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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 304206" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>(((Hugs))) </p><p>I'm sorry that school has become so overwhelming for K. I live on pins and needles when my difficult child is at school, always waiting for the next catastrophe. The difficult thing when things are going well is that it makes it even more crushing when things go down hill again.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We have been in the same boat. We've tried all the mood stabalizers and are now back to risperdal which difficult child had taken years ago. Before his last hospitalization, he was on the maximum therapeutic dose of lithium, geodon, and trilleptal as well as tenex. He now takes only risperdal and tennex with a low dose of cogentin to counteract side effects. No one including his psychiatrist thought he would do this well without a mood stabilizer but we are so far amazed with the results. I now question whether all those years on taking depakote, lithium, abilify, and similar medications were causing more problems than they were solving??? It is so hard to judge what is working when kids are taking a combination of medication and are in such crisis that we are desperate to help them.</p><p></p><p>I hope your psychiatrist can find a good combo and I'm glad to see the school is offering support. I hope the pieces fall into place and things become more positive for K and your family. </p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 304206, member: 225"] (((Hugs))) I'm sorry that school has become so overwhelming for K. I live on pins and needles when my difficult child is at school, always waiting for the next catastrophe. The difficult thing when things are going well is that it makes it even more crushing when things go down hill again. We have been in the same boat. We've tried all the mood stabalizers and are now back to risperdal which difficult child had taken years ago. Before his last hospitalization, he was on the maximum therapeutic dose of lithium, geodon, and trilleptal as well as tenex. He now takes only risperdal and tennex with a low dose of cogentin to counteract side effects. No one including his psychiatrist thought he would do this well without a mood stabilizer but we are so far amazed with the results. I now question whether all those years on taking depakote, lithium, abilify, and similar medications were causing more problems than they were solving??? It is so hard to judge what is working when kids are taking a combination of medication and are in such crisis that we are desperate to help them. I hope your psychiatrist can find a good combo and I'm glad to see the school is offering support. I hope the pieces fall into place and things become more positive for K and your family. Christy [/QUOTE]
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