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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 76585" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>K has been on Abilify for 6 months. We started very low and slow... we had Difficult Child'd Risperdal, because of increase in irritability, tardive dyskinesia, increased hyperactivity... plus the good old weight gain.</p><p></p><p>For us Abilify has kept her upper level rages somewhat under control... her auditory hallucinations pretty much gone, rages were gone and then came back....</p><p></p><p>She has continued to gain weight, a lot of kids gain weight on Abilify. She has worse movement issues... I have a hard time watching her because what she does with her fingers looks painful... I have read that sometimes it is permanant... which makes me mad when I keep asking to take her off of this!!! She has an eye twitch, and a tapping of her feet as well as cracking of her toes, she also sniffs things more... all have either started or increased since Abilify... </p><p></p><p>We are keeping her on it just to not cause more instability, right now. psychiatrist wants to gradually stop it. </p><p></p><p>I really wanted it to work but for us Risperdal and Abilify have not had enough positive effects to outweigh the negative, as a Mom speaking... </p><p>But for some... it is wonderful... I hope it is for your difficult child!!! Just keep track of his behaviors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 76585, member: 3155"] K has been on Abilify for 6 months. We started very low and slow... we had Difficult Child'd Risperdal, because of increase in irritability, tardive dyskinesia, increased hyperactivity... plus the good old weight gain. For us Abilify has kept her upper level rages somewhat under control... her auditory hallucinations pretty much gone, rages were gone and then came back.... She has continued to gain weight, a lot of kids gain weight on Abilify. She has worse movement issues... I have a hard time watching her because what she does with her fingers looks painful... I have read that sometimes it is permanant... which makes me mad when I keep asking to take her off of this!!! She has an eye twitch, and a tapping of her feet as well as cracking of her toes, she also sniffs things more... all have either started or increased since Abilify... We are keeping her on it just to not cause more instability, right now. psychiatrist wants to gradually stop it. I really wanted it to work but for us Risperdal and Abilify have not had enough positive effects to outweigh the negative, as a Mom speaking... But for some... it is wonderful... I hope it is for your difficult child!!! Just keep track of his behaviors. [/QUOTE]
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