Posted by PoohBear on January 27, 2004, at 11:51:33
Hi all:
I have a friend who's 14 year old son attempted suicide in early December and spent 5 weeks in a local children's hospital. They immediately diagnosed him as depressed and placed him on Lexapro.
He was released to his home two weeks ago and his condition has worsened, with his weight dropping to 65 pounds. He won't take his meds and still has suicidal thoughts.
My thought is that he was misdiagnosed from the beginning and may be bipolar and that the Lexapro isn't having any effect, just that his cycles weren't that great in amplitude. One of the articles I read regarding bipolar stated that it was under-dianosed 30% of the time...
I know that for me Effexor stopped my suicidal ideation dead in it's tracks. If he's still thinking this way the medication is having no effect.
His parents are very worried. The young man already had a serious eating disorder (no wheat products) before this happened, and his attempt on his life was rather lame (Excedrin), but they are desperate for input and options.
Any help of links to articles would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Tony
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