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Met with psychiatrist *finally*
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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 66670" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Glad you got in to see the psychiatrist. That's good news.</p><p></p><p>We had really great luck with Abilify here, BUT, there are side effects with it as well, so we had to discontinue.</p><p></p><p>Dylan was holding saliva in his mouth, drooling, slurring, etc at 20 mg. (he started at 5 mg also, and over time kept going up, because Abilify usually fizzles out), so we stopped it. But it was a GREAT medication at holding his impulsivity and hyperactivity at bay. I would guess it probably worked well with the Lithium to hold the mania, however, even on the Bipolar medications, we still saw it, just not as severe.</p><p></p><p>And he ate like a hog. Some told me it was the Lithium, but since we stopped the Abilify, that stopped.</p><p></p><p>If your difficult child gets heavy, like mine did, and that's the only side effect, but the medications are working, for now you will want to weigh good/bad. My son Dylan is a rapid cycler, hypomanic, and honestly, I'd rather have a heavy, emotionally stable child, than a thin, raging, out of control mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 66670, member: 2737"] Glad you got in to see the psychiatrist. That's good news. We had really great luck with Abilify here, BUT, there are side effects with it as well, so we had to discontinue. Dylan was holding saliva in his mouth, drooling, slurring, etc at 20 mg. (he started at 5 mg also, and over time kept going up, because Abilify usually fizzles out), so we stopped it. But it was a GREAT medication at holding his impulsivity and hyperactivity at bay. I would guess it probably worked well with the Lithium to hold the mania, however, even on the Bipolar medications, we still saw it, just not as severe. And he ate like a hog. Some told me it was the Lithium, but since we stopped the Abilify, that stopped. If your difficult child gets heavy, like mine did, and that's the only side effect, but the medications are working, for now you will want to weigh good/bad. My son Dylan is a rapid cycler, hypomanic, and honestly, I'd rather have a heavy, emotionally stable child, than a thin, raging, out of control mess. [/QUOTE]
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