depakote

Hi Y'all, I finally was able to pick up the medical records and found out that my difficult child has bipolar and ODD. At this point, they're dragging their feet it seems and acting as if counseling alone will do the trick. Not so! She had 8 days of just "Blehhhh", for lack of a better word, brattiness...

I have no idea what is the right thing to do. We're scheduled for the UCLA neuro-psychiatric testing in June (hopeffuly sooner, I am calling weekly). Our son has now been off the Zoloft for 2 weeks. He is still much more aggressive, confrontational, active, and defiant. He's not having super...

Good para was gone, substitute spent some of the morning with difficult child from 8:15-8:30 and 9:45-11:00, while he was with the substitute he did not have any behavioral/emotional outbursts. Numerous complaints of being tired. While at table in SpEd room he appeared to fall asleep while sitting up...

I emailed difficult child's dev pediatrician last night to keep her in the loop. She pulled difficult child's records and said that at his last blood draw, which was done in January 2009, his depakote level was 100, which is normal, but that it was a lot higher than the previous draw, which was 60, done in January 2008 (we...

I've been hiding with my girls, we've all been severely under the weather :) Ok so Saturday difficult child, easy child and I went to the park with an old high school friend and their easy child, went fantastic. difficult child only ran once! Since I had a friend there I was able to leave easy child in the stroller and sprint after her...

A few nights ago difficult child's psychiatrist increased her risperdal to help with sleep issues and what appears to be a disconnection from reality. It helps difficult child go to sleep earlier but she is still waking up. The first two nights she went back down quickly but last night was a different story. As frustrating as...

It's spring, which means lacrosse season so things are vey busy around here for me between difficult child 1's games and all the stuff I have to do as a booster club board member, team photographer, webmaster, snack shack donkey, and all around indentured servant to the team. Which is why I haven't been...

Due to medication, difficult child is gaining weight at an alarming rate. Her psychiatrist is adjusting her medications to try to help with the appetite issue while still helping her but she has gained almost 10lbs in under 2 months. I had bought new clothes for her three weeks ago and the pants won't snap! I've cut all...

Honestly, I think we've done most of them. This is kind of a follow up to the ADHD thing. We did meet with psychiatrist on Friday, and she was gracious (as always) to go ahead with my thoughts on re-trying the Concerta (just one more time, even though we've tried it two or three times, I keep hoping...

If anyone has experience with tegretol, I hope you'll provide your thoughts. difficult child has really done well- going on day 3 now. I know that's not a lot, but given where we were, I'm happy! :) Re tegretol: His regular psychiatrist started him on this almost 3 weeks ago. He started on 100mg then was...

My 12 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD and ODD several years ago. Has been on Strattera for 4 years and that is helping greatly with the ADHD. We have tried several medications to help with the ODD but he always has side effects. He is currently on Depakote which up until now has helped. The...

Hello everyone, Well it is official today, we now have 2 individuals with bipolar living under the same roof!!! After a major melt down at school yesterday, Levi was suspend for the day. His therapist came to the school and saw him in full battle mode for the first time and got him an...

difficult child has decided she is going to hang out in her room. She wants everyone to leave her alone and if anyone trys to talk to her when she is in there she enters meltdown mode. It really seems like she is depressed. She has been on trileptal now for 2 months and it seems to help but the psychiatrist said if...

I feel like I only come here when I'm in crisis. Apologies for that. Maybe one day I'll have my stuff together enough to give advice rather than plead for it. difficult child started Lexapro a week ago because of anxiety-ish symptoms. His dr. gave us a sample months ago because of his anxiety reaction any time...

Hi! :) i tried the luvox last night for difficult child, it was a no go. i kinda figured her response would be same as years ago, increased mania. Yet i liked this medication, and truly wanted to give it a try. thanks goodness i only did 25mg and cut the original dose. I"m telling you i have soo many medications...

I have been "lurking" on the site for a few weeks and thought I would reach out. My husband and I are at wits end on what to do with our little girl. So I would appreciate any insights or suggestions on what may have worked for any of you. We adopted our difficult child from Russia when she was...

We have had a really rough week with Little Bear. He came back from a weekend with Biodad angrier than normal. He has been swearing, hitting, kicking, raging, being defient over EVERYTHING, scaring his little sister, etc. etc. We raised his depakote from 750mg to 1250mg last week, and his...

:whiteflag::whiteflag::whiteflag:I know I havent been here in awhile but things seem like they are just going worse and worse with difficult child. A few weeks ago he decided to run away from home, well we live in the country so he got like a mile from home and some people saw him coming out of the woods...

Just in case you haven't seen this: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/safety08.htm#Antiepileptic

I was going to post last night how proud I was of our difficult child. We had a rough weekend regarding her failing grades and the schoolwork that needed to be completed. We removed most of her privileges until the work was done...cell phone, internet, hanging out with friends. Anyhow, she turned in a...