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| My 12 year old son is BiPolar. I am having a lot trouble managing his behavior when he is in the Manic phase, which is most of the time. He is growing so fast. I know that he needs an adjustment in his medication. I would like to know if anyone has had experience with a child with this disorder as well as what medications seem to work best. I would also like to know if anyone has had experience managing the disorder with changing diet, or using herbals etc. |
| Posted by Sandra on 10/08/2008 11:56 PM
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| Hi, i have a child also that has Bipolar too. He is only 5 tho and so i have not been dealing with it as long as you have. I understand about the manic phase its very hard to deal with. I also work for a family org that counsels families that have kids with mental health issues. So i do know plenty of kids that are about the same age. Has he had symptoms for a long time? I often wonder what my son will be like around that age, when i can not restrain him or help him calm down. I am always happy to chat or write i know how hard it can be some times to get out when they are manic. and i have access to allot of information also. As far as diets i have heard of some families removing Gluetin from the child and it had made huge improvements to thier moods and also Carbs and of course sugar. Please if you need write me. momqueenbof3@yahoo.com |
| posted by hellen on 10/09/2008 02:13 AM
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Thank you for responding. My son was treated for ADDHD for 11 years. Last fall things got so bad that I was attempting to place him in a group home because he had become violent and I had started to have fears that he would seriously harm me, the dog or one of my grandchildren. I took him to a group home in San Antonio recommended by his Psychiatrist. They admitted him into the inpatient unit acute psychiatric unit. That is where he was diagnosed. He was an inpatient for 2 weeks. Now he is growing very fast. He does not want to take his medication, I have to check to make sure that he does not hold it in his mouth. A few people at work have Bi-Polar children who are adults. The biggestproblem is medication. If they take their meds they are doing fairly well. Most want to stop when they are feeling well. That is the biggest problem.
Now that my son is 12 he is about as tall as me. He is very active and compulsive. Is not doing well in school because he is having a lot of difficulty sitting still without tapping on his desk or chewing on something. Does not want to do his homework. He was an A student, now he is barely passing. He would probably do better with home school, but I don't have the patience for it. I think I will look for a retired teacher, see if he/she would be interested in having a private student for home schooling. Wish me luck. |
| posted by Sandra on 10/11/2008 11:14 PM
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| im sorry your having such trouble. the medication is always hard. my 5 year old is on alot and he metabolizes them too quickly so we have to cycle them every 3-4 weeks, and its hard when they are regulating him. its almost as if he is not really sick and it was all a faze. its hard to know what is going to happen next. Every thing always changes and i think that i have it under control and some thing new pops up. And i was doing some research and it turns out that allot of ADHD behavior is symptoms of bi polar, so often they get diagnosed wrong. Some one told me they give there kid St. johns wort for day and melanin at night to help sleep. Does your son sleep ok? how is his eating? Sorry im rambling he is in such a manic faze right now, i can hardly breath myself. my child actually came at me and he has decided that he does really want to hurt me and is attacking me. like right now!!! |
| posted by hellen on 10/12/2008 12:39 PM
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Wow!. I hate to tell you this but I stopped my son from attacking me by attacking him and giving him a good acare. One day he was hitting me and I had just about taken all that I could handle. I turned on him, grabbed him so that he could not get away and I gave him a good shake. That was over a year ago. Every time he raises his hand, I give him a stern look and say I don't think you want to do that. He backs down. As long as you let them know that they can push you around, they will. Now he is not sure, so he is more willing to do what I say. I am a single mom so I cannot afford to have him pushing me around. Try to get him under control while he is still young. Just because they have a mental illness does not give them to right to be violent against anyone. They need to learn that early. I don't want to have to worry at night that he might get up and try to hurt me while I am sleeping.
I don't have any trouble with him sleeping now. Before he was diagnosed he was up all night, he would wake my grandvhildren up in the middle of the night. I don't have that problem anymore.
My son will only eat meat and potatoes. He will eat applesauce some time. I think that he would do better if I could change his diet. I am continuing to work on that. Take Care. |
| posted by Sandra on 10/13/2008 12:32 AM
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Wow!. I hate to tell you this but I stopped my son from attacking me by attacking him and giving him a good acare. One day he was hitting me and I had just about taken all that I could handle. I turned on him, grabbed him so that he could not get away and I gave him a good shake. That was over a year ago. Every time he raises his hand, I give him a stern look and say I don't think you want to do that. He backs down. As long as you let them know that they can push you around, they will. Now he is not sure, so he is more willing to do what I say. I am a single mom so I cannot afford to have him pushing me around. Try to get him under control while he is still young. Just because they have a mental illness does not give them to right to be violent against anyone. They need to learn that early. I don't want to have to worry at night that he might get up and try to hurt me while I am sleeping.
I don't have any trouble with him sleeping now. Before he was diagnosed he was up all night, he would wake my grandvhildren up in the middle of the night. I don't have that problem anymore.
My son will only eat meat and potatoes. He will eat applesauce some time. I think that he would do better if I could change his diet. I am continuing to work on that. Take Care. |
| posted by Sandra on 10/13/2008 12:32 AM
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