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<blockquote data-quote="miles2go" data-source="post: 221188" data-attributes="member: 6374"><p>My 7 y.o. boy has been up to 2mg of Abilify for a few days now, still a bit defiant in school and today at his psychiatrist, the doctor recommends going at least to 3 mg, and suddenly after the doctor visit the kid gets tired, and is sleeping since 2pm with maybe 1hr of lethargic wakefulness from abt 6-7pm. I gave him his daily, only 2mg during that window. He is not complaining, "feeling good", "not hungry" (since lunch, no dinner). Should I be worried? I guess I'll see if he wakes up at 3am feeling hungry. </p><p>The doctor wants to keep the dose on the high side, says BiPolar (BP) symptoms have a tendency to "break through" if the dose is not high enough and then the medication is ineffective. Says even if one-on-one difficult child seems ok on the lower dose, don't drop it during school holidays -- the brain needs it to work right, even if we don't see the overt need. Brain working wrong would mean to stay overactive in places, and in others be like "kindling", firing up from a slight spark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miles2go, post: 221188, member: 6374"] My 7 y.o. boy has been up to 2mg of Abilify for a few days now, still a bit defiant in school and today at his psychiatrist, the doctor recommends going at least to 3 mg, and suddenly after the doctor visit the kid gets tired, and is sleeping since 2pm with maybe 1hr of lethargic wakefulness from abt 6-7pm. I gave him his daily, only 2mg during that window. He is not complaining, "feeling good", "not hungry" (since lunch, no dinner). Should I be worried? I guess I'll see if he wakes up at 3am feeling hungry. The doctor wants to keep the dose on the high side, says BiPolar (BP) symptoms have a tendency to "break through" if the dose is not high enough and then the medication is ineffective. Says even if one-on-one difficult child seems ok on the lower dose, don't drop it during school holidays -- the brain needs it to work right, even if we don't see the overt need. Brain working wrong would mean to stay overactive in places, and in others be like "kindling", firing up from a slight spark. [/QUOTE]
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