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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 20539" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Janna,</p><p></p><p>have you tried Dylan on a stimulant with lithium and abilify? I don't remember you posting that. But maybe with the two in place a stimulant might help. I find that a stimulant pretty much counteracts the Risperdal in my oldest in terms of appetite. </p><p></p><p>I am really not so sure you would see a big difference on the weight front with the Abilify. One thought is rather than discontinuing it, why don't you talk to him about taking the dose down 2.5 mg for a month or so and see if it affects his behavior and maybe his weight gain? Maybe it you titrated down real real slow you could see if it was having any benefit. I am finding out that Abilify kind of fizzles out over time, and we can't go much higher because of the incontinence problems. </p><p></p><p>I have finally got my youngest to the point where he hasn't gained any weight in the last 6 weeks. But it is a lot of effort and I had to change a lot of things in his diet. little by little. The weight gain stinks. but it beats the alternative...</p><p></p><p>good luck with the stimulant. By the way, focalin this time around seemed to be tolerated slightly better my youngest, even though we d/c it because negatives still outweighed the positive. If the patch doesn't work, maybe focalin is worth a try. </p><p></p><p>good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 20539, member: 2322"] Janna, have you tried Dylan on a stimulant with lithium and abilify? I don't remember you posting that. But maybe with the two in place a stimulant might help. I find that a stimulant pretty much counteracts the Risperdal in my oldest in terms of appetite. I am really not so sure you would see a big difference on the weight front with the Abilify. One thought is rather than discontinuing it, why don't you talk to him about taking the dose down 2.5 mg for a month or so and see if it affects his behavior and maybe his weight gain? Maybe it you titrated down real real slow you could see if it was having any benefit. I am finding out that Abilify kind of fizzles out over time, and we can't go much higher because of the incontinence problems. I have finally got my youngest to the point where he hasn't gained any weight in the last 6 weeks. But it is a lot of effort and I had to change a lot of things in his diet. little by little. The weight gain stinks. but it beats the alternative... good luck with the stimulant. By the way, focalin this time around seemed to be tolerated slightly better my youngest, even though we d/c it because negatives still outweighed the positive. If the patch doesn't work, maybe focalin is worth a try. good luck. [/QUOTE]
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