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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 31389" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>Hi Shutterbunny-</p><p>Well I just wanted to welcome you and add my support... this is a long journey... we are going to start K next year as well and I feel the same way. We held difficult child back last year before we realized whaet was wrong with her and thought she needed some time to develop, per her pre-school teacher... oh well!!!</p><p>Yes this has been frustrating but each step we have learned and she is doing better... maybe if we had the help early on she would be doing better but I can't think that way and let it get me down... I have to move forward!!!</p><p></p><p>Anyway she is on Abilify as well, we believe in the slow and low mantra... and difficult child has had some adverse reactions to other medications, Risperdal and Trileptal. Severe tummy aches, toungue thrust, drooling, severe agitation, etc...</p><p></p><p>Anyway despite a not so great psychiatrist our pediatrician. is aware of all of this and her and I work with difficult child's doses and go very slow... our psychiatrist is OK with this but she is new for us and has not seen the side affects... nor has she returned any of my calls!!! UGH.. (another story)</p><p>ANyway we started at 1mg abilify on March 8th and then watched her moved it up to 2mg, 6days later. We did have to switch it to evenings because it was making her sleepy. One week later we moved it up to 3mg, 1mg in am and 2mg in pm. </p><p>So in 3 weeks we have bumped up from 1mg to only 3mg. We will likely go to 4mg as of next week... so no changes this week. It is long and slow but she has seen some affects and the best part no bad side affects!!!</p><p></p><p>After she is doing really well on this we will try to add back a different mood stabilizer... we are looking at Lamictil... slow and low. </p><p></p><p>For us as long as her aggression is curbed we feel it is doing something... we will increase as the doctor's and we see fit depending on how she is acting... she is still very aggitated but not like the aggitation we saw in the side affect from Risperdal. </p><p>I am sure you do this but make sure you document all of this, the medications, doses, reactions etc. It is so easy to forget... even phone calls to whom and when. </p><p></p><p>Good luck and welcome!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 31389, member: 3155"] Hi Shutterbunny- Well I just wanted to welcome you and add my support... this is a long journey... we are going to start K next year as well and I feel the same way. We held difficult child back last year before we realized whaet was wrong with her and thought she needed some time to develop, per her pre-school teacher... oh well!!! Yes this has been frustrating but each step we have learned and she is doing better... maybe if we had the help early on she would be doing better but I can't think that way and let it get me down... I have to move forward!!! Anyway she is on Abilify as well, we believe in the slow and low mantra... and difficult child has had some adverse reactions to other medications, Risperdal and Trileptal. Severe tummy aches, toungue thrust, drooling, severe agitation, etc... Anyway despite a not so great psychiatrist our pediatrician. is aware of all of this and her and I work with difficult child's doses and go very slow... our psychiatrist is OK with this but she is new for us and has not seen the side affects... nor has she returned any of my calls!!! UGH.. (another story) ANyway we started at 1mg abilify on March 8th and then watched her moved it up to 2mg, 6days later. We did have to switch it to evenings because it was making her sleepy. One week later we moved it up to 3mg, 1mg in am and 2mg in pm. So in 3 weeks we have bumped up from 1mg to only 3mg. We will likely go to 4mg as of next week... so no changes this week. It is long and slow but she has seen some affects and the best part no bad side affects!!! After she is doing really well on this we will try to add back a different mood stabilizer... we are looking at Lamictil... slow and low. For us as long as her aggression is curbed we feel it is doing something... we will increase as the doctor's and we see fit depending on how she is acting... she is still very aggitated but not like the aggitation we saw in the side affect from Risperdal. I am sure you do this but make sure you document all of this, the medications, doses, reactions etc. It is so easy to forget... even phone calls to whom and when. Good luck and welcome!!! [/QUOTE]
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