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newsandi · 02-09-2008, 10:59 AM

Easeful, I am sorry that you are going thru all of this with your son also. It is so tryin on us as mothers. I feel we do any and everything to help them and it can get so overwhelming and frustrating. My son is taking right now, Depakote er 500 mgs 3 of them at nite along with Respetdal 3mg one in the morn and one a nite. He takes 2 chlorpromaz 250mg inthe morn and at nite and one chlorpromazine 50mg one in the morn and one at nite. He also is taking his adderall in the morning for the adhd. I was thinking it was the chlorpromazine and chlorpromaz that was causing his overmedicated problem, I was under the assumption that the Depakote was the mood stabilizer to keep im on. How many do your son takes of the Deakote. I thougt this would be the miracle drug to get him stablized. What is your knowledge on Deakote. Do you know anything on the other meds he is on. Maybe my son is on too many Deakotes. Not sure. They started him on only 2 of them at nite but moved up to three. He isnt sleeping all the time. We have been getting him to sleep by 11 at nite and up by 9 or 10. He did take a few short naps but I wake him up after a coupld hours because the hospital told me not to let him sleep too much. I tried to get him out of the house a little each day and I do something with him. He has been with my parents a lot staying there with them. I will go down later today and get him to go for a ride and maybe ice cream or something. I think its important to get them out of the house to keep them moving forward. When he does take naps, I make him get up after 2 hours. The doctors say not to let him sleep too much. Easier said then done when they wake up all grouchy. Hang in there and no you are not alone. I was very devasted over all of this but now I am taking it day by day and I do see a improvememt each day. Maybe not major changes but they are coming. The biggest issue is to make sure he takes all of his meds which so far he has been doint that. I hope things get better for your son and I will keep you in my thoughts. From one mother to another. Just trying to survive all of this. Take care of yourself also. You have to be healthy and strong to take this all on. I am here if you need me. We all need to know that we are not alone in this.

02-09-2008, 10:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
newsandi Content with my past Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 643	Easeful, I am sorry that you are going thru all of this with your son also. It is so tryin on us as mothers. I feel we do any and everything to help them and it can get so overwhelming and frustrating. My son is taking right now, Depakote er 500 mgs 3 of them at nite along with Respetdal 3mg one in the morn and one a nite. He takes 2 chlorpromaz 250mg inthe morn and at nite and one chlorpromazine 50mg one in the morn and one at nite. He also is taking his adderall in the morning for the adhd. I was thinking it was the chlorpromazine and chlorpromaz that was causing his overmedicated problem, I was under the assumption that the Depakote was the mood stabilizer to keep im on. How many do your son takes of the Deakote. I thougt this would be the miracle drug to get him stablized. What is your knowledge on Deakote. Do you know anything on the other meds he is on. Maybe my son is on too many Deakotes. Not sure. They started him on only 2 of them at nite but moved up to three. He isnt sleeping all the time. We have been getting him to sleep by 11 at nite and up by 9 or 10. He did take a few short naps but I wake him up after a coupld hours because the hospital told me not to let him sleep too much. I tried to get him out of the house a little each day and I do something with him. He has been with my parents a lot staying there with them. I will go down later today and get him to go for a ride and maybe ice cream or something. I think its important to get them out of the house to keep them moving forward. When he does take naps, I make him get up after 2 hours. The doctors say not to let him sleep too much. Easier said then done when they wake up all grouchy. Hang in there and no you are not alone. I was very devasted over all of this but now I am taking it day by day and I do see a improvememt each day. Maybe not major changes but they are coming. The biggest issue is to make sure he takes all of his meds which so far he has been doint that. I hope things get better for your son and I will keep you in my thoughts. From one mother to another. Just trying to survive all of this. Take care of yourself also. You have to be healthy and strong to take this all on. I am here if you need me. We all need to know that we are not alone in this.