Re: Experience with abilify and hospitalization

[Guest guest]

I have no experience with hospitalization or abilify Sylvia. I just wanted

to let you know I'm sending warm thoughts to your family.

 

~~Kathy

 Courage is not living without fear.

Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway.

-Chae

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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:51:10 AM

Subject: Experience with abilify and hospitalization

Hello All,

What's your experience with Abilify?

My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted in

the hospital last night, he had been extremely threatening and defying

lately to the point where his psychiatrist thought this was a good option.

He is very angry at me because of this, but I had to avoid something

really bad happening.

Has anybody have this happened

Any input will be appreciated.

l

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry that you and he are going through this.  Were his threats and

defiance because he felt you were interfering with an  OCD ritual?  

Experience with abilify and hospitalization

Hello All,

What's your experience with Abilify?

My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted in

the hospital last night, he had been extremely threatening and defying

lately to the point where his psychiatrist thought this was a good option.

He is very angry at me because of this, but I had to avoid something

really bad happening.

Has anybody have this happened

Any input will be appreciated.

l

[Guest guest]

Hello Silvia,

I am so sorry you are going through this, and at this time of year.

I do know the heartache of this, and know things have not been good

for some time and that you must feel this is what you needed to do.

It was this case for us as well, we felt there was no choice, our son

was also threatening, and in fact had reached the point of acting out

and it was a safety issue for me. You need to get help for your son,

and you need to be safe.

It is the single most difficult thing I have ever done to have to

admit our son against his will. He was angry and told me his love

for me was dead. I know that is how he felt at the time, but we did

move past this, in time. When they are so deep into illness they are

not able to see beyond it, or to care about anyone or anything

sometimes.

Perhaps with adjustments to medication part of this will shift. This

was a big part of it for us. The higher dose of ssri brought out

aggression and anger, and when an atypical was added to assist this

it tripped off hypomania/psychosis and we had a horrible incident,

police, hospitalization. You do what you have to do.

The other aspect is boundaries. Regardless of whatever illness or

disorder certain behavior cannot be accepted. We had to define this

in very strong terms when we reached this level of difficulty. Our

son could not live with us if he continued to act out. We did have

to remove our son from our home for three months, and when he

returned it was under strict conditions of behavior and taking

medication etc.

We do not have personal experience with abilify, but I believe it is

a mood stabilizer isn't it? If this is the case, it sounds like

perhaps they believe there is more to address than just the OCD at

this point. This was the case for us as well. It can take time to

determine all this, and the hospital is a good place to work on

changing medications and getting to a place of stability in all

regards.

As difficult as this is, it will give you some time and space and

peace. I vividly remember feeling like my heart had been ripped out,

but eventually learning to relish the peace that I had not had for so

long.

Again, my heart goes out to you, I know how difficult this can be.

Please feel free to contact me offline if you would like to talk

further in private.

A very big hug to you!

Barb

>

> Hello All,

>

> What's your experience with Abilify?

> My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted

in

> the hospital last night, he had been extremely threatening and

defying

> lately to the point where his psychiatrist thought this was a good

option.

> He is very angry at me because of this, but I had to avoid

something

> really bad happening.

> Has anybody have this happened

> Any input will be appreciated.

>

> l

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jordana,

No, he is just aggressive no matter what. Even if I ask him to lower the

volume of the tv.

The doctor sees traits of oppositional defiant disorder.

Jordana120@... wrote:

>

> I'm sorry that you and he are going through this. Were his threats

> and defiance because he felt you were interfering with an OCD ritual?

>

> Experience with abilify and hospitalization

>

> Hello All,

>

> What's your experience with Abilify?

>

> My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted in

>

> the hospital last night, he had been extremely threatening and defying

>

> lately to the point where his psychiatrist thought this was a good option.

>

> He is very angry at me because of this, but I had to avoid something

>

> really bad happening.

>

> Has anybody have this happened

>

> Any input will be appreciated.

>

> l

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am so sorry that you have to deal with this.  Clearly, no matter what

the reason, he cannot be aggressive to you or make you feel threatened

for your safety.  I hope that this hospitalization will make a difference.

Experience with abilify and hospitalization

>

> Hello All,

>

> What's your experience with Abilify?

>

> My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted in

>

> the hospital last night, he had been extremely threatening and defying

>

> lately to the point where his psychiatrist thought this was a good option.

>

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A> He is very angry at me because of this, but I had to avoid something

>

> really bad happening.

>

> Has anybody have this happened

>

> Any input will be appreciated.

>

> l

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Silvia, hope things are going better a bit since you first wrote.

Much later he'll realize you did what was best for him, what was best

for you too the way he was out of control.

No experience with Abilify. Just what I've read that it can help

when added to the SSRI. I don't know about Abilify " alone " for OCD.

But I've read elsewhere that it has helped with OCD, those people

were also on other meds and Abilify helped when added.

Keep us updated! I would think ODD would have shown up before this

age. Are the behaviors something that's been ongoing these years or

new?

(((hugs)))

>

> Hello All,

>

> What's your experience with Abilify?

> My son, who is 17 will start this. He has OCD only. He was admitted

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy and All,

Yes, I forgot to mention he is also in Luvox. The Abilify like you

mention Judy is for his rage. His doctor suggested this to him before,

but of course he said no. Well now it's not a choice.

He will be coming back this Sunday. I've been visiting him everyday and

he is definitely calmer.

He seems to understand also that he shouldn't behave the way he did. His

doctor says that of course the real test is when he actually comes back

home and really behaves in a different way.

Please keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

I will update you on Monday.

Thanks for listening and all your advises and thoughts....

Sil

jchabot wrote:

>

> 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

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Silvia,

Glad your son is calmer and seems to understand he must change his

behavior. Your right, you won't know until he comes home... Fingers

and toes will be crossed for you!!!

Hugs!

Barb

-- In , Silvia Medina Vilchis

wrote:

>

> Hi Judy and All,

> Yes, I forgot to mention he is also in Luvox. The Abilify like you

> mention Judy is for his rage. His doctor suggested this to him

before,

> but of course he said no. Well now it's not a choice.

> He will be coming back this Sunday. I've been visiting him everyday

and

> he is definitely calmer.

> He seems to understand also that he shouldn't behave the way he

did. His

> doctor says that of course the real test is when he actually comes

back

> home and really behaves in a different way.

> Please keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

> I will update you on Monday.

> Thanks for listening and all your advises and thoughts....

> Sil

>

> jchabot wrote:

> >

> > 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

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Our hearts are with you.  I hope you see a major difference when he comes home

tomorrow,

Re: Re: Experience with abilify and hospitalization

Hi Judy and All,

Yes, I forgot to mention he is also in Luvox. The Abilify like you

mention Judy is for his rage. His doctor suggested this to him before,

but of course he said no. Well now it's not a choice.

He will be coming back this Sunday. I've been visiting him everyday and

he is definitely calmer.

He seems to understand also that he shouldn't behave the way he did. His

doctor says that of course the real test is when he actually comes back

home and really behaves in a different way.

Please keep your fingers crossed!!!!!

I will update you on Monday.

Thanks for listening and all your advises and thoughts....

Sil

jchabot wrote:

>

> 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. H

e 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

>

>