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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 431606" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>wasnt it your kiddo that recently started abilify?</p><p> </p><p>(if it wasnt yours, sorry in advance!!) </p><p> </p><p>one of the things we see with abilify is a 2-3 month honeymoon before we have to titrate up. i'm not sure why, and if thats actually *it* (tween hormones factor in here too)</p><p>but it seems to use we go up, things are good, and then by that 2month mark we are starting to see the depression/frustration stuff break through.</p><p> </p><p>mine started at 1mg, then 2, then 5, then 7.5, then 10 and now 15 and finally we are now into the 4th month with maybe a meltdown here and there (specific triggers with school, she's an over-reactor with poor coping skills, but honestly, i could see how she'd reached the breaking point during these meltdows--HUGE for her). so for the first time we "held" at 15mg. in our case, it<em> could</em> also have been as simple as the dramatic weight changes since starting abilify--she gained more than 35lbs over the course, so it stands to reason she'd need more as she "grew". (or, of course, that could have zero to do with anything)</p><p> </p><p>i dont know if that is what you see, and your kiddo is on other medications so it the dynamic is completely different and they might level her out, but since mine is only doing abilify, it was pretty easy to see the pattern. technically, the "add on" abilify level is low--1-2mg, so keep that in mind too...it might be worth asking what the expectation *is* for abilify since she's on the other stuff--if she's at a low dose, that could be why. </p><p> </p><p>her psychiatrist, who is either a genious or a complete nut, is comfortable going the distance to 30 if need be, and strongly feels that we need to do that before we move on, thinking that the breakthroughs might be because she just hasnt hit the theraputic level for her, Know what I mean?. ::cough:: and apparently he wasnt too wrong. (i hope, lol).</p><p> </p><p>just a thought. </p><p> </p><p>anyway, school can't end fast enough for everyone--not just the difficult child crowd!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 431606, member: 8831"] wasnt it your kiddo that recently started abilify? (if it wasnt yours, sorry in advance!!) one of the things we see with abilify is a 2-3 month honeymoon before we have to titrate up. i'm not sure why, and if thats actually *it* (tween hormones factor in here too) but it seems to use we go up, things are good, and then by that 2month mark we are starting to see the depression/frustration stuff break through. mine started at 1mg, then 2, then 5, then 7.5, then 10 and now 15 and finally we are now into the 4th month with maybe a meltdown here and there (specific triggers with school, she's an over-reactor with poor coping skills, but honestly, i could see how she'd reached the breaking point during these meltdows--HUGE for her). so for the first time we "held" at 15mg. in our case, it[I] could[/I] also have been as simple as the dramatic weight changes since starting abilify--she gained more than 35lbs over the course, so it stands to reason she'd need more as she "grew". (or, of course, that could have zero to do with anything) i dont know if that is what you see, and your kiddo is on other medications so it the dynamic is completely different and they might level her out, but since mine is only doing abilify, it was pretty easy to see the pattern. technically, the "add on" abilify level is low--1-2mg, so keep that in mind too...it might be worth asking what the expectation *is* for abilify since she's on the other stuff--if she's at a low dose, that could be why. her psychiatrist, who is either a genious or a complete nut, is comfortable going the distance to 30 if need be, and strongly feels that we need to do that before we move on, thinking that the breakthroughs might be because she just hasnt hit the theraputic level for her, Know what I mean?. ::cough:: and apparently he wasnt too wrong. (i hope, lol). just a thought. anyway, school can't end fast enough for everyone--not just the difficult child crowd!! [/QUOTE]
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