tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872069763804945028.post5025530530305859625..comments2023-09-24T07:18:30.147-04:00Comments on a bipolar daughter and the family who loves her: Lithium Prevents SuicidesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872069763804945028.post-56339212381315946862010-08-11T11:46:08.579-04:002010-08-11T11:46:08.579-04:00CC--you are so right that each child has their own...CC--you are so right that each child has their own unique "cocktail" that each of us has to find. I am so glad that your daughter seems to be on the right meds for her body chemistry. When you find that, that is have the battle! Even most of it!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386058494236428900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872069763804945028.post-65926389419409959892010-08-11T00:32:06.459-04:002010-08-11T00:32:06.459-04:00I appreciate your commenting on what works for you...I appreciate your commenting on what works for your daughter. My daughter (adhd & bp)finally has the right cocktail... celexa, trileptal, abilify, and adderoll. At least for right now. But it's nice to know some other choices. Seroquel, depakote, respirdone, and vyvanse did NOT work for her. Her first and only hospitalization came when she was on seroquel. Her "old" psychiatrist was convinced that seroquel must be the answer and wouldn't try anything else, just different doses. I think he must have been getting kickbacks from the drug company to be that adamant and stubborn, especially when she continued to get worse.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110187776486335822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872069763804945028.post-89223344867073196252010-08-09T20:43:37.703-04:002010-08-09T20:43:37.703-04:00The fact that none of those bipolar meds made a di...The fact that none of those bipolar meds made a difference with McKenzie does make me wonder if she isn't bipolar at all. Definitely a mood disorder and anxiety, but you really should have seen a difference with lithium especially. I am so glad about the Amantadine working for her though. Our third oldest daughter has anxiety and OCD issues pretty badly, maybe the result of living with Caroline. She is in counseling now.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386058494236428900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872069763804945028.post-19623761036891101532010-08-09T13:30:56.210-04:002010-08-09T13:30:56.210-04:00Lithium made Kenzie more "crazy" for the...Lithium made Kenzie more "crazy" for the lack of a better word. As soon as we got to the therapeutic dosage she went from having one rage to two or three a day. Lamitcal didn't do anything at all and neither did dapoke. Only amantadine has made a difference. Because of this is why I question if she truly has bipolar or not-same with her psychiatrist. But I am glad it does help Caroline and others. And I am glad we tried it or we would not know how it effected her. It is so important to keep trying things until the right "cocktail" works for your kiddo-everybody is so different.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486021077565232145noreply@blogger.com