Nope, it's definitely not sunburn!

Great news...the Lamictal was working beautifully.

BAD news...PDog broke out in an awful rash from it. At first I thought he was just hot from playing outside or maybe it was sun burn. Then I noticed it had spread to his arms and was becoming quite splotchy.

I'm not sure if you know anything about Lamictal, but it can cause rashes that have actually been fatal in some cases. (Steven Johnson Syndrome)

After spending some time at the Urgent Care Center (Peds office was booked solid...grrrrrrrrrrr) and calling his phsyc doc it was determined that we need to remove him from the meds.

In order to do this he must spend 5 days mood stabilizer free. You can see where I'm going with this can't you? Today was his first day without. He's been really good though. A tad uppity and hyper, but that's not too atypical of him.

But as we all know, what goes up must come down. Please pray with me that we can get him back on a mood stabilizer before he crashes too low. Poor little guy!

In other news, I am on the forth chapter of my new novel. I've checked out SEVERAL books on BPD and BPD in children and teens. It's been almost impossible to find answers to some of my questions though. It's hard to predict what an 18 yr old boy with bipolar will act like after having been diagnosed and medicated since age 7. There isn't a whole lot of research on how stable kids remain when taking their meds. And right now, with things going so well, it's hard to imagine him getting worse again. (Knock on wood...this desk is real wood...right???)

So I know I don't have a huge following, but if anyone knows any teens (particularly boys) with BPD I'd love to get in touch with them!

However. I RARELY post links, but if any of YOU have kids with BPD, read the comments in this post. What an eye opening experience! It may not have answered all my questions, but it definitely answered a few!