UPDATE: on younger son. He's started Prozac and will likely

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go on an ADHD med in a couple of months or so. School is starting soon, so cross your fingers we find the right combo to help him handle the frustration and settle in to work. (Hopefully more than just the bare minimum necessary, as has always been his MO, if he does the work at all.)

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1. best of luck

to the both of you. having that giant third party in your relationship with your kids is always such a strain.

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2. Thanks! *hugs* How is your daughter doing?

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3. ugh.

not good. but there is nothing i can do but cross my fingers and hope it all comes out all right. she is getting help, seeing a therapist, and has a p-doc.
tough, tho, very tough.

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4. Sorry to hear that she's still struggling. *hugs* I am bracing myself for what

puberty may bring our way. Gotta love what hormones can do.

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7. she's decided that she has a second personality.

a sort of bad girl, a bitch, who comes out when people are being mean. then she told me that this person is a male, and could she have some money to buy some boxer shorts and a dildo. now this person has a boyfriend.

the whole trip to mayo was terrible. imho, they looked at all the psyche drugs she is on, and threw up their hands. she came home curled up in a ball.

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8. Oh, God! *hugs* Is this manic delusions or is she experiencing true dissociative behavior?

I can't believe the Mayo couldn't help.

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9. there seems to be an awful lot of communication

and familiarity for it to be truly dissociative.
DH told me tonight that she told him about a third.

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10. ah, mo

i'm sorry. i'm sorry mayo didn't help. i wish i had more than a for you. please remember to take care of you, too.

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11. Oh, no. :^( Can you stop all meds and see whether that makes it better or worse?

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12. been trying for a while.

especially trazadone, which she takes for sleep. i took it for a while, for fibro, and full scale flipped out. one of the first drugs they gave her, and it is low dose compared to the old AD doses, so they figure it is harmless.
she won't listen to a damn thing i say at this point.

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13. She on any anti-psychotics? I took Trazadone for sleep too, but didn't like the side effects like

the ringing in my ears.

Hopefully she'll come to a place where she will listen, and before things get any worse.

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14. she's been trying to talk them into it, and frankly

it makes my head spin to try to think why she isn't.
i am flat out confused, and just trying to go with the flow.

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15. If you can get her to let you be her advocate, have her doc peel away some meds and/or add

an anti-psychotic. Maybe even a trip to the ER for some Zyprexa if she isn't already on it, in case she's in some sort of manic state which is causing these delusions.

I am "lucky" in that I am more like a bipolar 2, but I have had some funky delusions and so forth that really should mark me as a 1. Weird stuff like I could feel Jesus holding my hand, and God channeling new Bible verses to me. But for the most part my manias are short compared to most 1s. I've also experienced some dissociative stuff, not multiple personality, but complete loss of emotion or my sane self sitting in the backseat watching my unhealthy self get into trouble. Seemed to have been chemically driven, for me.

Whatever is going on with her, she can't advocate for herself. She's ill. The hard part will be getting her to recognize that and let you help.

Editing to say I'm sorry that this sounds so bossy and know-it-all. I'm sure you've done everything you can. Keep on hanging in there!

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16. fat chance.

i considered it a major victory when she let me come to hear testing results. (that was scary)

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17. :^( Here's hoping that she changes her mind. *hugs*

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5. good luck to you guys

i hope the meds help.

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6. Thank you! *hugs*