neednewtechnique
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Well, I am so sorry it has been a while since I posted, things have been crazy at home, and I have been working CRAZY hours too!!!
My 5 year old had her final assessment appointment yesterday!!!! The final diagnosis was Bipolar, but he said that he wants to get her a while on the mood stabilizers and then re-evaluate some things and see if there is something else, underlying, once he gets her moods evened out. He put her on 12.5 mg of Lamictal in the morning, and 2.5 mg of Abilify at bedtime. She has had two doses of the Lamictal now, and only one of the Abilify, but I am concerned about the Abilify....he said it could cause drowsiness, and she took it before bed last night, and when she got up this morning (which was VERY DIFFICULT TO WAKE UP) she has been very tired, and falling asleep all morning! I am trying not to jump to conclusions too quickly, because she DID go out trick-or-treating last night, and so she was up pretty late, so she didn't get much sleep anyway.....maybe that's all it is, but has anyone ever had problems with their child being nearly sedated all day while taking the Abilify?? She isn't even taking that much of it!!!
Just curious!
My 5 year old had her final assessment appointment yesterday!!!! The final diagnosis was Bipolar, but he said that he wants to get her a while on the mood stabilizers and then re-evaluate some things and see if there is something else, underlying, once he gets her moods evened out. He put her on 12.5 mg of Lamictal in the morning, and 2.5 mg of Abilify at bedtime. She has had two doses of the Lamictal now, and only one of the Abilify, but I am concerned about the Abilify....he said it could cause drowsiness, and she took it before bed last night, and when she got up this morning (which was VERY DIFFICULT TO WAKE UP) she has been very tired, and falling asleep all morning! I am trying not to jump to conclusions too quickly, because she DID go out trick-or-treating last night, and so she was up pretty late, so she didn't get much sleep anyway.....maybe that's all it is, but has anyone ever had problems with their child being nearly sedated all day while taking the Abilify?? She isn't even taking that much of it!!!
Just curious!