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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 151786" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>I stopped my youngest son's Abilify for a a few weeks...what a mistake. I found out it was doing something. Actually I am glad I tried the medication holiday because it didn't seem to be doing much and he had been on it for a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>I think that if you have the sense that the medications are really helping you would be crazy to stop. They will probably stop working sometime in the future anyway, so why not enjoy the peace you get. And if you did want to stop, I might try a few days with the Daytrana patch to see what happens, cause with my son we notice even a few hours without Adderall. But I wouldn't stop the Lamictal if you think it is helping, since it will take a while to titrate back up and you also need to titrate it back down if you are going to give it up. Why not enjoy your summer?</p><p></p><p>I do sympthasize though as I would like to reduce the medications that my oldest is on. We might try some selective pruning this summer, very slow, very low to see if we can't reduce one or two of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 151786, member: 2322"] I stopped my youngest son's Abilify for a a few weeks...what a mistake. I found out it was doing something. Actually I am glad I tried the medication holiday because it didn't seem to be doing much and he had been on it for a couple of years. I think that if you have the sense that the medications are really helping you would be crazy to stop. They will probably stop working sometime in the future anyway, so why not enjoy the peace you get. And if you did want to stop, I might try a few days with the Daytrana patch to see what happens, cause with my son we notice even a few hours without Adderall. But I wouldn't stop the Lamictal if you think it is helping, since it will take a while to titrate back up and you also need to titrate it back down if you are going to give it up. Why not enjoy your summer? I do sympthasize though as I would like to reduce the medications that my oldest is on. We might try some selective pruning this summer, very slow, very low to see if we can't reduce one or two of them. [/QUOTE]
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