Awful day for son! :( - Page 4

KissAmeGal · 02-27-2007, 09:28 PM

monkeymed........good for you that you found the right medicine to work. I think we may have found the right ones for my son also. Abilify & Concerta. He was on Adderal in the past, and it gave him horrible tics. It's too bad there's not just 1 pill to cure all, things would be so much easier. we've been trying to find him the right medications since November.......OMG!! it's been awful. But i think we might be seeing that light at the end of the tunnel.
::::::::knocking on wood here:::::::::

take care

georginia · 03-01-2007, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by KissAmeGal

It's supposed to start right away huh?? i heard that it takes awhile, from different people. They didn't exactly say he wasn't BP, but the doctor didn't put it in with the diagnoses she gave, the NP, whom he's been seeing before this little episode, diagnosed him with ADHD and BP. she even said that if what he was on before didn't work for him, then she was going to put him on the Abilify.
He's on the 5mg of Abilify.......maybe it needs upped?? i don't know. he goes for a counseling session on wednesday. He still..........if he doesn't want to do it.......alot of the times.........he gets upset.
I'm about at my wits end with all of this. today he was going to my sisters house to do HW while i was at work. Well let me tell ya.........he got upset. said he was going to call the cops and go back to the behavioral center. My mom, who was taking him to my sisters, told him not yet, you have to do HW first. LOL once he got there, he was fine.
and yes,,,,he's 13,,,,,but these are not normal teen outbursts that he has......it can be horrible!!

take care

It does sound his abilify needs up 5mg.seems real low dose I take 15mg.myself

KissAmeGal · 03-01-2007, 10:39 PM

been going pretty good so far. he's been doing his HW, and turning it in, also been asking for make-up work in his classes and getting it done too! he has til the end of next week, til the end of the 9 weeks. and i think if he keeps it up,,,,what he's been doing,,,,he should pass everything. as of today......he only has 2 F's and not 5 F's, that's in math & science, and they are high F's. e-mailed his teacher, as he has the same teacher for both classes, to get work for him to do over the weekend.......that should bring up his grades. I honestly think we may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

:::::::knocking on wood here::::::::::

(((((hugs)))))

KissAmeGal · 03-04-2007, 10:44 PM

Still ::::::::::knocking on wood here:::::::::: but i honestly think things are getting better. He was grounded for the weekend, for something that he did, and, ya know.........he was ok with the punishment, and UNDERSTOOD what he did was wrong. Well, ok.....he wasn't ok with it, i'm sure..........but NO outbursts!!! they have mon thru thurs. til the end of the nine weeks at school, and as long as he keeps up with what he's been doing the past week, he'll pass!! he now has 1C, ONLY 2 F's, and the rest are D's, and the C is 2 points from a B!! I've praised him, and told him how happy i am, and he is happy about it too. he really didn't realize how well he could do with just doing and turning in homework.
He had his first counseling meeting last wednesday, and he'll go every 2 weeks for now.
I am not stressed out like i used to be and we get along soooo much better. he now knows "no" means "no".
take care everyone
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