He did have medications
Posted By: Happy MT Robin on 2009-01-18
In Reply to: Sounds a lot like it is a cult. People say no. But - HolidayMT
Jett Travolta had been on Depakote, in increasing doses, which had stopped being effective. He was taken off of the drug WITH HIS NEUROLOGIST'S CONSENT.
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Definitely take medications in sm
carryon, in separate bottles, with prescription numbers on the bottles.
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I have used liquid medicine with good success in the past, maybe you could try that route, most medications come in liquid form.
As far as when it is time to let your beloved go, I had to do it recently and I prepared myself for it and it really helped. I spent every moment with her and looked in the yellow pages and found a vet who would come to my house. I had a box built for her and had my neices and nephews paint it. I had a friend dig a hole the day before. I bought daisies and woke up really early the day of. I put on Josh Groban, lit candles and spent that last few hours holding her. The vet came and it was very peaceful. I wraped her body in her favorite blanket, lowered her into her box, covered her in daisies and covered her up. I made a mosaic headstone and rounded her grave in river rocks. All in all I believe since I did all these things it was a way to say goodbye, she was my constant companion for 16 years. I miss her daily, but preparing made it so much easier. I wish you a peaceful transition for your loved one. Remember they are always with us, until we meet again. All for the animals!
Any new medications started?
Blood pressure meds can cause all kinds of weird things.
Effexor and others can cause some weird things too for some people. And so can getting off some medications, even if you tapered off at a rate that should have been reasonable.
I hope it doesn't take long before they track down some benign culprit that they can correct.
If it is anxiety, I learned a lot from relaxation training using biofeedback. It was very helpful, so even that can be overcome in a systematic way.
urgent care or ER. You go, right now. You need medications.
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One of the problems with bipolar medications is...sm
if you take them with ADD medication, i.e. Concerta, it can cause problems like this or make the bipolar worse, then you're having to increase the bipolar medications to get the adjustments correctly. Also it is known that antidepressants commonly make bipolar worse.
Bipolar people/kids commonly think that others are talking negatively about them.
Risperdal has been the miracle drug with our 7-year-old. Before going on it she was having emotions bouncing all over the place and became suicidal/homicidal when we tried her on Zoloft. Getting the right medication and dosage for her took a few months but now that we have her "just right" she's a completely more stable child. We don't medically treat her ADHD because it's not severe to the point that we have to treat it and her psychiatrist and I agree with not using more medications than mandatory.
If you haven't heard of the website bpkids.org go there - there's lot of information to help you and there are also bipolar kids support groups available in Yahoo groups.
If your psychiatrist isn't certified in child psychiatry and hasn't had a lot of experience with bipolar kids I'd strongly recommend finding a doctor who is, because you can't treat kids the same as you do adults with bipolar.
If your child was mine, I'd talk to the doctor about getting the Concerta and fluoxetine weaned off and seeing what happened with just the Risperdal.
Good luck to you. Feel free to e-mail me if you need to bounce off of someone who's been there/done that/still going there!
Opinions on bipolar medications
My child was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is unable to take Depakote due to side effects from the drug. We now have to decide on a different medication to try. There are so many out there, and all have some bad side effects. We have several options, but are just unsure which one to choose. I was wondering if anyone out there has bipolar disorder or a child who has it, and if so, what medication(s) you have opinions on, pros and cons. TIA!
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