until 4-29-09
My daughter (age 9) is being treated by her pediatrician and psychologist. We don't see the psychiatrist until the 29th. LONG wait for new paitents.
In the interim, the pediatrician has been managing her Rx's. The psychologist is reevalating and we are attempting to help her manage her rapid cycling. Which means, we're NOT managing. At all.
It's been hellish.
Pediatrician changed one of her meds last week. Said to wait a week before i upped the dose. He trusts me (sometimes I get nervous because he trusts me so much) that I will be able to determine what is an appropriate level, 75mg or 150mg. She did great for the first five days on the lower dose and then, rage, manic, impulsive, can't sleep... so today I upped her dose. It feels like tying to put a lid on an overflowing bucket filled with angry, hungry baby alligators.
Neither the pediatrician nor psychologist have officially written in her charts that she is bipolar - they say she is young yet, don't want to diagnose bipolar just yet, want to wait and see, want to medicate for bipolar anyway...
i say, screw it. She's type II, rapid cycling and I'll tell the psychiatrist just that on the 29th. And he can officially diagnose her and be done with it. And while we're there, he can take over the management of her meds because maybe, just maybe, he knows a better cocktail of Rx that will finally put the lid on her overflowing bucket of angry, hungry baby alligators.
Suffice it to say, it would be nice, really, really nice if my daughter could feel like a human again without hating herself for all of her difficult moments.
In the interim, the pediatrician has been managing her Rx's. The psychologist is reevalating and we are attempting to help her manage her rapid cycling. Which means, we're NOT managing. At all.
It's been hellish.
Pediatrician changed one of her meds last week. Said to wait a week before i upped the dose. He trusts me (sometimes I get nervous because he trusts me so much) that I will be able to determine what is an appropriate level, 75mg or 150mg. She did great for the first five days on the lower dose and then, rage, manic, impulsive, can't sleep... so today I upped her dose. It feels like tying to put a lid on an overflowing bucket filled with angry, hungry baby alligators.
Neither the pediatrician nor psychologist have officially written in her charts that she is bipolar - they say she is young yet, don't want to diagnose bipolar just yet, want to wait and see, want to medicate for bipolar anyway...
i say, screw it. She's type II, rapid cycling and I'll tell the psychiatrist just that on the 29th. And he can officially diagnose her and be done with it. And while we're there, he can take over the management of her meds because maybe, just maybe, he knows a better cocktail of Rx that will finally put the lid on her overflowing bucket of angry, hungry baby alligators.
Suffice it to say, it would be nice, really, really nice if my daughter could feel like a human again without hating herself for all of her difficult moments.