Seroquel Increase Problem. Help needed

[MICHL]

update on Seroquel - so after increased aggression & agitation after increase to 75mg seroquel (while transitioning off abilify), Dr. says to keep it at 75mg and not decrease it, because his agitation is transititional due to the increase or words to that effect (per husband). Does this make any sense?? I like this psychiatrist but sometimes i don't know where she is coming from. Any advice? TIA

 

[TeDo]

Personally, increased aggression should call for a discontinuation of a medication. difficult child 1 became very aggressive on Risperdal. psychiatrist kept upping the dose. With each increase, the aggression increased. I finally insisted that difficult child 1 be off the Risperdal and voila, the aggression vanished within a couple days. Prozac caused the same thing only in much slower motion..... took quite awhile to see that the aggression was escalating.

Increases in agitation "might" be tolerated here for the short term but aggression is not tolerated at all!

 

[BusynMember]

Agree with TaeDo.

 

[AnnieO]

I third that one...

 

[lonelyroad]

What happened with abilify, that is the drug that has worked on my child, but at a low dose...Seroquel was horrible for her, she was extremely agitated and hostile, new traits we hadn't seen before..

 

[MICHL]

Abilify doesn't help enough even at the max dose, but he will probably go back to it since the seroquel is not helping. Tried all other medications it seems already...

 

[Wiped Out]

It does seem odd psychiatrist isn't concerned. I hope things settle down quickly.