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GreenPartyVoter

(73,036 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 08:34 AM Aug 2012

UPDATE: on younger son. He's started Prozac and will likely

go on an ADHD med in a couple of months or so. School is starting soon, so cross your fingers we find the right combo to help him handle the frustration and settle in to work. (Hopefully more than just the bare minimum necessary, as has always been his MO, if he does the work at all.)

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UPDATE: on younger son. He's started Prozac and will likely (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 OP
best of luck mopinko Aug 2012 #1
Thanks! *hugs* How is your daughter doing? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #2
ugh. mopinko Aug 2012 #3
Sorry to hear that she's still struggling. *hugs* I am bracing myself for what GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #4
she's decided that she has a second personality. mopinko Aug 2012 #7
Oh, God! *hugs* Is this manic delusions or is she experiencing true dissociative behavior? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #8
there seems to be an awful lot of communication mopinko Aug 2012 #9
ah, mo fizzgig Aug 2012 #10
Oh, no. :^( Can you stop all meds and see whether that makes it better or worse? GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #11
been trying for a while. mopinko Aug 2012 #12
She on any anti-psychotics? I took Trazadone for sleep too, but didn't like the side effects like GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #13
she's been trying to talk them into it, and frankly mopinko Aug 2012 #14
If you can get her to let you be her advocate, have her doc peel away some meds and/or add GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #15
fat chance. mopinko Aug 2012 #16
:^( Here's hoping that she changes her mind. *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #17
good luck to you guys fizzgig Aug 2012 #5
Thank you! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #6

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
1. best of luck
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:59 AM
Aug 2012

to the both of you. having that giant third party in your relationship with your kids is always such a strain.

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
3. ugh.
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:02 PM
Aug 2012

not good. but there is nothing i can do but cross my fingers and hope it all comes out all right. she is getting help, seeing a therapist, and has a p-doc.
tough, tho, very tough.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,036 posts)
4. Sorry to hear that she's still struggling. *hugs* I am bracing myself for what
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:19 PM
Aug 2012

puberty may bring our way. Gotta love what hormones can do.

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
7. she's decided that she has a second personality.
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 10:53 AM
Aug 2012

a sort of bad girl, a bitch, who comes out when people are being mean. then she told me that this person is a male, and could she have some money to buy some boxer shorts and a dildo. now this person has a boyfriend.

the whole trip to mayo was terrible. imho, they looked at all the psyche drugs she is on, and threw up their hands. she came home curled up in a ball.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,036 posts)
8. Oh, God! *hugs* Is this manic delusions or is she experiencing true dissociative behavior?
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 01:08 PM
Aug 2012

I can't believe the Mayo couldn't help.

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
9. there seems to be an awful lot of communication
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 10:11 PM
Aug 2012

and familiarity for it to be truly dissociative.
DH told me tonight that she told him about a third.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
10. ah, mo
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 01:00 AM
Aug 2012

i'm sorry. i'm sorry mayo didn't help. i wish i had more than a for you. please remember to take care of you, too.

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
12. been trying for a while.
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 11:12 AM
Aug 2012

especially trazadone, which she takes for sleep. i took it for a while, for fibro, and full scale flipped out. one of the first drugs they gave her, and it is low dose compared to the old AD doses, so they figure it is harmless.
she won't listen to a damn thing i say at this point.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,036 posts)
13. She on any anti-psychotics? I took Trazadone for sleep too, but didn't like the side effects like
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 12:11 PM
Aug 2012

the ringing in my ears.

Hopefully she'll come to a place where she will listen, and before things get any worse.

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
14. she's been trying to talk them into it, and frankly
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 05:01 PM
Aug 2012

it makes my head spin to try to think why she isn't.
i am flat out confused, and just trying to go with the flow.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,036 posts)
15. If you can get her to let you be her advocate, have her doc peel away some meds and/or add
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 07:21 PM
Aug 2012

an anti-psychotic. Maybe even a trip to the ER for some Zyprexa if she isn't already on it, in case she's in some sort of manic state which is causing these delusions.

I am "lucky" in that I am more like a bipolar 2, but I have had some funky delusions and so forth that really should mark me as a 1. Weird stuff like I could feel Jesus holding my hand, and God channeling new Bible verses to me. But for the most part my manias are short compared to most 1s. I've also experienced some dissociative stuff, not multiple personality, but complete loss of emotion or my sane self sitting in the backseat watching my unhealthy self get into trouble. Seemed to have been chemically driven, for me.

Whatever is going on with her, she can't advocate for herself. She's ill. The hard part will be getting her to recognize that and let you help.

Editing to say I'm sorry that this sounds so bossy and know-it-all. I'm sure you've done everything you can. Keep on hanging in there!

mopinko

(71,813 posts)
16. fat chance.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:13 PM
Aug 2012

i considered it a major victory when she let me come to hear testing results. (that was scary)

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