Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Help choosing medications
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 735174" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Have you ever taken him for a neuro psychcological evaluation, which is comprehensive testing for all problems often for about ten hours. My son had it.</p><p></p><p>The psychiatrists insisted he had bipolar, which is very hard to see in kids. Like all else in psychiatry, it is a guess. My son was on tons of medications and just got drugged out. The neuropsycologist gave him two days of intensive five hour testing then said he actually has a high functioning form of autism, which also causes meltdowns and moodswings and raging. But the cause is different and so is the treatment.</p><p></p><p>The medications went away for my son (although some autistic kids need medications but not bipolar medications) and autism interventions were put into place. He will be 25 in August, is on his own and is doing great. Question every doctor. Question, question. Doctors are not Gods and psychiatry is not an exact science yet, mostly guess and theory. There is no way to verify a diagnosis, so mental health patients become chemical guinea pigs. As you see, it's all guessing.</p><p></p><p>I saw it first hand. It took twenty years to find medications that worked well for me and I had to fire doctors who wanted to make me a zombie. Your son may not have bipolar and I have never heard of anyone on three mood stabilizers. That's horrible. If he does have bipolar it will show as he ages. I have a mild form of this.</p><p></p><p>Personally I don't like lithium and to me depakote is to me worse. In the end, what worked best for me was simply an antidepressant. Every person is different.</p><p></p><p>These doctors seem to really not know what to do with your son. Which makes sense since they aren't sure what he has so they are throwing every medication possible at him. medications can make us worse too. Been there.</p><p></p><p> Does your son get therapy? Is there any chance you can take him for a neuro psychology evaluation? You find them at university clinics and hospitals usually. They tend to test carefully and in detail and in my opinion are much closer to being accurate than psychiatrists who I found mostly just listen to us talk about symptoms.</p><p></p><p> Although our neuro psychchologist, who is a psychologist with extra training in the brain, admitted freely that doctors all over, even the esteemed Mayo Clinic where he was from, "diagnose wrong all the time. There are no blood tests." Psychiatrists tend not to give testing that often. I personally think your doctor group is perplexed and clueless about your son and prescribing way too many medications. That is guessing. Our sons psychiatrist did that too.</p><p></p><p>I wish you luck and hope you decide to go with fresh eyes to help your son. These guys aren't helping him and it's scary that this doctor asked YOU to tell him what to prescribe. That's insane. What an in my opinion incompetent copout because HE is all out of ideas! (Shudder)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 735174, member: 1550"] Have you ever taken him for a neuro psychcological evaluation, which is comprehensive testing for all problems often for about ten hours. My son had it. The psychiatrists insisted he had bipolar, which is very hard to see in kids. Like all else in psychiatry, it is a guess. My son was on tons of medications and just got drugged out. The neuropsycologist gave him two days of intensive five hour testing then said he actually has a high functioning form of autism, which also causes meltdowns and moodswings and raging. But the cause is different and so is the treatment. The medications went away for my son (although some autistic kids need medications but not bipolar medications) and autism interventions were put into place. He will be 25 in August, is on his own and is doing great. Question every doctor. Question, question. Doctors are not Gods and psychiatry is not an exact science yet, mostly guess and theory. There is no way to verify a diagnosis, so mental health patients become chemical guinea pigs. As you see, it's all guessing. I saw it first hand. It took twenty years to find medications that worked well for me and I had to fire doctors who wanted to make me a zombie. Your son may not have bipolar and I have never heard of anyone on three mood stabilizers. That's horrible. If he does have bipolar it will show as he ages. I have a mild form of this. Personally I don't like lithium and to me depakote is to me worse. In the end, what worked best for me was simply an antidepressant. Every person is different. These doctors seem to really not know what to do with your son. Which makes sense since they aren't sure what he has so they are throwing every medication possible at him. medications can make us worse too. Been there. Does your son get therapy? Is there any chance you can take him for a neuro psychology evaluation? You find them at university clinics and hospitals usually. They tend to test carefully and in detail and in my opinion are much closer to being accurate than psychiatrists who I found mostly just listen to us talk about symptoms. Although our neuro psychchologist, who is a psychologist with extra training in the brain, admitted freely that doctors all over, even the esteemed Mayo Clinic where he was from, "diagnose wrong all the time. There are no blood tests." Psychiatrists tend not to give testing that often. I personally think your doctor group is perplexed and clueless about your son and prescribing way too many medications. That is guessing. Our sons psychiatrist did that too. I wish you luck and hope you decide to go with fresh eyes to help your son. These guys aren't helping him and it's scary that this doctor asked YOU to tell him what to prescribe. That's insane. What an in my opinion incompetent copout because HE is all out of ideas! (Shudder) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Help choosing medications
Top