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Walking on eggshells with difficult child 2
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 307667" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Sorry, I thought this was the difficult child who wasn't on medications at all. I'm glad to hear that's not the case.</p><p> </p><p>The meltdowns could be the result of lowering the Abilify coupled with anxiety surrounding the start of school. I certainly share your concern about the side-effect profile of the APs; we've been trying to use the lowest possible doses of APs with our kids as well (with varying success).</p><p> </p><p>We've had a lot of success in treating emotional reactivity with increased doses of Lamictal. How long has he been on 150 mg Lamictal? You have lots of room to go up. It may be that he needs a higher dose rather than a lower dose. Whenever my kids start melting down, we increase their Lamictal doses and they return to their "calm" zone. Just a thought.</p><p> </p><p>Hope things settle down soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 307667, member: 2423"] Sorry, I thought this was the difficult child who wasn't on medications at all. I'm glad to hear that's not the case. The meltdowns could be the result of lowering the Abilify coupled with anxiety surrounding the start of school. I certainly share your concern about the side-effect profile of the APs; we've been trying to use the lowest possible doses of APs with our kids as well (with varying success). We've had a lot of success in treating emotional reactivity with increased doses of Lamictal. How long has he been on 150 mg Lamictal? You have lots of room to go up. It may be that he needs a higher dose rather than a lower dose. Whenever my kids start melting down, we increase their Lamictal doses and they return to their "calm" zone. Just a thought. Hope things settle down soon. [/QUOTE]
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