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09-08-2013, 01:11 PM | #1 | |||
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Please give him a chance to get his medicines straightened out. The Seroquel / Quetiapine might be helping him but the other ones seem not to be helping. And you do not know yet if the Seroquel / Quetiapine is at the right dose. Does he still have agitation, mood swings, headaches, pains, and paranoia? When you refer to him as pushing boundaries, I feel that you have no idea what he is going through. Bipolar people do not push boundaries like a healthy 15 year old does. Your son is very sick. It is hard for a parent (or anyone) to grasp the full degree of the the bipolar illness and brain injuries. Quote:
I am sorry that your son hurt your wife. Try to avoid those kinds of talks with him for a while. The reason he seems that he has a negative attitude is because he is very very sick. He needs better treatment than he is getting right now. When the medicine is straightened out, he will feel better and act nicer. Mari |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Dmom3005 (09-08-2013) |
09-08-2013, 02:09 PM | #2 | ||
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09-08-2013, 04:04 PM | #3 | |||
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That is weird about the dog. He seems out of touch with reality. The Quetiapine is supposed to help with that. Maybe his anxiety caused that episode. It is good to hear that his mood swings are less severe and less frequent. M |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Dmom3005 (09-14-2013) |
09-14-2013, 02:45 PM | #4 | ||
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He does this from time to time. He tells people to step yelling. When people are just talking normally or visiting. He seems very sensitive to noise. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Dmom3005 (09-14-2013) |
09-14-2013, 09:15 PM | #5 | |||
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I also take hours to wake up in the morning. My meds make me hungover / give me brain fog. I do not know what happens with Seroquel. It could be a bipolar thing or a medications thing or a combination of both. Lately I have been easily irritated. And I am aware that I am irritating to others who are around me when I am jumpy and annoying. Ask him if he wants to try some ear plugs or some noise canceling headphones. |
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05-06-2014, 10:09 PM | #6 | ||
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It's been about 10 months now. Thought I would give an update. Our son had gotten much better. He takes his medication. Just recently within the past couple of weeks he has started becoming negative and yelling at m a lot telling me I'm stupid or an idiot.
Still overall he is doing better. Just wearing on us after 10 months if this. Would like to have more hope that he could live on his own since he is 26. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Mari (05-07-2014) |
05-07-2014, 01:25 AM | #7 | |||
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In my twenties I held low paying jobs so my father sent me money every month for rent. I completed graduate school. I am better now 25 years later. I am married and like my job but get stressed easily. Let the psychiatrist know about the yelling. Therapy can help at this stage if he is not already in therapy. There are different kinds of therapy: ~Experiential therapy -- supportive -- patient feels understood, . . ~Cognitive therapy -- helps with learning constructive behaviors, might ask the patience to make a mood chart to track moods and such in order to find patterns that can be chaged. ~Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy -- ~Online therapy -- ~ If he will not go, go for yourself to help learn coping techniques. Also he needs this
Have you asked his psychiatrist about blood work (esp thyroid) and possible tests for vitamin or mineral deficiencies? http://psychcentral.com/lib/vitamins...isorder/000889 http://psychcentral.com/lib/minerals...isorder/000888 M |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Dmom3005 (05-28-2014) |
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