Re: Turn for the worst

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Bonnie,

One more thing to go along with Stormy's comment. My daughter has never

had any external triggers either. It's just meds not working. I would

guess that the bad grades are because his fears are filling his mind at

school and he can't think. My daughter couldn't do any work at school

because she was completely afraid she was going to vomit at any moment.

As soon as her meds were adjusted and working, her school work was fine.

Dina

[Guest guest]

Thanks for answering this message out of the 400 you're reading. It helps

tremendously to have input from this group. has done Prozac and it

wasn't good for him. One of his pdocs is exploring PANDAS...Not sure if the

spring thing is bipolar or if it is a gradual build up of stress from the year -

because he is generally better by June (after a stint of home schooling). So,

yes he's been stable on meds, but I don't think they were the stabilizing factor

- I think being home was and any time we've tried to change meds pre-emptively,

we still loose. I am very concerned wth annual and biannual breakdowns that

cause himn to loose months of time enjoying life and growing. Home schooling is

looking appealing to us right now.

Bonnie

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> Sorry I've been so out of the loop with family stuff that I realized I

> had 400 messages from the group that I hadn't read so I probably am

> missing a lot that you've already gone over. First of all, I'm sorry

> that your son has had to go into the hospital. I know that is

> completely stressful. Thankfully, my daughter only had to be admitted

> once for a week when she was 8 and she is nearly 16 now.

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> I was trying to glance at posts before I deleted to see if there was

> anything I could help with and both the spring time issues and vomiting

> fears caught my eye. My daughter's OCD centers around a fear of

> vomiting. When her medication is working well, you would never know

> anything is wrong with her. When it's not--full blown anxiety about

> vomiting (and then she gets afraid to eat because her stomach is so

> anxious), separation anxiety, she's just a mess. Has your son ever been

> stable on a medication? Has one worked for him? My daughter is on 60

> mgs. of Prozac currently, but 3 different times has had to have it

> supplemented by an antipsychotic. Zyprexa was the one that worked

> wonders for her, but she was also severely underweight so that's why

> that one was chosen. It causes so much weight gain I wouldn't go that

> route unless I had exhausted the others. BUT, she was stable within

> days of starting it and the longest she was on it was 2 mos. Then she

> was able to wean off and do fine with just the Prozac again. When her

> meds aren't working, she is just as you described your son--constant

> vomit fears.

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> She also has more difficulty in the spring. Her psychiatrist years ago

> wanted to label her bipolar, but I really believe that it's her seasonal

> allergies that causes it. It's an autoimmune response just like a

> reaction to a strep infection would be. I have actually found a few

> articles that support that. Now, her pdoc disagrees, but I think we

> will learn a lot more about body/brain autoimmune responses in the

> coming years and I wouldn't discount it. She doesn't have any other

> bipolar issues except for the fact that her OCD flares in the spring.

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> I hope you can get the relief needed for your son. It's a terrible

> feeling knowing that they are in so much distress, I know. Please keep

> us posted on how he is doing!

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> Take care,

> Dina

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