Daughter and I had an interesting conversation on our way to see Psychiatrist today. D and B are busy making plans for the wedding, which will be next month. B wants Daughter to serve as her maid of honor. Daughter is torn between excitement about the upcoming wedding and frustration with the two of them for pushing forward with their foolish plans. B's family does not approve, and are having nothing to do with the wedding. Daughter doesn't want to have anything to do with it either, but is afraid to tell that to B. I told her she can't leave her hanging, and has to tell her she's not going to do it. I told her she could blame me, and tell B I wouldn't allow her to do it. We have some of our best conversations in the car.
Psychiatrist thinks we're dealing with some break through mania. She wants to start her on Depakote, which is a mood stabilizer and anti-seizure medication. Daughter already is on an anti-seizure medication for her seizures, but the one she is on, Keppra, is not a mood stabilizer. She's going to get her nurse to talk to Neurologist's nurse, and then they will call and let me know if I should get the prescription filled. She looked both drugs up while we were there, and it didn't indicate a problem, but we still want the neurologist to sign off on it. She's scheduled to see Neurologist next week anyway. We go back to see Psychiatrist in two weeks.
I really do like Psychiatrist. She said that with the number of things Daughter is on, she begins to look for something that can do what several other drugs are doing. The Depakote may make it possible to eliminate the trazadone she uses for sleep and the catapres patch she wears. I can discontinue the Trazadone as soon as she starts the Depakote. It would be wonderful if the depakote would enable us to reduce or discontinue the Keppra, but we'll have to wait and see.
Daughter was delighted because Psychiatrist didn't want to hospitalize her. She was really concerned that she'd have to stay at the hospital. We pointed out to her that if she tells us when things first start instead of waiting until things are really bad, it's possible to take care of things with medication adjustments at home. Will she remember this? Doubtful.
On another note, the romance between Daughter and J ended before it began. J took a Redbook from the workshop yesterday. It had some articles in it about women and sex. He lost privileges for a week, so they aren't going to be able to hang out this week. I explained to Daughter that he had lost privileges because he stole a magazine, and he uses the magazines to "excite himself." Daughter decided that was gross and that she doesn't want to be involved with someone who takes things and isn't responsible.
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