medications

[Guest guest]

, My daughter is on neurontin (300mg. X 3, and effexor 150mg.

and 75 mg. She claims the effexor has been the only med to help her

depression. As I said, the neurontin lessens the raging. She does

not have a problem with weight gain on these. This is a huge issue

for her- she has struggled with anorxia and bulemia in the past. She

still becomes depressed frequently and cries uncontrollably. In

part because she continually messes her life up. Unfortunately, she

continues to abuse alcohol and drugs and she is getting in trouble

legally because of this. She has had lengthy treatment for

substance abuse in the last couple of years. Nothing seems to work

for her. However,my husband and I did benefit enormously from the

groups provided for parents. I guess she hasn't fallen long and hard

enough, yet. We hope she will come to the realization that drugs and

alcohol are seriously interfering with her life. We hope she stays

alive long enough to come to this realization. Medication is

obviously not the only answer, but in her case it does help her life

and ours to be more bearable. Self medicating destroys her life and

ours.

[Guest guest]

Ann,

My 15 BPD Dtr. was on Seroquel for a couple of months. She complained of

being tired all the time but we are not sure if that was the Seroquel or

one of her other meds. I never felt it did her any good and I asked her

new Dr. to take her off. He agreed and instructed us to ween her off and

watch her for any new behaviors or problems. We never saw a difference

from being on the Seroquel to not being on it.

She is now on Kalith 450 mg x2 a day, and 30 mg. Lexapro. She is doing

very well.

Take Care

Mistress Theresa

Hoping to shine a new light into a beautifully dark life.