A blog for anyone who needs to know they are not alone in raising a bipolar child.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Better Today
Caroline's mood is significantly better today, so either not giving her the pill last night and/or the small increase in the Lamictal has helped. I am so relieved. Last night was one of those flashbacks to days when we had to put her in the car all of the time to remove her from the house and her sisters in order to calm her down and prevent further ugly scenes. Shudder. She was so much more peaceful today and her homeschool classes went fine. Thank you Lord! So I guess we will continue to look at topical solutions to her acne and if we can't get it to go away completely, there is always laser treatment later, right?
epilepsy meds & bipolar meds are the same and because my daughter burned through most of the drugs while young it has left very little options now for treating both. i agree with the option to adopt and they go on the adoption list next year. It's so hard to watch this constantly permeate every aspect of their lives all the time.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see things are 'better today'.
Have ya tried Proactive? I only know them b.c of the infomercials I used to watch in the middle of the night now they're everywhere. Aren't they topical?
ReplyDeleteWe haven't done Proactive but we may try it. I just thought that the dermatologist would have better weapons than something over the counter. Maybe I am wrong!
ReplyDeleteDidn't take no MD to invent the Snuggie. That thing could bring peace on earth if we could get one to every needy person out there. No lie.
ReplyDeleteMy bp teen daughter has had very bad acne for a good 6 months now. Here's what we've tried: Proactiv, Murad, Dove gentle soap, Noxema, Naturopathica brand, and a doctor prescribed antibiotic gel. Nothing has worked so far. At first we saw some improvement with the gel, but her face just won't clear up. It's so hard on her self esteem. It's just not fair.
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