Psch appt for J.

We had to take JoElle to her monthly appt with her psychiatrist, we have many concerns about possible panic attacks, she becomes almost catatonic, and when she snaps out of it, she says she couldn't breathe and she was upside down, right side up, and scared.

The outcome was to take her off of Adderall, which we were using to treat what appeared to be ADHD. Without it, she was not able to focus, stay still, couldn't stop doing flips, back kick overs, handstands, etc, ALL DAY AND NIGHT until she would have to take her sleeping pill, which is the only way she can sleep and stay asleep with no nightmares.
BUT, it was causing her anxiety to worsen, it had gone away, she can't stop biting her nails, her stomach is hurting bad constantly, along with a persistent headache. After 6 weeks, these side affects should have gone away.

I suggested that she might be bi-polar, runs in the family, although no dr has "labeled" it such in my mom, my dad, or me. But we have the symptoms. For whatever reason, her dr is also trying to avoid diagnosing bipolar. Not sure why?

Her dr thinks instead of panic attacks, that she could have been having a form of a seizure. He prescribed what he called a mood stabilizer, but what I found out by asking the pharmacist is that it is actually an anti-seizure med, as there are no mood stabilizers approved for children who are 5.
The pharmacist warned me NOT to look up mood stabilizers, as it might frighten me a bit!
He did tell me to watch for an increase in anxiety over the next 4 days, if so, stop meds, call dr.
Other possible side affects to watch for- tummy ache, which she has already been dealing with.

After 4 days, Dr. A also said if no affect on her, then to give her half pill in the AM and half pill at 4 p.m. She is supposed to stay on Prozac in the morning, 4 p.m. this new med, and trazadone at night. We will see what happens....