Posted by e503 on February 9, 2002, at 22:08:07
I;ll try to make this as short as possible. My son, age 14, is autistic. He also is bipolar - he gets manic and rages and aggressive, very irritable and obsessive. He was stabilized for a long time on tegretol, 1 mg. risperdol (at night only - as when we gave it to him in the a.m. he gets more hyper)and 75 mg. zoloft. We gave him the zoloft 50mg. a.m. and 25 mg. p.m. for some reason. Anyways, the last few months he has been very unstable. Really manic. Keep on increasing the tegretol dosage. Levels just the other day, after 2 weeks ago increasing tegretol to total 1400 mg./day 8.4. About 2 weeks ago when we increased the tegretol, as usual, he was ok, but still kind of manic. decided to cut down on the zoloft to 50 mg./day. He is still kind of wild, and agitated. I am really worried about him, as he is talking to himself a lot and very erratic. It is not the same boy from last year. Can anyone help? I am so worried and confused. My pdoc is out of town and I just can't take it anymore! ANy ideas what ''s going on or what to do?
elise
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