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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 747254" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>We went through the whole pantheon of medications for my grandson. His last psychiatrist, who is a pediatric medication specialist, suggested the gene testing. A cheek swab and a week later (and insurance paid for it), we learned a whole bunch of stuff. People's genetics affect drugs are metabolized, and we found out that the whole class of medications he was taking for his ADHD were in the third (use with caution--may not work as expected) category of drug/gene interaction and that's why they weren't working very well for him. It's so hard throwing drugs at a kid to see what will work. I hope it works out for you. Yes, my grandson had a large weight gain from abilify, but the weight dropped right after he went off of it. And when he was on the stimulants for his ADHD, he didn't grow for two years, but he's a tall, thin 12 year old now. Part of the issue (and we're trying figure this out) is that his particular issues might not be brain-based, but rather something like borderline personality disorder. Brain-based stuff tends to be helped by medications, borderline personality disorder, not so much (unless there are other problems like anxiety, depressions, etc). Quite the puzzle, these kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 747254, member: 13260"] We went through the whole pantheon of medications for my grandson. His last psychiatrist, who is a pediatric medication specialist, suggested the gene testing. A cheek swab and a week later (and insurance paid for it), we learned a whole bunch of stuff. People's genetics affect drugs are metabolized, and we found out that the whole class of medications he was taking for his ADHD were in the third (use with caution--may not work as expected) category of drug/gene interaction and that's why they weren't working very well for him. It's so hard throwing drugs at a kid to see what will work. I hope it works out for you. Yes, my grandson had a large weight gain from abilify, but the weight dropped right after he went off of it. And when he was on the stimulants for his ADHD, he didn't grow for two years, but he's a tall, thin 12 year old now. Part of the issue (and we're trying figure this out) is that his particular issues might not be brain-based, but rather something like borderline personality disorder. Brain-based stuff tends to be helped by medications, borderline personality disorder, not so much (unless there are other problems like anxiety, depressions, etc). Quite the puzzle, these kids. [/QUOTE]
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