression. And just came off...

It's not pretty. Ex is of the mindset that the cure is worse than the disease.. or something like that. Blaming the very issues that precipiated medications ON the medications now. Manster decided not to take the night time ones because he wanted to stay up later (clonidine) and then forgot the morning ones...

The inpatient facility is going to trial 0.05mg 3x/day of Clonidine beginning tonight. He is currently on 1500mg Depakote and 600mg Seroquel. The psychiatrist told me it can help with hyper arousal, like when he is coming against something when he isn't getting his way. He said it is an alpha 2...

Hi all, difficult child has been taking Depakote ER for about 8 weeks and in that time I think his depression has worsened. Before starting Depakote, he was up and down. Sometimes he was very, very up, and then he would have a severe but short down period. Since he started Depakote, he is down nearly all...

Well, today they upped the lithium (300 in morn, 300 in evening) they are not seeing any side effects, or any effects but it is early. Yesterday night he was ok when I visited, I gave him a list of things to try to work for (halloween, horseback riding, etc.) and he read it intently. sure...

Now that Daniel's medications were changed he has gone back to being my sweet Daniel 85% of the time. We did have an issue with his brother the other night but I don't know if it was Daniel's fly off anger that caused it or real anger at his brother. David has been horrid and Daniel's teasing him does...

In my absence at the Ohio shindig, it sounds like difficult child 2 has continued to have sleep issues. He called me at the airport at 6:30 this morning to ask when I'd be home, to tell me he'd made me brownies last night (:happy:), and to inform me that he never went to sleep :surprised1:. My sister in law had...

completely out of it at the hospital when we saw him today. He almost seemed rather zombieish. Still at the same time he was very moody. It was very hard to see him so out of it. Right now they have stopped giving him Lamictal and switched him to Depakote. Although he has been on Depakote...

So, last night was the first full night home for D. He had a good day at school and came home happy to play with his brothers. There was some tension with A, but I did see that D was able to compromise and work things out which is a major milestone!! But, as dinner time came along, things...

Hi: My son somewhat recently had his medications changed to place him on Risperdal. He was previously on Depakote and Clonidine. The psychiatric felt that Risperdal would adress his aggresive behavior better than the Depakote. When I read up on Risperdal though, it says it can increase agressiveness 26% of...