Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi , At one time my daughter was on Geodon, but it wasn't helpful for her. She developed abnormal neck movements(a side effect of some meds, according to the medication book that I have) that I think was a result of that medication. Everyone is different, though, and it might be good for some people. I was skepical about the movements, at first, because my daughter tends to exaggerate a lot, but those problems went away when she was taken off of it. Right now she takes 1350 mg a day of Lithium, 30mg of mertazapine(Remeron) and 10 mg of Lexapro and is more stable than she has been in a long time. She is 19 and repeating her senior year in high school. It is amazing to me how many combinations of meds are used to treat this disorder! We have also started the DBT program which continues for a year, and even though it has only been 2 months since she started, I can see some progress. I am praying that it continues. good luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 My son TJ, 16, is now on an anti seizure med Lamictal , in a packet increasing slowly, along with the Zypreza .05 in am & .10 in pm ,Lexapro .10 mg and newly bugun Stratera 40 mg. He was haveing severe mood drops in the eve on a regular basis and when stopping the Adderal he leveled out immediatly. I agree these meds are scary but with living with 2 sons 16 7 30 with BPD I wouldn't dare be without. Have lived in the hell without meds and I dare any professional to come live at my house and think I don't know what I'm talking about. Mostly it all depends on communication trust etc to keep the compliance on our childrens part. They must know we believe there are answers and keep on trying all avenues. Take care, LouAnn Mother & Mental Health Advocate Ellen Daugherty wrote: > > My 17 year old daughter, , has been on Geodone about a year now and likes it. Last summer she had a crisis and ended up in a out of state hospital for 2 days, the doc there couldn't believe she was on 140mg Geodone, said its too much for a teenager and took her off cold turkey, at the time I thought that was good because of all the medicine she takes. Month later things went downhill for her and her local doc & therapist got her back on Geodone, said she notice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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