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<blockquote data-quote="Deni D" data-source="post: 763970" data-attributes="member: 22840"><p>Lovemysons, yes good point about the side affects with Abilify. He had not developed any compulsive behaviors when he was young and I was in control of everything. I haven't noticed any now that he's older but I'm only so privy into his personal life. But the movement disorder, tardive dyskinesia, he did develop a couple of years ago. He tried medication that was for stopping the movement disorder. It worked but it made him very tired so he stopped. As time when on it gradually slowed down to where he mostly doesn't have it anymore, only once in a while. For him it's his right hand where his fingers move in a sort of sequence, always the same. He was able to just put his hand in his pocket or hold onto something to get it to stop so it didn't bother him so much when it was happening a lot. But for others, from commercials I've seen on TV, it could have much more of an effect on them, like a facial tick or something more noticeable. </p><p></p><p>My son is very good about taking the Abilify these days and says for him it keeps what he calls intrusive thoughts away daily. And he thinks it's his safety net from ever dealing with the psychosis he experienced a couple of times. From my view it seems to keep his over reactions to things and seemingly wanting a good dramatic argument over nothing away. If he drinks or does any substance other than pot it seems to make his medications stop working immediately until whatever is out of his system. He also takes Lamictal over the last few years, was taking Lithium when he was growing up. His, his father's and his grandfather's type of Bipolar would be considered more of a mixed state in general but they have all had episodes of psychosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deni D, post: 763970, member: 22840"] Lovemysons, yes good point about the side affects with Abilify. He had not developed any compulsive behaviors when he was young and I was in control of everything. I haven't noticed any now that he's older but I'm only so privy into his personal life. But the movement disorder, tardive dyskinesia, he did develop a couple of years ago. He tried medication that was for stopping the movement disorder. It worked but it made him very tired so he stopped. As time when on it gradually slowed down to where he mostly doesn't have it anymore, only once in a while. For him it's his right hand where his fingers move in a sort of sequence, always the same. He was able to just put his hand in his pocket or hold onto something to get it to stop so it didn't bother him so much when it was happening a lot. But for others, from commercials I've seen on TV, it could have much more of an effect on them, like a facial tick or something more noticeable. My son is very good about taking the Abilify these days and says for him it keeps what he calls intrusive thoughts away daily. And he thinks it's his safety net from ever dealing with the psychosis he experienced a couple of times. From my view it seems to keep his over reactions to things and seemingly wanting a good dramatic argument over nothing away. If he drinks or does any substance other than pot it seems to make his medications stop working immediately until whatever is out of his system. He also takes Lamictal over the last few years, was taking Lithium when he was growing up. His, his father's and his grandfather's type of Bipolar would be considered more of a mixed state in general but they have all had episodes of psychosis. [/QUOTE]
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