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from Risperdone to Abilify for my 6 year old.
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 496041" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Hi, I was wondering how things were going for you. Would you feel comfortable going under settings and making a signature? I wasn't sure if I remembered your story but checked your past posts and I was remembering your kiddo, the one who had received a diagnosis of a brain electrical abnormality, right? How is the pursuit of an IEP going?</p><p></p><p>So, I am a little confused because you said you stopped the Abilify after a few days of no improvement and now you are sayingyou are thinking of going back on that right? Not the risperdone? Your concern is the weight issue on the risperdone...BUT it worked... ?? That really does stink. Poor girl. Did she really develop actual breasts or was it just the weight increase in that area? Just wondering, not that to her it would matter... I was just asking for learning sake.</p><p></p><p>I have not had Q on Abilify but lots of folks here have had kids on it. I would not start and stop a medication though since sometimes it can affect how a medication ends up working... so I would stick with something until the doctor says not unless you had agreed to stop after a certain time before you even started the medication. most medications take a while to fully see the effect especially because it can sometimes just put them in a better place for accepting treatments so those have to have been going on for a while too to see improvement. But some do make a dramatic improvement... for us Ritalin was that way. DAY ONE, first dose, he was a changed child.</p><p></p><p>I hope you find an answer. My son is doing some crazy eating and weight gain too...not yet overweight by a long shot but it is dramatic because he is so obsessed with food, restaurants, etc. It can take over his ability to think of anything else and it has interfered with school work. I send like 4 snacks to school each day... carrots, fruit, and a few healthy snacks. The teacher says sometimes he will eat it all in a total frenzy. I am hoping it will settle down. Is there any indication that on those AP medications that the appetite changes will resolve once their bodies get used to the medications? Was she willing to increase her activity at all to help balance out any possilble future side effects like that? Poor kid. POOR YOU, LOL... no fun going through all of this trying to find and then put together all of the pieces to her puzzle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 496041, member: 12886"] Hi, I was wondering how things were going for you. Would you feel comfortable going under settings and making a signature? I wasn't sure if I remembered your story but checked your past posts and I was remembering your kiddo, the one who had received a diagnosis of a brain electrical abnormality, right? How is the pursuit of an IEP going? So, I am a little confused because you said you stopped the Abilify after a few days of no improvement and now you are sayingyou are thinking of going back on that right? Not the risperdone? Your concern is the weight issue on the risperdone...BUT it worked... ?? That really does stink. Poor girl. Did she really develop actual breasts or was it just the weight increase in that area? Just wondering, not that to her it would matter... I was just asking for learning sake. I have not had Q on Abilify but lots of folks here have had kids on it. I would not start and stop a medication though since sometimes it can affect how a medication ends up working... so I would stick with something until the doctor says not unless you had agreed to stop after a certain time before you even started the medication. most medications take a while to fully see the effect especially because it can sometimes just put them in a better place for accepting treatments so those have to have been going on for a while too to see improvement. But some do make a dramatic improvement... for us Ritalin was that way. DAY ONE, first dose, he was a changed child. I hope you find an answer. My son is doing some crazy eating and weight gain too...not yet overweight by a long shot but it is dramatic because he is so obsessed with food, restaurants, etc. It can take over his ability to think of anything else and it has interfered with school work. I send like 4 snacks to school each day... carrots, fruit, and a few healthy snacks. The teacher says sometimes he will eat it all in a total frenzy. I am hoping it will settle down. Is there any indication that on those AP medications that the appetite changes will resolve once their bodies get used to the medications? Was she willing to increase her activity at all to help balance out any possilble future side effects like that? Poor kid. POOR YOU, LOL... no fun going through all of this trying to find and then put together all of the pieces to her puzzle. [/QUOTE]
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