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Old Sep 02, 2007, 05:43 AM
motherofthree motherofthree is offline
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I have a 10 yr. old daughter who has been diagnosed a Manic Bi-polar over a year ago. She takes Depakote and Zoloft everyday and now she is having paranoia, and hallucinations. She is now taking Abilify. She has lost ALOT of weight since starting her meds and the Abilify seems to aggravate it even more. She has isolated herself and has no friends as "Everybody is talking about me" and she even had CPS called on us because "ROB" (one of the many voices in her head) told her to say horrible disgusting things about us. Thank god they dropped all charges and with her psychiatrists help we have made everyone at school aware of her illness. Is this normal for a Bi-polar child or are we dealing with something even more frightening? We are concerned that she is now starting to listen to the voices and do what they tell her to do. She has never been hospitalized yet and I am wondering when do we hit rock bottom to admit her ourselves. PLEASE!!! any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.