Posted by yxibow on September 23, 2008, at 2:10:19
In reply to Blood sugar, frequent urination on Abilify, 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
These are some of the warning signs for diabetes (II) (and probably I)http://diabetes.about.com/od/symptomsdiagnosis/p/Symptoms.htm
The frequent urination is a concern and that's probably why the doctor is leaning towards that. But blood draws and complicated labs are also needed to figure things out. Large intake of water also is an extra sign.
Abilify doesn't so far appear to be particularly a weight gaining neuroleptic but any rare reaction could happen, as is the same with Zoloft.
If the tests and everything point to that, diabetes can be headed off early, with these warning signs and controlled better.
I don't mean to scare you, I'm just trying to point out some of the facts, because in fact I am also worried about it -- but I did have a very recent physical (normal).
I would see a specialist, probably your doctor will recommend a endocrinologist to further figure things out.
It may be an end to using Abilify, there may be other things that can help instead.
And its tearing, but don't blame it for being high-functional -- that is a very good thing and a blessing for the autistic range which is still very unknown and mystifying to doctors at this time.
-- best wishesJay
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