possible hospitalization
Miguel's 10.5 yrs old and is having surgery next Friday so I'd rather not have him hospitalized. He's already worried about it. He does talk to us & his T. We take this serious because he's attempted ones about 2 yrs ago. I wish we could wait until after Friday but he always gets more depressed at night but recently it's gotten much worse both day & night.

I know for me at least ads make me manic AD's make me manic but AD's w/o MS makes my husband drop into worse depression.

Certainly discuss the AD and the possibility of BP in depth
Originally his pdoc wanted to put him on abilify for his OCD like symptoms of possible aspergers /BP. I was hesitant of putting him on an AP but maybe that's a choice?

His pdoc knows about the very high risk for BP. His pdoc wants us to rip new meds as soon as anything odd happens but this isn't odd. Pdoc wanted to put him on an AD last month but his ADHD was not under control.

Does he have a good T that you trust?

I don't know if I like her or trust her. He likes her and trust her, that currently good enough for me.

What is your gut telling you how to handle it??

I really really don't like the idea of him on 5 different meds (2 for ADHD, 2 Asthma, and now depression). There's got to be a better way. I'm thinking about asking to take him off intuniv and put him on abilify but I'm so nervous about that.

I would like to watch him 24 hrs a day but know his psy. supervision is suppose to be left to professionals. At the same time we've dealt w. psychosis & suicidal-ness in each other at home until we could convince the “ill partner” to talk to their T or Pdoc. So maybe we can keep him home and call when/if needed.We don't have to convince him it's our choice to call.

Does he talk about anything that he thinks could help him feel better? We have been doing everything we can to lessen his stress. He's not really saying much but I'll ask him again tomorrow

ask if his meds could be causing Sui thoughts He started conserta about a month ago. So I'll certainly ask about that.

Hamster- Thank-you for asking GF

I think I got everyone. Hope so. I'm worried that it's partly because he's nervous.

So,
Ask about when hospitalization is necessary.
Ask about new meds.
Ask about SUI side effect of coserta
Remind her about BP
Tell her our reactions to AD
have him talk to his T about sui thoughts