Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Judy, Is your daughter still doing well on the gluten free diet? in TN Subject: Re: Re: Experience with abilify and hospitalization To: Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 2:00 PM Hi Silvia, My 7 yr old son is on Abilify with Luvox. He has OCD and Bipolar , so we can't go up on the Luvox unless we also go up on the Abilify. My experience is that if you use the anti-psychotic alone, it will intensify the OCD. You must have an SSRI with it.My son has been horrendous lately. He has gained weight and needs a raise in the Abilify. He rages all day. He screams, spits, hits, etc, etc.He doesn't listen to anything I say, and punishments and time outs are just not effective. I'm hoping his doctor will raise the meds again, or he will have to be hospitalized also. I haven't had him hospitalized yet, but my daughter (12) has been there twice, and I know how hard it is. With your son being 17, you really have to consider how dangerous he could become if he is acting out. I think you did the right thing by hospitalizing him. Hang in there! It will get better! We are all here if you need to talk. Hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Hi. It's ten til two on Christmas morning and here I am just trying to hold on to a little bit of sanity. i think the whole Christmas thing was just too much for him. He was so overly excited and all he (my 7 year old with ocd) cared about was getting his latest obsession, toys. We had to let him open some gifts last night to take the edge off but I couldn't remember which package had what he really wanted. So he melted down, threw things and cursed. My mom is here and her response was to tell me how manipulative he is, as if I didn't know. I don't even want to show up for Christmas! What's worse is that my mom will be here until the 29th and I have to deal with Josiah who, although he is doing better than a month ago, is still a very big handful and can flip into rage on a dime. He hit me twice the other day. What do you do when this happens? He was not like this so much until recently. I have him on a point system for rewards and punishments but when he gets points taken off for bad behavior he goes into a rage again! Sometimes I just don't know how I'm going to make it! I think he has ODD on top of the OCD. Is that somewhat common? I know I'm rambling, so I'll sign off. Thanks to all of you very supportive listeners. Dare I even say Merry Christmas after all of my complaining? I do wish you all the best! Walk by Faith Tyler ________________________________ To: Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:30:29 PM Subject: Re: Re: Judy Judy, Is your daughter still doing well on the gluten free diet? in TN From: jchabot <jchabotsnet (DOT) net> Subject: Re: Re: Experience with abilify and hospitalization To: @ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 2:00 PM Hi Silvia, My 7 yr old son is on Abilify with Luvox. He has OCD and Bipolar , so we can't go up on the Luvox unless we also go up on the Abilify. My experience is that if you use the anti-psychotic alone, it will intensify the OCD. You must have an SSRI with it.My son has been horrendous lately. He has gained weight and needs a raise in the Abilify. He rages all day. He screams, spits, hits, etc, etc.He doesn't listen to anything I say, and punishments and time outs are just not effective. I'm hoping his doctor will raise the meds again, or he will have to be hospitalized also. I haven't had him hospitalized yet, but my daughter (12) has been there twice, and I know how hard it is. With your son being 17, you really have to consider how dangerous he could become if he is acting out. I think you did the right thing by hospitalizing him. Hang in there! It will get better! We are all here if you need to talk. Hugs Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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