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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 398914" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>crazymama--i have a question that has really nothing to do with yours, but i'm curious.</p><p> </p><p>how has your difficult child's weight been with the combo of abilify/vyvase? do you find his appetite is typical?</p><p> </p><p>i'm curious because i was told that a low dose stimulant may be a consideration to stop the abilify weight gain...which after a disasterous concerta trial scares the bejesus out of me. my psychiatrist finally admitted that they are NOT seeing weight neutrality in kids and they are finding it to be a pound packer on-er. i couldnt get a straight answer as to <em>why</em> they think its the case (appetite increase? metabolism changes? not truly conquering the depression symptoms on its own?). </p><p> </p><p>**************************</p><p> </p><p>it is also my understanding that while of course a lower dose of anything is optimal, the kids that do best on the 1-2mg/day dose of abilify are the spectrum kids or the "add ons"--a higher dose is needed for most mood disorders. </p><p>15-17mg is what i would think of as a pretty appropriate dose (i've never heard of using it as a prn, but it sounds like it works for you, and thats all that matters). from what i know, 30mg is the generally accepted "top out" dose.</p><p> </p><p>anyhoo--just curious about the abilify/stimulant combo....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 398914, member: 8831"] crazymama--i have a question that has really nothing to do with yours, but i'm curious. how has your difficult child's weight been with the combo of abilify/vyvase? do you find his appetite is typical? i'm curious because i was told that a low dose stimulant may be a consideration to stop the abilify weight gain...which after a disasterous concerta trial scares the bejesus out of me. my psychiatrist finally admitted that they are NOT seeing weight neutrality in kids and they are finding it to be a pound packer on-er. i couldnt get a straight answer as to [I]why[/I] they think its the case (appetite increase? metabolism changes? not truly conquering the depression symptoms on its own?). ************************** it is also my understanding that while of course a lower dose of anything is optimal, the kids that do best on the 1-2mg/day dose of abilify are the spectrum kids or the "add ons"--a higher dose is needed for most mood disorders. 15-17mg is what i would think of as a pretty appropriate dose (i've never heard of using it as a prn, but it sounds like it works for you, and thats all that matters). from what i know, 30mg is the generally accepted "top out" dose. anyhoo--just curious about the abilify/stimulant combo.... [/QUOTE]
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