wellbuterin

difficult child 2's mom took difficult child 2 to the psychiatrist today to *try* to get him on a mood stabilizer. He is currently taking 5mg Zyprexa and Welbutrin (don't remember the dosage). This is a different psychiatrist than he's seen, but at the same facility. The last psychiatrist (in the same facility) put him on Welbutrin because...

Brief background DD1 was pretty stable on Wellbutrin and paxil. Then she started having depressive episodes once a month, then it was one every two weeks for 6 weeks and then BAM! 2-3 per week. Episodes would last a few hours with crying, feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and thoughts of...

My 9 year old is on a waiting list for psychiatric help. He's working with our local family center and Sick Kid's Toronto (Dr. J). He was diagnosis'ed with ADHD\Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) in early childhood years and Dr. J is now saying there is more than that, learning disabled (hard wired due to being 3 months premature)...

Would anyone be willing to share with me their stories about their ADHD/Defiant Teen so I know that I am not alone in my pain. I have a 15 year old who has been a handful since she was in my womb. There are too many stories to tell but right now she is going through a stage where she doesn't...

Hi all ! Hope everyone is enjoying the end of summer. It's been quite a while since I have posted but I check in a few times per week. difficult child recently had a evaluation with a neuropsychologist and then after diagnosis was referred to a Neurologist who had a lot of experience in ADHD medications and their...

So I am kind of between General Parenting and Parent Emeritus right now. husband and I felt we had no alternative but to ask difficult child to move out. Long story short: He backed us up so far we only had 3 rules left - go to school, don't tell me to f off or call me names, come home on school nights. He...

Ugh, My oldest daughter just got a new car, I see the sheriff's office number on my caller id, I am like is she okay? I just assumed she'd been in a wreck, well lo and behold, she say's she's okay and I have her here. To me that sounded like a prisoner. I knew then it was difficult child. Oh my, this kid...