I forgot to say earlier- we have a medications by mail thing, too. SOmetimes it is not a problem to wait for medications. SOmetimes it is. WHen time is important, (such as a new start up medication) I always ask my doctor for samples and explain it takes as long as 6 weeks for new medications to begin to arrive by me ----very often the doctor will give me medications to ride out that wait time, if it is for a new medication. ANd I take the Rx and send it out immediately to be filled.
Sometimes the doctor does not have samples. Then I ask for a seperate additional Rx that I can take and fill in person, even if I have to pay for it myself. (depends on how expensive the medications is and also depends if the need is that urgent) So I still have the one Rx to mail in but have medication coverage right away. (this is a problem, this medication by mail, especially for antibiotics, and pain relief medications or for anytnig that was an emergency situation)
I am afraid Lithium is a medication that does take quite awhile to build up in the system and begin working.............maybe you could ask Janna---- once it did begin to work in her son, I think she saw GREAT results.- but yes it took awhile.
WHether doctor gives a formal diagnosis of bipolar or not, mood disorder is a more general term often used. ANyway, lithium is a first choice of many docs for a BiPolar (BP) diagnosis, anyway, so even if they did change the diagnosis, the medication would most likely still be the same.
I definelty would NOT feel guilty over having husband rearrange his life.......when we HAD children, I rearranged my life to breastfeed..........I doubt my husband felt guilty that I had to change major things in my life to meet the needs of our kids. ANd then when my husband got so sick, oh boy did we have to rearrange our lives entirely. I had been a stay at home mom, alas our private disability coverage went bankrupt and I had little choice but to reenter the work world, (even thomyearning cpacity was one tenth of my dhs) entirely totally from scratch. It happens. If your son had a different type of disability or diagnosis, maybe one that required physical strength you do not have, would you still feel guilty if your husband had to make adjustments required to help care for the son of both of you collectively? SOmetimes our roles within our family units do not get to stay the same role we originally expected them to be. I have always wondered if thats why it takes 2 people to create a baby? becuz it sometimes takes rearrangeing and flexibility to meet the needs, and between 2 people, they might have to work together, pool resources, knowledge, abilities etc to get the job done? SOmetimes along the way you have to redivide out different roles in different ways to make things work a little better.
I do not think my husband felt guilty he could not nurse our children, and I did not feel guilty when my husband taught my son how to .use a urinal, LOL. We all have different gifts, different abilities, etc.........think outside the box.
MAYBE the lithobid will work as well for your child as I think, IIRC, it did for Dylan.
