Posted by always_doing_laundry on September 22, 2008, at 22:29:37
My son (age 16) has been on 10 mg Abilify for several years. During that time, he has been hungry all the time. He says he is never not-hungry. Even so, he is not overweight ... but sleep-eating/night-eating was becoming a huge problem, so doc recommended lowering the dose a bit. The sleep-eating has ebbed, but his recent labs (even having fasted for close to 18 hours by the time they were drawn) showed high blood glucose. Additionally, he urinates (a lot, per trip to the bathroom) ... at least once an hour. Even on Abilify with the hunger and huge caloric intake at night+zoloft, he lost 10 pounds w/o a growth spurt in the last six months.
Doc is thinking diabetes, secondary probably to meds. Is this just abilify, zoloft also? Any experiences that would say whether discontinuation or tapering would ameliorate the blood-glucose and sugar-spilling? The blood draws are trying themselves, as he gets sweaty, passes out, vomits. Compounding the blood-glucose issue is carb-craving ... it's all he wants: carbs, carbs and more simple sugars.
Any wisdom, education, insight, advice? He is on the autistic spectrum, and both meds control his obsessive thoughts/fears and sensory-processing difficulties to the extent that he is high-functioning. Is this just the price for being functional?
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