After being discharged (because i was eighteen) from a residential treatment center, or anyone with an IQ higher than 80 would refer to as "secret prisons for teens" SWIM has been out on his own, detatched from his parents essentially since the age of 16. SWIM was sent to Utah, where they visited SWIM one time to let him
know despite any effort towards "recovery" SWIM would be staying there until he was 18. (16 mon duration). While SWIM sparingly sees his father, his only doing to do with my family is that hes still under their insurance..so, anyway.
SWIM started seeing a psychiatrist, for the first time by himself, without the imput with his parents, while he gave him all his medical records, he was really excited to be treated like an individual, and not just the problem of an already broken family.
From the age 12 on, SWIM cannot remember how many SSRI's, mood stabilizers, and all that other stuff hes have been on, and the cocktails that were served to me in.
Now at age 18 SWIM has been able to select his own MD, and his own treatment.
SWIM has diagnosis's ranging from ODD to bipolar 1, Bipolar 2, and major depressive dissorder. The fraction of SWIMS high school years were spent drugged up on medication he knew nothing about.
But back to being 18, almost 19. SWIM has been on clonazepam 4mg a day for over 2 months now. In sessions with his psychiatrist he exclaims his satisfation that his anxiety it under control, and feels more comfortable in his skin, yet ,lacks the spark to get something going in his life. SWIM graduating from a great high school, unfortunatly with a 1.66 GPA bc Utah fucked him over, but, he did score a 34 on the ACT, he is a smart kid. There are opportunitties, and he has had opportunitties pass by to succeed in school, or at least get a job, but he just cant find the motivation, its just not there.
Well, after SWIMS most current session, he was proscribed Methylin.(Ritalin, whatever youre familiar with) In theory SWIM feels like this could be a solution, but has hesitations of being on a Benzo and a stimulant. SWIM has heard of people taking ADD meds in the morning, and some benzos at night to put them to sleep, but in conjuction with one another? SWIM assumes its safe as his doc wrote out the script for him, however in SWIMs head he feels like theyd cancel each other out.
SWIM just obtained his script, 180 5mg methylin tablets....(half to give to the psychiatrist to hold on to..weird.) swim is supposed to take both his klonopin wafers and methylin at the same time, twice a day, morning, and afternoon. However swim is a little nervous, or hesitant he trust his doctor and will see how his experience goes today.
If anyone has thought, experiences, advice, please feel free to message me or post, this is my first thread! Thanks!
-Gbarz
know despite any effort towards "recovery" SWIM would be staying there until he was 18. (16 mon duration). While SWIM sparingly sees his father, his only doing to do with my family is that hes still under their insurance..so, anyway.
SWIM started seeing a psychiatrist, for the first time by himself, without the imput with his parents, while he gave him all his medical records, he was really excited to be treated like an individual, and not just the problem of an already broken family.
From the age 12 on, SWIM cannot remember how many SSRI's, mood stabilizers, and all that other stuff hes have been on, and the cocktails that were served to me in.
Now at age 18 SWIM has been able to select his own MD, and his own treatment.
SWIM has diagnosis's ranging from ODD to bipolar 1, Bipolar 2, and major depressive dissorder. The fraction of SWIMS high school years were spent drugged up on medication he knew nothing about.
But back to being 18, almost 19. SWIM has been on clonazepam 4mg a day for over 2 months now. In sessions with his psychiatrist he exclaims his satisfation that his anxiety it under control, and feels more comfortable in his skin, yet ,lacks the spark to get something going in his life. SWIM graduating from a great high school, unfortunatly with a 1.66 GPA bc Utah fucked him over, but, he did score a 34 on the ACT, he is a smart kid. There are opportunitties, and he has had opportunitties pass by to succeed in school, or at least get a job, but he just cant find the motivation, its just not there.
Well, after SWIMS most current session, he was proscribed Methylin.(Ritalin, whatever youre familiar with) In theory SWIM feels like this could be a solution, but has hesitations of being on a Benzo and a stimulant. SWIM has heard of people taking ADD meds in the morning, and some benzos at night to put them to sleep, but in conjuction with one another? SWIM assumes its safe as his doc wrote out the script for him, however in SWIMs head he feels like theyd cancel each other out.
SWIM just obtained his script, 180 5mg methylin tablets....(half to give to the psychiatrist to hold on to..weird.) swim is supposed to take both his klonopin wafers and methylin at the same time, twice a day, morning, and afternoon. However swim is a little nervous, or hesitant he trust his doctor and will see how his experience goes today.
If anyone has thought, experiences, advice, please feel free to message me or post, this is my first thread! Thanks!
-Gbarz
