It is very hard to write this entry for I am very discouraged. John is again having to try yet another medication. I had so much hope that we would not have to go through the adjusting and re-adjusting to another medication, but so much for that.
John is currently taking the following vitamin supplements:
2400 mg. of fish oil
375 mg. of choline
1000 mg. of B12
1000 mg. of vitamin D3
100 mg. of magnesium
Daily multi- vitamin
Unfortunately vitamin supplements was not enough to maintain John's mood stability and temperament.
John was suspended from school for 5 days last week. A group of children in his class was calling him names, and John was not able to slow down his thought process to the point of him getting help. He became very angry and tried to stop the children from calling him names, he then totally lost it. John had to be removed from the class and picked up from school. The doctor advised me to try vyvanse 30 mg. the next day and then .5 of resperdol with the vyvanse the following day.
The first day of vyvanse he could not sit still or stop talking, and he had extreme dry mouth. John did not go to sleep until 3 am in the morning. Today (day 2) is better he does not have the dry mouth. The uncontrolled talking has stopped. I feel the resperdol helped him to calm his need to constantly stay moving some part of his body.
It is not easy to be a Bi polar child and equally it is not easy to be the parent either. It is very hard to just watch your child have these concerns and not to know how to help them. I feel mothers of Bi polar children are very strong, caring, understanding, and have a over flowing amount of unconditional love. We will keep trying, trying, and trying.
We have God in our corner and will not give up.
John is currently taking the following vitamin supplements:
2400 mg. of fish oil
375 mg. of choline
1000 mg. of B12
1000 mg. of vitamin D3
100 mg. of magnesium
Daily multi- vitamin
Unfortunately vitamin supplements was not enough to maintain John's mood stability and temperament.
John was suspended from school for 5 days last week. A group of children in his class was calling him names, and John was not able to slow down his thought process to the point of him getting help. He became very angry and tried to stop the children from calling him names, he then totally lost it. John had to be removed from the class and picked up from school. The doctor advised me to try vyvanse 30 mg. the next day and then .5 of resperdol with the vyvanse the following day.
The first day of vyvanse he could not sit still or stop talking, and he had extreme dry mouth. John did not go to sleep until 3 am in the morning. Today (day 2) is better he does not have the dry mouth. The uncontrolled talking has stopped. I feel the resperdol helped him to calm his need to constantly stay moving some part of his body.
It is not easy to be a Bi polar child and equally it is not easy to be the parent either. It is very hard to just watch your child have these concerns and not to know how to help them. I feel mothers of Bi polar children are very strong, caring, understanding, and have a over flowing amount of unconditional love. We will keep trying, trying, and trying.
We have God in our corner and will not give up.
