Terry, I d be a lot more dubious about the BiPolar (BP) diagnosis if mania, rage etc wasn't more obvious in his unmedicated mom, and in her lineage with family violence, rage, alcoholism, suicide. psychiatrist questioned me about what time difficult child gets his Abilify, and since it's arounf 5-6pm, and fatigue starts earlier, he ruled out a side effect. We also had his tonsils/adenoids removed, trying to help quality of sleep; snoring's gone and that's about it.
If difficult child's weight continues to push up, psychiatrist will switch him to geodone and we'll see what we'll see.
