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Mom? What's a difficult child?
OK so we are moving at lightening speed with the medications... and because am single Mom this weekend... I have ZERO time to read... trying to catch up on all of the clean up, laundry, re-packing, dead plants, journals etc!!!
So psychiatrist3 Difficult Child'd the Clonidine- K was literally passing out around 6-6:30 every night, kind of like- Narcolepsy- out cold for 15 to 30 minutes and then up and going until 7-8 and out again. She fell over at dinner one night on the table... very scary, I took her pulse!!!
I know the Prazosin can cause fainting but the first time it happened she hadn't even taken that one yet!!!
So we are increasing the Prazosin to 2mg at bedtime- she wet the bed last night... But did not scream all night!!!
He wants to start Strattera 10mg after supper each evening... he feels with the Abilify being "somewhat" of a mood stabilizer...(I realize that is debatable) this might help with her extreme hyperness, inability to focus and that Strattera touches anxiety in some kids...
I am OK with this because we will be at the psychiatric hospital. But I am still nervous. Any other BiPolar (BP) kids try this??? He still wants to add a Mood Stabilizer, I think he is just trying options right now.
He has mentioned Neurontin and Gabitril.
Her drooling has increased and toungue thrust also since we increased the Abilify also...
I just realized we started her first medication December 13th 2006- we are on our 10th one...
Good news though my mother in law kept asking what she could do to help and husband finally said, well it has been over a 100 degrees in Spokane lately and it is supossed to stay hot... the hotel they are staying at is a dump!!! You could help by getting them into a hotel with a pool!!!
They did!!!! Wahoo!!! K loves to swim... and it has a gym.
So psychiatrist3 Difficult Child'd the Clonidine- K was literally passing out around 6-6:30 every night, kind of like- Narcolepsy- out cold for 15 to 30 minutes and then up and going until 7-8 and out again. She fell over at dinner one night on the table... very scary, I took her pulse!!!
I know the Prazosin can cause fainting but the first time it happened she hadn't even taken that one yet!!!
So we are increasing the Prazosin to 2mg at bedtime- she wet the bed last night... But did not scream all night!!!
He wants to start Strattera 10mg after supper each evening... he feels with the Abilify being "somewhat" of a mood stabilizer...(I realize that is debatable) this might help with her extreme hyperness, inability to focus and that Strattera touches anxiety in some kids...
I am OK with this because we will be at the psychiatric hospital. But I am still nervous. Any other BiPolar (BP) kids try this??? He still wants to add a Mood Stabilizer, I think he is just trying options right now.
He has mentioned Neurontin and Gabitril.
Her drooling has increased and toungue thrust also since we increased the Abilify also...
I just realized we started her first medication December 13th 2006- we are on our 10th one...
Good news though my mother in law kept asking what she could do to help and husband finally said, well it has been over a 100 degrees in Spokane lately and it is supossed to stay hot... the hotel they are staying at is a dump!!! You could help by getting them into a hotel with a pool!!!
They did!!!! Wahoo!!! K loves to swim... and it has a gym.