Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Kaylene: Thank you so much for writing that. Can I share your email with my friend who's son is being tested? I will remove any identifiers and email addresses and such. She is just in such a tizzy about what to do with her son that she doesn't know which end is up some days. The night her son really lost it he came home with brass knuckles he had bought off a boy at school. He and his step-dad were arguing but not loud and outrageous. It was over something trivial such as cleaning his room or something. Anyhow, the next thing they knew Josh took the brass knuckles out of his pocket, put them on and tried to slug his step-father. Now his step-dad is a big man as far as tall and broad shouldered but Josh is shorter but a very heavy child. It is hard to say this but he really is to the obese side of weight. He is working on his diet but it is hard and with depression on top of whatever this turns out to be, bipolar or manic depression, he just can't seem to lose the weight. His step-dad got the brass knuckles away from him but he took off out the door and I think she said he tore the storm door or something. Anyhow, she called me, I had her call the center where his appointment was scheduled and they told her to call the police to have a transport from their neighborhood or the house if he came home to the facility. The idiot police person instead charges him with assault and puts him in jail for the night. The kid needed medication and to be where he could not hurt himself. He was on suicide watch but it wasn't the same thing. He needed to be in a facility where he could be treated, not in kiddie jail. I worry so much about him. He and my daughter used to be the best of friends. We all used to go to the museums of history, art, science, and to different educational facilities like one that is called Discovery Zone and Imagination Station. We had parties and did cakes. We did everything together until she reconciled with her ex then she disappeared. The next thing I know it was a few years later and I got a letter in the mail. I hunted down the town and the state and found her number. It was as if we picked up where we left off at years before. I worry so much about her son. This is out of my area of expertise. I didn't get into a lot of psych classes during my college days nor during my vocational course in medication transcription. The most I got during work hours was where a child or adult had come in with their med levels down and needing them upped or kids and some adults that had to be transferred to mental facilities but were stabilized and strapped before transport so they didn't hurt any body let alone themselves. Sam Be very careful what you swallow my friends. Read the side effects and have your loved ones help you monitor your behavior. These medications can be a Heaven sent gift but they can also put you and your family through shear Hell. Kaylene " A Forest Bird never wants a cage. " Ibsen >I have heard both good and bad things about Prozac. I hear that it can >be good with neuropathic pain but a friend of mine's son is being >screened and tested for bipolar and/or manic-depression, etc... His >pediatrician put him on Prozac and he literally lost it mentally. >Sam > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE download! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ Know someone who could benefit from our list? Send our direct sign-up URL: http://www.yahoogroups.com/subscribe.cgi/chronic_pain or write us at: chronic_pain-listowner Manage your subscription with several special email addresses: chronic_pain-owner - Sends email to the list owners chronic_pain-subscribe - Subscribe to the list through email chronic_pain-unsubscribe - Unsubscribe from the list chronic_pain-normal - Switch your subscription to normal chronic_pain-digest - Switch your subscription to digest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Kaylene: Thank you so much. I just picked and snipped your email and sent it to his mom. She wrote back and was so happy to get the information. She is going to talk with his psychiatrist on his next visit and especially with his pediatrician to see " why " he was automatically put on Prozac. Certainly, he does have a grown man figure but he is still a little boy, not a grown man and certainly not old enough to handle grown man issues. The best news is that his psychiatrist and counselor in the program he is in is especially for children and young adults. It isn't for adults themselves. He is making some progress but at least this last medication, it start with an S but I can't remember the name right off the top of my head, seems to be helping. He isn't sleeping all the time now either. You know what is so odd, this kid has such a knack for cooking and wants to go to a cooking school in a town where his mom's sister lives at in California when he graduates from high school. He is an excellent cook. It is just a shame that this mental condition gets in the way of that gift. It's like my teenager and her photography. She is great at it but unless she stays on her meds for ADD, she can't keep a straight thought in her head. I keep hoping she will go into the photography class at her high school or at least take it as an elective in college and may find that she likes it better than she thinks she does. I just dread if it does take trying to find somewhere to get her a dark room for developing. That is a part of one of the colleges' courses. I remember that from my college days. There were problems with Josh long before his mom remarried and long before she and his biological father reconciled. It just got worse afterward and now still even worse with the mental defect. He acts just like his biological father and biological paternal grandmother. Again, we both believe that they are both either bipolar or manic depressive or some type of disease that causes these highs and lows. His doctor has asssured them that he will find the answer and get him on some medication that will help him lead a somewhat normal life. Even all these years later, I can remember his biological father's attitude and actions. He was okay one minute then manic the next and you never knew what he would be like when he went into those manic episodes. Thank you so much for letting me share your email. Again, I did remove identifying information and your email address. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Kaylene: Thank you so much. I just picked and snipped your email and sent it to his mom. She wrote back and was so happy to get the information. She is going to talk with his psychiatrist on his next visit and especially with his pediatrician to see " why " he was automatically put on Prozac. Certainly, he does have a grown man figure but he is still a little boy, not a grown man and certainly not old enough to handle grown man issues. The best news is that his psychiatrist and counselor in the program he is in is especially for children and young adults. It isn't for adults themselves. He is making some progress but at least this last medication, it start with an S but I can't remember the name right off the top of my head, seems to be helping. He isn't sleeping all the time now either. You know what is so odd, this kid has such a knack for cooking and wants to go to a cooking school in a town where his mom's sister lives at in California when he graduates from high school. He is an excellent cook. It is just a shame that this mental condition gets in the way of that gift. It's like my teenager and her photography. She is great at it but unless she stays on her meds for ADD, she can't keep a straight thought in her head. I keep hoping she will go into the photography class at her high school or at least take it as an elective in college and may find that she likes it better than she thinks she does. I just dread if it does take trying to find somewhere to get her a dark room for developing. That is a part of one of the colleges' courses. I remember that from my college days. There were problems with Josh long before his mom remarried and long before she and his biological father reconciled. It just got worse afterward and now still even worse with the mental defect. He acts just like his biological father and biological paternal grandmother. Again, we both believe that they are both either bipolar or manic depressive or some type of disease that causes these highs and lows. His doctor has asssured them that he will find the answer and get him on some medication that will help him lead a somewhat normal life. Even all these years later, I can remember his biological father's attitude and actions. He was okay one minute then manic the next and you never knew what he would be like when he went into those manic episodes. Thank you so much for letting me share your email. Again, I did remove identifying information and your email address. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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