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we switched medications and I see a change
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 339890" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Well, agee, I forgot to mention that prior to my son's behavior that was similar to yours, he had already tried Risperdal for several years and we'd moved onto Abilify and he was only on that medication and a stimulant when the bipolar symptoms emerged (the Abilify did not cause the bipolar... his was brought on by an autoimmune response to an infection that affected his brain... long story) but my point is that Abilify alone did nothing to help those specific symptoms of obsessiveness, stuck thinking, rages, emotional lability, etc. He was also having pressured speech and racing thoughts. The stimulants definitely made things worse in his particular case. And it wasn't until we got him on Depakote and added a different AP (because during all this excitement he developed a dystonic reaction to Abilify, Risperdal AND Zyprexa -- yeah, we went down the list and tried them all) that we feel like the majority of his symptoms were finally reined in.</p><p> </p><p>So if you can ignore my run-on sentence above, what I'm trying to say is that for bipolar patients it is not unusual for them to need both a mood stabilizer AND an antipsychotic to get them to a good place. And while I admit to not knowing a lick about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), I imagine that like any brain injured person experiencing psychiatric complications, medications have their place and can be very helpful in either correcting or at least supporting a compromised system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 339890, member: 3444"] Well, agee, I forgot to mention that prior to my son's behavior that was similar to yours, he had already tried Risperdal for several years and we'd moved onto Abilify and he was only on that medication and a stimulant when the bipolar symptoms emerged (the Abilify did not cause the bipolar... his was brought on by an autoimmune response to an infection that affected his brain... long story) but my point is that Abilify alone did nothing to help those specific symptoms of obsessiveness, stuck thinking, rages, emotional lability, etc. He was also having pressured speech and racing thoughts. The stimulants definitely made things worse in his particular case. And it wasn't until we got him on Depakote and added a different AP (because during all this excitement he developed a dystonic reaction to Abilify, Risperdal AND Zyprexa -- yeah, we went down the list and tried them all) that we feel like the majority of his symptoms were finally reined in. So if you can ignore my run-on sentence above, what I'm trying to say is that for bipolar patients it is not unusual for them to need both a mood stabilizer AND an antipsychotic to get them to a good place. And while I admit to not knowing a lick about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), I imagine that like any brain injured person experiencing psychiatric complications, medications have their place and can be very helpful in either correcting or at least supporting a compromised system. [/QUOTE]
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