tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post5867270849653252812..comments2024-02-02T03:32:36.204-07:00Comments on SQUIDALICIOUS: Abilify and Et CeteraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-75454074394060871792008-11-24T18:19:00.000-08:002008-11-24T18:19:00.000-08:00Looking forward to seeing how the Abilify works fo...Looking forward to seeing how the Abilify works for you. Kayla is on Risperdal, but it makes her eat nonstop, so her dev ped thinks that maybe Abilify will work as well as the Risperdal (since it's in the same class of drugs) without the insane appetite.<BR/><BR/>I think drugs are a sanity saver. My older daughter has a PDD-NOS diagnosis and is on Prozac because anything that she can't control makes her anxious (which is just about everything). She couldn't function without it.datrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780816487520416497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-86597593168983557062008-11-22T16:04:00.000-08:002008-11-22T16:04:00.000-08:00The best thing we've done for Julia's Asperger's s...The best thing we've done for Julia's Asperger's so far (aside from just treat her like a NORMAL kid as much as possible and not shut her away) is put her on Strattera. It's meant the difference between holding a 3 minute talk-at-her session and a true give-and-take conversation of any length. Pictures in textbooks no longer pull her attention to the point of inaction, she can work with sounds or actions around her, etc. It's made all the difference. Night and day. If you'd told me it would do so much before she'd started taking it, I would have walked out assuming you were lying.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Abilify won't be the same for Leelo as Strattera has been for Julia. But maybe something else will be. Just a matter of trial and error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-18221675405243139452008-11-22T08:59:00.000-08:002008-11-22T08:59:00.000-08:00The best thing we EVER did for our Aspie was to pu...The best thing we EVER did for our Aspie was to put him on Adderal. I am in love with drugs.<BR/><BR/>This also causes sleep disturbances. Did your doc suggest melatonin? Both I and Arie use it at night and it's like magic, but since it's just a hormone your body automatically releases as the sun goes down, you don't have a drugged sleep.<BR/><BR/>Arie gets it an hour before his bedtime; I get it two hours before.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea if I've commented here before, and can't remember who suggested your blog. I am at haddayr.livejournal.com.Haddayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538105167989517633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-29526542549606612212008-11-21T16:47:00.000-08:002008-11-21T16:47:00.000-08:00We have to make some shitty, hard decisions along ...We have to make some shitty, hard decisions along this journey. The things that lead you to try Abilify have no doubt been beyond trying. I hope that it is the thing that helps your sweet boy to be able to feel calmer within his own body, so that your family is able to continue to give him loving care in your home. I'll be thinking about you guys. Keep us posted.Mama Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381495916734086130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-72430420973545046502008-11-21T14:41:00.000-08:002008-11-21T14:41:00.000-08:00This post makes me wish I could just hug you and t...This post makes me wish I could just hug you and tell you it will be okay, even though we both know it might not be. You are, an extraordinary mother, doing the best you can. It is a TOUGH surrender, been there and done that. Prayers and good thoughts that this will be the miracle we are all looking for.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530972001172936718noreply@blogger.com