Posted by Shannan on December 1, 2001, at 0:32:25
In reply to Re: I'll try just about anything once! » Shannan, posted by paxvox on November 30, 2001, at 21:12:34
Hi Pax. Yeah it's a handful, believe me I don't know what on earth God thought He was doing, when He gave me such a HUGE load, but hey, someone has to do it, right?You and I both are glad that there are the 'little victories', without them, I don't know how I'd make it through each week! (Though strawberry cheesecake doesn't hurt!) ;) The previous school that he went to, deemed him to be 'a hopeless case' and basically didn't see much of a chance that he'd ever get through a day, let alone a week without going into his rages. Imagine their surprise, (and my smugness of "I told you so") when he went from failing, to straight A's, and not ONE detention or misconduct in class for an entire year, after being put on the medication. :) See, drugs are good! ;) (Now if we can just get him to do the same at home, we'd be set!) *grumbles*
Actually, the Topamax was introduced because my son had gained wayyyyy too much weight from the Depakote that he's been on for over a year. No other drugs have seemed to be able to keep his weight down, so this is an option that the doctor thought might help. From the sounds of the other posts here, it may indeed help.
I agree that some doctors are forever just prescribing one more drug after another. Yet to be fair, scientists have not yet found the exact cause of Bipolar Disorder and how to treat it, successfully. So I suppose in order to find the cure, you have to have guinea pigs and trials before hitting the jackpot. It sucks, but not much else we can do at this point.
Thank you for your well wishes, and I extend the same to you. I shall give another update as time goes on. He hasn't started the meds yet, as he has to be tapered off the Depakote first. Keep your fingers crossed. :)
Shannan
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