Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 You are not alone, this is a daily fight for us. My daughter, who is 9, and been diagnosed for 3 years now fights, whines & cries over the simpliest of task. Some days I cry too but I am learning to pick my battles. Her behavioral therapist and I are working on this together & I'm hoping she'll eventually learn to cope better and the progress. Sorry I can't offer any real advice, I just wanted you to know you're not alone! Brook (9 yr old with OCD/Aspergers) > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 You are not alone, this is a daily fight for us. My daughter, who is 9, and been diagnosed for 3 years now fights, whines & cries over the simpliest of task. Some days I cry too but I am learning to pick my battles. Her behavioral therapist and I are working on this together & I'm hoping she'll eventually learn to cope better and the progress. Sorry I can't offer any real advice, I just wanted you to know you're not alone! Brook (9 yr old with OCD/Aspergers) > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 My daughter had mood swings starting at age 12. For her it boiled down to diet. We were on a high-carb - lots of bread, peanutbutter, grains, sweets, etc. We had to go on low-carb, high protein for her to stabilize and make it through the day. She was just hungry all the time and her body metabolized carbs too fast to keep her satisfied. We eat meat at every meal, even breakfast, with veggies with cream cheese sauce, etc. I give a squash type of cheesecake for snacks. We have to use only honey for sweetener; other sugars metabolize too fast. That's just one thing to try. I fed my son this diet as well - he did not have mood swings any more but continued to take forever with showers, dressing. That was from cleaning. Is that what your son is doing or just too tired to get done? Rhonda My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 My daughter had mood swings starting at age 12. For her it boiled down to diet. We were on a high-carb - lots of bread, peanutbutter, grains, sweets, etc. We had to go on low-carb, high protein for her to stabilize and make it through the day. She was just hungry all the time and her body metabolized carbs too fast to keep her satisfied. We eat meat at every meal, even breakfast, with veggies with cream cheese sauce, etc. I give a squash type of cheesecake for snacks. We have to use only honey for sweetener; other sugars metabolize too fast. That's just one thing to try. I fed my son this diet as well - he did not have mood swings any more but continued to take forever with showers, dressing. That was from cleaning. Is that what your son is doing or just too tired to get done? Rhonda My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Is he on any other medicine besides Prozac? Another son, besides my OCD son, has recently been diag. with BP 1. He doesn't have the rapid cycling but dif. kind of BP. My husband has BP and is more of a rapid cycler. My ex. brother in law was also a super rapid cycler, cycling several times in one day. Has benefited hugely from changes in his meds. The psych. says there are dif. variants of BP so can be expressed dif. ways for dif. people. If you haven't already talked to pdoc about this, prob. good to bring this up especially if change out of ordinary for him. Hope this helps. > ** > > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) > has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially > thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been > reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds > will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out > as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He > has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would > stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and > resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple > things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take > hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any > advice, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Is he on any other medicine besides Prozac? Another son, besides my OCD son, has recently been diag. with BP 1. He doesn't have the rapid cycling but dif. kind of BP. My husband has BP and is more of a rapid cycler. My ex. brother in law was also a super rapid cycler, cycling several times in one day. Has benefited hugely from changes in his meds. The psych. says there are dif. variants of BP so can be expressed dif. ways for dif. people. If you haven't already talked to pdoc about this, prob. good to bring this up especially if change out of ordinary for him. Hope this helps. > ** > > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) > has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially > thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been > reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds > will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out > as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He > has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would > stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and > resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple > things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take > hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any > advice, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks , Jake is not on any other meds besides Prozac. He is being treated for OCD and depression. I never thought of anything else going on until he began the prozac, and then this all began. I wonder now if he is developing BP and the prozac made it worse? He has appt with pdoc on monday and I will definitely discuss this with him. Thanks for you help! ________________________________ To: Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Mood swings Is he on any other medicine besides Prozac? Another son, besides my OCD son, has recently been diag. with BP 1. He doesn't have the rapid cycling but dif. kind of BP. My husband has BP and is more of a rapid cycler. My ex. brother in law was also a super rapid cycler, cycling several times in one day. Has benefited hugely from changes in his meds. The psych. says there are dif. variants of BP so can be expressed dif. ways for dif. people. If you haven't already talked to pdoc about this, prob. good to bring this up especially if change out of ordinary for him. Hope this helps. > ** > > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) > has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially > thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been > reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds > will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out > as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He > has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would > stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and > resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple > things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take > hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any > advice, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Great advice Rhonda, I will definitely look into this. Thank you, melissa ________________________________ To: Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Mood swings  My daughter had mood swings starting at age 12. For her it boiled down to diet. We were on a high-carb - lots of bread, peanutbutter, grains, sweets, etc. We had to go on low-carb, high protein for her to stabilize and make it through the day. She was just hungry all the time and her body metabolized carbs too fast to keep her satisfied. We eat meat at every meal, even breakfast, with veggies with cream cheese sauce, etc. I give a squash type of cheesecake for snacks. We have to use only honey for sweetener; other sugars metabolize too fast. That's just one thing to try. I fed my son this diet as well - he did not have mood swings any more but continued to take forever with showers, dressing. That was from cleaning. Is that what your son is doing or just too tired to get done? Rhonda My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thanks, it does help just to know there are others out there to listen ________________________________ To: Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Mood swings  You are not alone, this is a daily fight for us. My daughter, who is 9, and been diagnosed for 3 years now fights, whines & cries over the simpliest of task. Some days I cry too but I am learning to pick my battles. Her behavioral therapist and I are working on this together & I'm hoping she'll eventually learn to cope better and the progress. Sorry I can't offer any real advice, I just wanted you to know you're not alone! Brook (9 yr old with OCD/Aspergers) > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Our daughter too, rages at night and rages about bedtime. Some kids don't produce enough melatonin to relax in the evening, they are tired but still wired so they are very irritable. We see a major improvement on the melatonin. Our daughter takes 20mg of prozac in the am and 2 mg melatonin at bedtime. She has to have a behavior plan to keep her motivated to take both. You can get melatonin at a drug store or they have ones that are in 1mg cherry flavor at GNC too. I can't believe how effective this has been for our daughter. You will either see immediate results within 30 minutes or else this is not the problem. I tried 1mg first, when there was no effect after 30 minutes I gave 1 more mg. It worked. Now I give her 2 mg 30 minutes before bedtime. She starts yawning after about 30 minutes. Here is the mayo clinic link to read more on this. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aspergers-syndrome/DS00551/DSECTION=alternative\ -medicine Pam > > I would love some insight on this subject: My son, ten, (OCD, depression) has been experienceing wild mood swings for several weeks. I initially thought that it was all due to increase in prozac, but dose has been reduced for some time now, and behavior continues to be a huge problem. Ds will wake up happy, hyper, extremely talkative. He will usually mellow out as the day goes on, but then will become depressed, crying, and anxious. He has been having terrible rages about not wanting to go to bed (he would stay up all night on his computer if I let him). He is very defiant and resistant about most things that are asked of him-which isn't alot. Simple things like taking medication, showering, brushing teeth, etc. can take hours for him to do. This is so hard on the whole family, thankful for any advice, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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