Just a thought, Robin.

I am a psychiatric nurse with a background in neuropsychiatry. 

Temporal lobe epilepsy can sometimes mimic the symptoms of psychosis (delusions, personality changes, paranoia). The post-ictal phase of this type of seizure can last for some time. Given his history of seizures... I assume he has been seen by neurology? An EEG?  A CTscan?

I would be suspicious of such a sudden change in your son's behaviour / mood. Generally psychiatric disorders start more subtly and progress over time. Also, your son is young to be given such a diagnosis (not unheard of, just unusual in my experience). 

Yvonne


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He was not on any medications. He took Phenobarbital till 12 years old
because he had 2 grand mal seizures at 2 years old. When he turned 12, we
stopped the phenobarb since it had been so long since he had a seizure.

Now they have him on Luvox and Seroquel. He has also lost his ability to fall
asleep at night since this happened, so they did have him on Ambien too to
sleep, but after a couple of days the Ambien stopped working.
Robin