Need help with Periactin please

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Dalia started on Periactin around 1.5 months ago and other than the

first few days of extreme crankiness it really worked great at

first...she put on a pound in 3 weeks and I never saw her eat so

much...also, she had bm's every day (tmi, sorry).

Well this was short lived...suddenly she went back to her old

appetite and fewer bm's, so the GI told me to gradually up her dose

each week...we started at 1cc 3x/day before meals and now we are up

to 1.5cc 3x/day....but, still no improvement like in the beginning.

The doc also said if the constipation continued he would put her on

Mirilax?? The bm's are normal, just every 2-3 days now instead of

every day.

Does this sound typical? Is her dose appropriate? Maybe it seemed

so successful at first because she was going through a growth spurt

at the same time?

Anyway, I know a lot of you have experience with this..

Thanks,

Sheryl (Dalia, SGA, 14mos, 16lbs, 27in, Prilosec, Periactin)