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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 190076" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>karif,</p><p>I had Missy on Abilify for a while. We started her a low low dose and increased it gradually. Being that he's only three and probably less weight that Missy was when she started it, I can't imagine why the psychiatrist would start him on at 5 mg, plus put him on Risperdal at the same time. Anytime we've started Missy on medications, we started her low and titrated slowly to the higher dose and NEVER started two medications at once. There is just no possible way to figure out which medication he is reacting to.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, we always gave Missy the Abilify at night. Abilify will make him sleepy, so it's no wonder that he fell asleep so early today.</p><p> </p><p>Abilify took a few weeks to get her up to the therapeutic dose, so it was a few weeks before we saw a difference in her behavior. Unfortunately, for us, her aggression got out of control several months later and we put her on the Risperdal, but we titrated slowly. She's been on it since July and we just got her to the full dosage a few weeks ago.</p><p> </p><p>I suspect (and this is my personal opinion) that the bad reaction that he had was because of the combination of the two medications and the fact that he was started on a higher dose than he should have been.</p><p> </p><p>I would suggest using a different doctor. Is he a pediatric psychiatric?I just can't imagine why he would overdose a little boy like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 190076, member: 1024"] karif, I had Missy on Abilify for a while. We started her a low low dose and increased it gradually. Being that he's only three and probably less weight that Missy was when she started it, I can't imagine why the psychiatrist would start him on at 5 mg, plus put him on Risperdal at the same time. Anytime we've started Missy on medications, we started her low and titrated slowly to the higher dose and NEVER started two medications at once. There is just no possible way to figure out which medication he is reacting to. Secondly, we always gave Missy the Abilify at night. Abilify will make him sleepy, so it's no wonder that he fell asleep so early today. Abilify took a few weeks to get her up to the therapeutic dose, so it was a few weeks before we saw a difference in her behavior. Unfortunately, for us, her aggression got out of control several months later and we put her on the Risperdal, but we titrated slowly. She's been on it since July and we just got her to the full dosage a few weeks ago. I suspect (and this is my personal opinion) that the bad reaction that he had was because of the combination of the two medications and the fact that he was started on a higher dose than he should have been. I would suggest using a different doctor. Is he a pediatric psychiatric?I just can't imagine why he would overdose a little boy like that. [/QUOTE]
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