My son was in jail and on Elavil, Risperdal, Depakene & Benadryl together. After release, he has nothing.?

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They gave him a list of drugs when he was released, but no pills; it was an abrupt & total withdrawl. He trembled for a week. We refilled his Elavil RX with an old RX, but he's not taking the other three. He gained 40 pounds, and he has constant headaches and anxiety. At least the trembling has stopped, but I worry about the long-term effects of all those drugs together. He was never diagnosed with any mental illness, worked at a job, etc. before jail. I'm sure he was a very sedated inmate, causing no problems, which is what the institution wanted. Any advice on such an abrupt withdrawl, weight gain, headaches, etc.? I know he should see a doctor asap and we're working on that.

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Well honestly maybe its all the drugs they gave him... and that he keeps taking... maybe you should just stop treatment all together... sure if hes an addict he will tremble i mean hes an addict thats what happens with all drugs... but still he need to cleanse his system and maybe it might be better that way... and you should take him to a doc. asap... maybe it would be best if you got a friend who is a doc. or a friend who has a doc. in there family or knows one personally so there is no record of it you know... good luck from one human being to the next

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wow, sue i guess

Suing is not the answer. The jail is not responsible for supplying your son's medications to him. You said he was not diagnosed with anything, but had an old RX for Elavil, which is an antidepressent. I can't imagine a doctor would have given him an RX without a Dx. As for Risperadal and Depakene, those are some serious medications that the jail would not have given him without a professional seeing him, so I'm going to assume that your son has some mental health issues that need to be dealt with, and may be a cause for his criminal activity, though not the only factor.

Yes, there are long term effects, and they can be easily researched through google, but if they are going to control behaviors, they may be worth the effects.

Your son has had time enough to have the effects of withdrawal out of his system. The elavil as you know is an anti-depressant, is he depressed? Life circumstances cause us to have anxiety and lulls of feeling bad but when we act on the feelings to correct them they go away, mediation usually postpones or obliterates the need to act, I would look at the things that are obvious, your son was not fed well in jail and I am sure he is compensating for that now. He needs to get his life back. Focus in on the little things first. Have him exercise everyday, this will accomplish many things, weight, headaches and self-esteem. The thing is if you talk yourself any of us in it to having a problem or illness you'll find someone to validate it no matter how wrong it may be. Don't let your son get sucked into the abyss of the system. He paid his dues, he needs to put that chapter behind him now and look for the wonderful thing life has to hold for a free man! He can do anything, be anything if he puts his heart mind and soul in to it! Work from the positive momma and in force it into his head! Don't reinforce bad behavior or tactical behavior. Get him going!

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