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Posted by Karen Curtis on October 8, 2001, at 14:30:03
Hi all. Wish us luck. My 12 year old son has been home for a month, he could not do school due to anger, impulsiveness. He is bipolar 1, severe with psychosis. He is taking depakote 1500, and lithum 900- we tried increasing the lithium to 1200, but that did not do it. So our pdoc (he is very experienced) decided to let us try lamictal. The slow increase is making us all impatient!! My son is also on geodon at 120mg. Please pray for us, it has been a year since he has been really stable! He won't go back to school unless he has improved, and I have taken 6 weeks from my job. My son has all his needs met at school, so when he is stable he does really well. I have found the posts here about lamictal very helpfull, and it gives me hope. Thanks for any replies, Karen Curtis.
Posted by JohnX on October 8, 2001, at 22:29:27
In reply to son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !!, posted by Karen Curtis on October 8, 2001, at 14:30:03
> Hi all. Wish us luck. My 12 year old son has been home for a month, he could not do school due to anger, impulsiveness. He is bipolar 1, severe with psychosis. He is taking depakote 1500, and lithum 900- we tried increasing the lithium to 1200, but that did not do it. So our pdoc (he is very experienced) decided to let us try lamictal. The slow increase is making us all impatient!! My son is also on geodon at 120mg. Please pray for us, it has been a year since he has been really stable! He won't go back to school unless he has improved, and I have taken 6 weeks from my job. My son has all his needs met at school, so when he is stable he does really well. I have found the posts here about lamictal very helpfull, and it gives me hope. Thanks for any replies, Karen Curtis.
I can't imagine how extremely excruciating our
illness (I'm bp ii) is to our loved family members.
I really hope the Lamictal helps. It has one
of the better track records of treating
intractable bipolar disorder. You seem to be very
concerned about your son's condition and are taking
good measures to understand his illness and
improve the quality of his life. I wish
you the best of luck and keep us posted on any
updates. Hang in on the slow dosing...-john
Posted by judy1 on October 11, 2001, at 18:54:21
In reply to son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !!, posted by Karen Curtis on October 8, 2001, at 14:30:03
You certainly have my prayers. The positives are you are treating him early, even though I had symptoms at that age, I wasn't properly diagnosed until my 20's. Lamictal is good, very stimulating- so watch for manic symptoms along with rash. What is the main problem- manic, depressed or mixed symptoms? Are the psychotic symptoms under control (I had auditory hallucinations). I wish you and your son all the best- Judy
Posted by Karen Curtis on October 12, 2001, at 9:07:45
In reply to Re: son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !! » Karen Curtis, posted by judy1 on October 11, 2001, at 18:54:21
> You certainly have my prayers. The positives are you are treating him early, even though I had symptoms at that age, I wasn't properly diagnosed until my 20's. Lamictal is good, very stimulating- so watch for manic symptoms along with rash. What is the main problem- manic, depressed or mixed symptoms? Are the psychotic symptoms under control (I had auditory hallucinations). I wish you and your son all the best- Judy
Thankyou July! My son was in the beginning very very manic- but now it is more mixed and rapid cycling, he has shown anger and a bit of agression at school, along with being depressed and also manic. I know that above a certain dosage it is a stimulating drug- my son needs high doses, so I suspect we will be at about 100mg, approximately. He has just had an increase in geodon, he is now at 140mg. He was paranoid at the doctors the other day, and the pdoc felt we needed to raise the geodon. So hopefully both drugs will be good for him at optimal doses!!!11 Thanks again, Karen Curtis
Posted by judy1 on October 12, 2001, at 11:34:12
In reply to Re: son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !!, posted by Karen Curtis on October 12, 2001, at 9:07:45
Hi Karen,
I'm kind of over-sensitive towards pdocs that raise AP's because of 'paranoia', I'm extremely paranoid towards 99% of shrinks and hospitals (with very good reasons). Did they offer a strong benzo like klonopin for your son's feelings of rage? It has a much lower side effect profile then AP's. Again wishing you the best- Judy
Posted by Karen Curtis on October 12, 2001, at 16:31:15
In reply to Re: son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !! » Karen Curtis, posted by judy1 on October 12, 2001, at 11:34:12
> Hi Karen,
> I'm kind of over-sensitive towards pdocs that raise AP's because of 'paranoia', I'm extremely paranoid towards 99% of shrinks and hospitals (with very good reasons). Did they offer a strong benzo like klonopin for your son's feelings of rage? It has a much lower side effect profile then AP's. Again wishing you the best- JudyNo- we never considered something like klonopin. Evan needs the antipsychotic- the anger was a mood stabalizer problem. We really love this pdoc. Karen Curtis
Posted by Tammylee on September 22, 2003, at 19:52:19
In reply to Re: son starting lamictal for bipolar 1- third MS !!, posted by Karen Curtis on October 12, 2001, at 16:31:15
I've read your post's and your son sounds like he is going through what I am now. Can't seem to get a handle on this mania/psychosis. I have visual & auditory hallucinations and paranoia and now all this aggression & rage (which is not normally me). I'm on depakote 1250, seroquel 600, and topomax 175. the docs are talking about lamictal next. God ANYTHING to stop this crap in my head please!!
Tammylee
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