Medicating my son, I hate this.

hi there, im also taking seroquel (50mg). i was diagnosed with major depression then when i was confined in the hospital they diagnosed me with hypomania. at first i was in denial ( i have a brother who is bipolar) i told myself im not like him... im on prozac, depakote, risperdal, seroquel and rivotril. i've tried many medications already that i cannot recall their names.. sometimes i feel like a guinea pig already but i do not know what else to do. i want to get better. there are days that i want to stop taking medications, it's too much for me to take. how old is your son? im already 22 as much as you hate medicating ur son, it helps. The medicines helped me a lot.

Blueskies feel free to write about what is troubling right now. I know what you feel when you hear son saying he wants to kill himself. Just know that in this period you need to medicate him and maybe after you some you can evaluate the situation again and make other decisions for his treatment. But right now just go for it. And I understand that it's rough at your place right now. Just surround yourself with people who understand you and your family and you'll get through the rough period.

Well blueskies, I sat and read every post here and what struck me is just how many people are praying for you and your son. I myself made it a point to stop and say a prayer. With God working for you, it's going to be all right. Believe that. I know this is a terribly difficult time for you. We work so hard to protect our children and when something like this happens we feel helpless. There is nothing worse for a parent than not being able to remove our child's pain. You are doing all that you can do. You have friends here who are praying for you, you are working closely with your son's doctor and therapist and most importantly, you are giving him love. God and time will take care of the rest. But are you taking care of you, my dear? Where do you turn to for support? Are you involved with other parents whose children suffer similiar problems? My advice is that you should be. You could share your knowledge and experience and gain very good information, not to mention support from an online group for parents such as yourself. After I read your post I did a little research for you. Yahoo groups has quite a few groups for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. There are also groups for the childrem themselves. Your son might benefit from having online friends who experience the same things that he does. The site is http://www.groups.yahoo.com You can go from there and pick and choose which groups suit you. But know that my prayers are with you and your family. God bless you.

I am sorry to hear about your son. Any illness of a child is hard to cope with but with mental disorders it is hardest I think. I am glad to see you went informed. Could the psychiatrist not have prescribed the medications himself? God bless you and your son. I will be thinking of you both.

I know exaclty how you feel. this past fall we tried to remove a medicine from my son, because our new doctor thought that it might be redundant with the other med we were giving him. His little life fell apart. Suddenly everything was upsetting him in ways we hadn't seen in over a year. He lost his control of speech, and became very violent. His school wanted to move him, but I insisted they let us get the meds sorted before uprooting him. He put him back on the meds and within a week he was doing so much better. I remember holding him one night as he raged and screamed in my arms thinking 'we messed with this kid's head, in THE most literal aspect of the terms, and look what we did!' I know our intentions were good - we wanted to lower the amount of meds he takes - but it was so hard to watch. So I know that when we make decisions like this for our children, even with the best intentions, it can be torturous to watch the results if they don't go well. It will get better, and you are a wonderful, brave mother. On a cautionary note - I was surprised to hear that your doc wants you to increase one med AND add a new med ... because with two changes, you won't ever know which one causes what effects. Our doctor always does one change at a time. Otherwise, if he gets better, you will never know if it was the increased dose or the new meds ... and if he gest worse you won't know which one you need to cut back. Maybe talk to your doc about giving it a few days before adding the Buspar? Just an idea. Good luck - I feel your pain - you are a wonderful mom looking out for your boy like this.

Good luck. It's hard to be in your son's position (I should know) and I also know it's hard for a parent to have to watch and deal with this. I personally didn't do very well on Seroquel. I currently take Gabitril, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, and Focalin for my bipolar disorder, anxiety and ADD. I don't like having to take so many medications, but my quality of life has improved so dramatically that it's worth it. I hope you find something that helps your son very soon!

Oh you poor darlings, it must be awful for you all. Try to remember a lot of this is the medication getting into his system although I would be concerned with the double up and extra tablets too, at least you had enough information to discuss your preferences with the doctor, Maybe the new medication will help him, poor little Angel, try to give it a fair chance, you can discuss the dosage later with your doctors. I truly wish you all the best with helping him, it's just so scary trying to know what to do for best. Bless him, poor little fellow, wish I could say someting that helps but I don't know what will, just know that I am here if you want to vent your feelings. hugs to you all

I don't know what else you've tried but a friend of mine found that her autistic sons both responded very well to a diet which was free of wheat and dairy products. It may be an option you've already tried, but she found a complete change in their behaviour, they were calmer and began to learn better.

Did he get prescribed this for "bipolar" issues? My son is on a different med for his bipolar and he does half way decent on it.

Aw hun, I am sorry that you are going through that. That must be really hard for your family. How old is he?

I am coming off Serquiel myself right now because I was taking over 400mg and finding it too sedating. It is a mood stabalizer with sedating qualities in it. Your doctor my have to play around with the dose. How old is your son. What is buspar. I have never taken that one. You also have to give a chance for the meds to work. I haven't been able to sleep for 2 days straight coming off medications.

I understand the feeling. My daughter is on adderall and trileptal. The adderall is for her adhd. She is so angry and gets easily upset without it. We are trying her on different things, but don't usually switch her maybe every six months to a year. So far, the adderall is working. The medications usually has to be increased or decreased until found out how it will effect her. Good luck. We have those days at my house too.

I don't have a clue what you are going through. But wanted to give you a very big high five for what you are doing for your son. Also for standing up to the Dr. I hope the new meds help in giving your son some relief.

I'm sorry to hear about your son and what you are going through. but he is lucky because he has you to care for him. i hope he will get better with his new medications. don't give up and always pray.

You have to do what is best for your son and it sounds like that is exactly what you are doing. It may be hard, but look at what could happen if you don't follow through. If you really feel against it, talk to another doctor and get a second opinion. Maybe there is another way. Best of luck!

Oh you poor thing I hope you both are okay. Have trust in the doctor and things will work out. I know the feeling today I had to fight just to get our heater fixed and finally they will be by tommorrow with a new heater. so You hang in there and I will say a pray for your son tonight. Take care

My heart goes out to you. I'm wishing you and your son the best of luck in finding something that works. I agree that it was time to try something different. It's a sad thing but it will help him and you. I don't know what your are going through but I wanted to let you know that people care. Good luck with the new medicine-- I hope it brings your son some peace.

I am so sorry to hear about your son the only benifit I can do is to pray.Please dear Jesus lay your healing hand upon this boy and heal him with your almighty power and protect him from hisself and be with the parents of this child give them the strenght to cope with all that they endure I know that they are not alone because you are with them throught out all of this please dear Jesus make them stronger by this by having faith in you Amen

Learn as much as you can about the specific disorders your son has and go from there. I have fought Depression for years and was just diagnosed with ADD ... and I am 37 years old. My wife and I learned as much as we can about these things before we made any opinions. I know it feels funny medication your son but if it will help him then go with it. Good luck.

Sorry to hear you are having a rough time. No one like to medicate their children, but sometimes it is necessary. I'm glad you know enough about medication and asked your doctor to adjust and change your son's medication.