Posted by Momof1BPKid on October 21, 2003, at 11:13:08
In reply to Re: Retrying Abilify » Momof1BPKid, posted by galkeepinon on October 21, 2003, at 10:44:12
p.s. if any of you are extremely wealthy.
i wouldnt mind donations to get him out of the awful public school he is in! :)
lol
singlemotherhood with no childsupport for 12 years sucks :) as does public schools that treat my son like umm well ya know.!
> Hi, I had a question if I may: Your prescribing doctor of the Abilify agrees it's OK to try for your 12-year old son?
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> Maybe this will ease your concern a little...my friend Karen is on Abilify and it has worked really well for her. She is 36 though. I gained weight on Zyprexa also, and immediately went off it. It was the only med I could take while doing ECT.
> I'm glad to hear though, that Zyprexa is helping your son to cope.
> I know that going from an wonderful athletic ability before to watching him like this must be bothersome~for sure.
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> Re: Depakote ER, here is the start of a thread on PB in 2001 that has a few posts you may find helpful:
> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010708/msgs/69485.html
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> Here's a simple link that may be of interest:
> http://www.bipolarchild.com/newsletters/0302.html
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> This link has some good, but questionable, info:
> http://www.healthyplace.com/medications/abilify.htm
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> Sorry I don't have any experience with Depakote ER, but I wish you the best and hang in there:-)
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> > Hi all, we are retrying abilify for my 12 year old son. Due to the zyprexa weight gain, He got his first dose today a 10mg , although the doc gave me samples of both 10 and 15 i figured I tried him on 10 mg first and start off slow. He didnt have any noticeable side effects I gave it to him this morning, He fell asleep wonderfully tonite, even on zyprexa I sort of have to fuss with him, he seems overtired but sometimes has problems falling asleep today he did it on his own I was in shock. I hope this works out!!!!
> > I didnt see any restlessness at all, compared to the first time I gave him 15mg in the evening and he was up all night and had severe restless legs, but I noticed the restless legs getting worse lately even on the zyprexa.
> > although he seemed a bit crabby today and a little bit more scared than usual. His moodiness was more related to things I was doing he found disgusting, like picking my teeth, and burping, He gets overly obsessive about stuff he finds "gross" and sometimes his temper flares over it. think this is making his ocd worse? i am wondering if topamax is making his phobias worse, but he has a good amount of weight to lose he is on 100mg of topamax.
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> > Also for anyone who reads this post, do any of you have experience with Depakote ER? he is on this in stead of regular depakote, the doctor says there is no weight gain with the ER? what have you experienced?
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> > Also he has some klonopin prescribed up to 1mg a day up to 3 times a day as needed, He only used it once so far, but he is suffering from severe separation anxiety as well.
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