I'm raising a 14 yo grandson with mental health problems.  He's been diagnosed with PTSD, depression, non specific mood disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, ODD and impulse disorder.  He has been hospitalized 5150 6 times.  We have tried so many meds but can't seem to get his explosions under control.  He was most recently on a cocktail of Haldol, latuda, Cogentin and with the hope of weaning him off Haldol we have him on Trileptal as well.  We recently added a dose of Klonopin but had to suspend that because it was making him angrier!  So, I have 2 questions:  is lithium something we should try?  Or is he being over-medicated at this point?  We need help as he's a large teenager (5-10, 220 lbs) and is very aggressive.
                                                        
                                                     
                                                    
                                                        
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
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                                                                Fri, 3 Feb 2017