Posted by Lyrical13 on December 21, 2003, at 19:29:58
In reply to Re: My sister is cutting...how do I help?, posted by judy1 on December 21, 2003, at 11:33:38
(an AED, an AP and and AD). . I think the bipolar diagnosis is way over dxed in this sountry- it's like the diagnosis du jour. - but I don't accept that a troubled teenager needs such potent medications when she's being a typical moody teenager and has a problem like SI that can be teated with the right therapist.
> hope some of this helped- judy
>
HI
first off...what is an AED? I got AP and AD but I couldn't figure that abbreviation out. Also, I don't know if you were talking about my sister or your friend's daughter or teens in general when you talked about BP being overdiagnosed...I agree that there are several dx's that are possibly way over-dx'ed (ADHD for one) but in my sister's case there are many other things going on. I think that a dx of Bipolar is probably accurate for her. There is a family hx (history) of mood disorders (I am 34 and I first started having serious problems in about 1989) We have at least one aunt and 2 cousins with problems with anxiety (there may be more but our family is full of "ostriches"...if they pretend that there is no problem then they think there IS no problem) Our dad is a workaholic and adult child of an alcoholic (another thing that isn't talked about in my dad's family) Her mother (we have different moms) openly favors our other sister and is constantly playing mind games..."jokes" that are really more cruel than funny. A couple years ago, Sarah passed out and they ran some tests on her thinking maybe she was diabetic...in the end they started thinking maybe panic attacks. She started out on meds for anxiety..until the depression started...major depression...another thing I didnt' realize was so serious until this year when my step-mom told me how many times she had to pick Sarah up from school because she was crying uncontrollably. There is quite a bit of teen crap she's going through...not to mention coming to grips/figuring out her sexual identity (she has been dating a girl for about 3 months now) She also has rages and is sometimes violent. Flies off the handle very easily. For a while there she always seemed so angry to me. She seems a little better now but is still quite irritable...she's actually always been rather irritable. Anyway, lots going on. I WILL continue to encourage her to go back to counseling.Perhaps you were talking about your friend's teen or something. My sis is on Prozac and Trileptal. Anyone have any experience with that combo?
Thanks for your response
Lyrical13
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