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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 398823" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>CM, sorry things are so rough for you right now.</p><p></p><p>The one thing to consider with your difficult child's medications is that all of them tend to be activating. In other words, both Lamictal and Abilify work on depression and stimulate rather than calm. My understanding about Abilify is that less is actually more (in other words, less actually helps more). And higher doses of stimulants with kids who have mood disorders can help or hinder -- it's a crapshoot. So I'm wondering if maybe your difficult child needs to trial a different AP other than Abilify. Has he ever been on a different one?</p><p></p><p>Hang in there -- hope the psychiatrist has some ideas for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 398823, member: 2423"] CM, sorry things are so rough for you right now. The one thing to consider with your difficult child's medications is that all of them tend to be activating. In other words, both Lamictal and Abilify work on depression and stimulate rather than calm. My understanding about Abilify is that less is actually more (in other words, less actually helps more). And higher doses of stimulants with kids who have mood disorders can help or hinder -- it's a crapshoot. So I'm wondering if maybe your difficult child needs to trial a different AP other than Abilify. Has he ever been on a different one? Hang in there -- hope the psychiatrist has some ideas for you. [/QUOTE]
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