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difficult child going to be weaning off Abilify, how hard is this?
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<blockquote data-quote="IT1967" data-source="post: 598969" data-attributes="member: 15615"><p>Wow, your psychiatrist reminds me of ours. My difficult child 2 was on a ridiculous amount/doses of medications and he was a complete mess with horrible side effects. Our psychiatrist was so upset by my insistence that we cut back on some of the medications that he told me I should get a second opinion, which we are going to do. And guess what? My difficult child 2 is doing better - we cut the dose of Risperdal in half and dropped the afternoon stimulant. And like you, the Zoloft sent my son into such rages that that was what led to us having to even start the Risperdal. We are trying to get a second opinion, but it will be months (probably at least 6) before we get into a new psychiatrist. They won't even schedule an appointment. for us until they get our medication recs. In the meantime, I have no choice but to stay with this one. Whenever I ask about cutting back on the Risperdal or dropping it entirely, he puts me off. He says we have to wait til they're stable for a period of time (how much time?!) and he doesn't want to change anything until we're into the new school year and he sees that they're functioning ok. Since things are *knock on wood* fairly stable, I'll coast, but am looking forward to a fresh set of eyes taking a look at my kids' situations. Good luck to you on weaning. Please let us know how it goes. I will tell you that I very very gradually cut that Risperdal dose for difficult child 2 and it's been no problem at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IT1967, post: 598969, member: 15615"] Wow, your psychiatrist reminds me of ours. My difficult child 2 was on a ridiculous amount/doses of medications and he was a complete mess with horrible side effects. Our psychiatrist was so upset by my insistence that we cut back on some of the medications that he told me I should get a second opinion, which we are going to do. And guess what? My difficult child 2 is doing better - we cut the dose of Risperdal in half and dropped the afternoon stimulant. And like you, the Zoloft sent my son into such rages that that was what led to us having to even start the Risperdal. We are trying to get a second opinion, but it will be months (probably at least 6) before we get into a new psychiatrist. They won't even schedule an appointment. for us until they get our medication recs. In the meantime, I have no choice but to stay with this one. Whenever I ask about cutting back on the Risperdal or dropping it entirely, he puts me off. He says we have to wait til they're stable for a period of time (how much time?!) and he doesn't want to change anything until we're into the new school year and he sees that they're functioning ok. Since things are *knock on wood* fairly stable, I'll coast, but am looking forward to a fresh set of eyes taking a look at my kids' situations. Good luck to you on weaning. Please let us know how it goes. I will tell you that I very very gradually cut that Risperdal dose for difficult child 2 and it's been no problem at all. [/QUOTE]
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