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Lots of ? about 4 yo DS. LONG post, sorry
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<blockquote data-quote="shutterbunny" data-source="post: 31353" data-attributes="member: 3568"><p>Donna,</p><p></p><p>Thanks, I appreciate it. Yes, I'm sure the difference is more one doctor vs. another instead of specialty...though maybe not. I'll tell you what he said to us and I'm not really coming up with this on the searching I've done, so IF we don't get desired results with the abilify, I will revisit this with him as it was the first medication. he mentioned as maybe being the one that would really help--that's why we were surprised when he "took it off the table" as quickly as he put it on...but his reasoning was kidney involvement...but he seemed to indicate that this came with very longterm use, like 10 years, and he rattled off some statistics that I didn't pay attention to because he'd already said he would Rx the medication. He's not shy about Rx'ing medications not approved for kids or approved for particular illnesses with kids. Basically, most medications used for mood disorders in children are off lable use so he's fine with that. Because my son is on depakote, he has to have quarterly blood draws, so that isn't an issue. I'm sure he has some reason he didn't mention as I know a lot of docs feel strongly about using or not using certain medications with any patient. Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it. Right now, the depakote and abilify are giving us some improvement whereas depakote alone did nothing...I don't know if the "cocktail" is working or if it is the abilify alone, but if we don't see sustained improvement with the abilify/depakote cocktail, I'll start asking this doctor serious questions.</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for your support...I truly appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutterbunny, post: 31353, member: 3568"] Donna, Thanks, I appreciate it. Yes, I'm sure the difference is more one doctor vs. another instead of specialty...though maybe not. I'll tell you what he said to us and I'm not really coming up with this on the searching I've done, so IF we don't get desired results with the abilify, I will revisit this with him as it was the first medication. he mentioned as maybe being the one that would really help--that's why we were surprised when he "took it off the table" as quickly as he put it on...but his reasoning was kidney involvement...but he seemed to indicate that this came with very longterm use, like 10 years, and he rattled off some statistics that I didn't pay attention to because he'd already said he would Rx the medication. He's not shy about Rx'ing medications not approved for kids or approved for particular illnesses with kids. Basically, most medications used for mood disorders in children are off lable use so he's fine with that. Because my son is on depakote, he has to have quarterly blood draws, so that isn't an issue. I'm sure he has some reason he didn't mention as I know a lot of docs feel strongly about using or not using certain medications with any patient. Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it. Right now, the depakote and abilify are giving us some improvement whereas depakote alone did nothing...I don't know if the "cocktail" is working or if it is the abilify alone, but if we don't see sustained improvement with the abilify/depakote cocktail, I'll start asking this doctor serious questions. Thanks so much for your support...I truly appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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