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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 406800" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Ditto what smallworld says. I have had one kid on Lamictal with absolutely great success for same reasons as SW. Other tried it, didn't help, but he was helped greatly by a small dose of Abilify. Other one wasn't.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't introduce them at the same time. In my experience, I would try Abilify first because we saw the effects pretty quickly (couple of days). It helped with impulse control and emotional reactivity for him. He had not been able to tolerate any stimulants when we tried Abilify. We tried about 10 other things i think before we got to Abilify. There was some weight gain but not huge but he maxed out on a dose of 5 mg. He did have some wierd facial stuff going on (psychiatrist said wasn't TD) and I finally was glad to get him off it. </p><p></p><p> Lamictal takes longer because of the titration, but for the kid it worked for even at low doses (50 mg?) we began to see a positive difference.</p><p></p><p>SSRIss have had real negative side effects for both of my kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 406800, member: 2322"] Ditto what smallworld says. I have had one kid on Lamictal with absolutely great success for same reasons as SW. Other tried it, didn't help, but he was helped greatly by a small dose of Abilify. Other one wasn't. I wouldn't introduce them at the same time. In my experience, I would try Abilify first because we saw the effects pretty quickly (couple of days). It helped with impulse control and emotional reactivity for him. He had not been able to tolerate any stimulants when we tried Abilify. We tried about 10 other things i think before we got to Abilify. There was some weight gain but not huge but he maxed out on a dose of 5 mg. He did have some wierd facial stuff going on (psychiatrist said wasn't TD) and I finally was glad to get him off it. Lamictal takes longer because of the titration, but for the kid it worked for even at low doses (50 mg?) we began to see a positive difference. SSRIss have had real negative side effects for both of my kids. [/QUOTE]
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