When will I learn that you can't start a new med and change the dose of an existing med at the same time??? And yet that is exactly what I did this past weekend! We decided at her last p-doc appointment to raise the dose of Buspar and add in Rozerem to help her sleep better. She is definitely falling asleep faster (half an hour from the time she takes her medicine instead of 1 1/2 hours or more).
The last couple of days have brought increasing anxiety, irritability, and overall unrest. Today she has spent quite a bit of time telling me that her brain is rushing, rushing, rushing and won't stop. She was on the verge of meltdown most of the day and did meltdown a couple of times tonight. The only thing that I can think of that has changed is the meds, so we are taking a step back starting tomorrow. The other thing we are not sure about is whether these feelings are a side effect that will go away with time as her body adjusts to the medicine, or if it is something that will continue indefinitely, or if it is even caused by the medicine at all? Since we are not sure if it is the med increase or the new med that is possibly causing this change in her, we will drop the older med back down to what it was before the weekend. What complicates this further is that we are supposed to go see Mark in WV next week. I am really hoping to gain some stability back before we leave! If we can't, it will be an interesting week to say the least.
ohh this is so frustrating. How are we as parents suppose to know what is med induced behaviors and what is disorder induced? I hope this gets better soon for you, your poor sweet girl, to go through so much at such a young age.
ReplyDeleteAh, it took us a long time to learn that one too. Hope all smooths out soon.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing the right thing with pulling back on the Buspar to what she was on before. That just makes sence. I hope it levels out and it is NOT the new med if it does help her sleep. Has she tried other things like Melatonin to sleep?
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