dr appt update both ds and I

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dr appt update both ds and I
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Mon, 10-10-2005 - 6:27pm

Wow, what a day. Took son to intake to get services - both counselling and pdoc. He wanted a male tdoc. We will have to wait 1 month to see one, but he goes to the pdoc next thurs. His appt took 2 hrs. The intake worker who has a phd in psych (also a counsellor), heard his symptoms and asked if they thought it was odd (oppositional defiance disorder), but when she saw him, she changed her mind - bp. He went from coloring on the ground, to hitting himself, to taking my hand and hittig him, to playing nicely, to spinning, to whining, to sitting quietly. This was w/in 1 hr. We talked about his obsessive tendancies, suicide threat, violent fits, nightmares, and his sensory issues. Mind you this boy is gifted intellectually.

My drs appt went okay. He is upping my depakote to 1000 mgs a day. Not thrilled I have put on 5 lbs since I started the meds (comorbid anorexia). C, I went to him for my anorexia back in June cause my bp was "cured" :) LOL. And once on the mood stabalizers the anorexic tendancies seem to have diminished. But still a weight gain is terrifying. He told me I have a choice go off the depakote because of the weight gain and live on a rollercoaster and end up dead, or live with a 10-15lb weight gain and live a more stable life. I hate him because he pulls no punches -but thats why I go back :).

When I got home after 3 hrs at the office between son and myself my dh crawled up my butt because it took so long. Urgh, like I had fun. I would like to wring his neck. Oh well, I love him. I think he was worried but showed it as being mad when I walked in. I really think men stink.

Jen

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Mon, 10-10-2005 - 11:00pm

((((((jen))))) glad to hear that you are getting your depakote worked out. and you are a smart woman in knowing that your doc is right on the money.


glad to hear ds is getting the help he needs as well. stick with it, i keep hearing it does get better:)


i met with my tdoc today and basically got an earful. but, i had to come clean on a few things with her so i knew what i was in for. and brought it all on myself. but i survived it. now if i can just get rid of this unwanted pain and get the mess w/ xdh worked out i think i stand a slight chance at coming out on top of this crap!


you will too! and ds will! and when dh shows his support through his anger, smile and say 'i love you too dear' ;) that should stop him in his tracks. lol


hugs & love,
traci

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Tue, 10-11-2005 - 9:28am

sounds like things are on track now...sorry it took so long, that stinks, but its needed.

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Tue, 10-11-2005 - 11:40am

Jen,

Let me tell you what I've learned from being on meds for almost 4 years now...the only med that works, REALLY works the best for me, is Lithium. I too, am pretty anorexic, though I am overweight now...I was dxed with lots of things, eating disorder with anorexic tendencies being one of them, along with BP...anyway, finally, after 2.5 years of hell, I was put on Lithium, and gained 30 pounds...yes, horribly depressing to me...but for the first time in my life, I was finally "getting" stable. I rapid cycle like mad, so I am never totally stable, but 'FOR ME' it was stable enough...so I take it for about 9 months or more, then decide, well, I am on Topamax, and titrating up on Lamictal, and I can go off Lithium, this was almost a month ago, and its been hell on earth...my cycling got really bad...even worse...so, last night, I started my Lithium again. I feel better today. Not cycling today. I know its the Lithium (it works really fast for me). I am going to try really hard to control my weight while on it...but, to me, now at THIS point, I will take my new overweight body over the horrible horrible effects of Bipolarism any day. I can't live like this anymore. If I never lose all my weight, that's okay too. I thought I'd learned this lesson already, but I hadn't. Not until this last 2 weeks of cycling so fast my moods got intertwined with each other and I just really didn't know which was was up.

I know people on Depakote and Lithium who don't gain much weight at all. So here's hoping it will happen for you too, hon! Take the meds. Feeling okay and right again is so much more worth it in the end.

Love and Hugs,

Keli