Posted by e503 on May 19, 2003, at 15:17:31
In reply to Re: abilify/trileptal/zoloft » e503, posted by Ritch on May 19, 2003, at 13:25:06
> > > > I weaned Ben off of trileptal, which he had been on since february. I realized now that was activated by it, as now he is actually VERY sedate. TOO sedate. So, my question is this: he is taking abilify 10 mg./day - split into an a.m. and p.m. dose (he seems to need this). He has been taking zoloft and buspar for a long time also. About a year or more ago he had a very rough time, and I forget who it was (ritch, maybe???) who helped me figure out what was up. It turned out we had been giving ben his zoloft (75 mg/day) at bedtiime. During the day he was wild. As soon as we switched it to a daytime dose, it calmed him down. SOOOO, now he is taking the abilify, zoloft and buspar in the a.m. and he seems somewhat sedate, not his usual somewhat "perky" (hypomanic?) self. I am wondering if abilify and zoloft interact somehow to cause this sedatedness? Maybe I should try giving him all the zoloft in the p.m.? Ben is autistic and cannot tell me how he feels, although I can tell my looking at him that he is just not "right". Does anyone take this combination?
> > > > thanks,
> > > > elise
> > > > Thanks for all responses.
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> > > Trileptal had an stabiizing/energizing quality to it that I liked-the damn stuff just made me uncontrollably nauseous! Maybe he just needed a *lower* dose of Trileptal instead?
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> > last night when i just gave him 150 mg. he got agitated and more obsessed!
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> Did you give him his 10mg Abilify dose at the same time you tried the Trileptal? If so, it could have been the Abilify-or some other med. Just a quick question: Is his doctor allowing you fairly wide latitude on fine-tuning his meds (since he is autistic-and doesn't communicate well how he is feeling)? I guess I am just wondering how you have that all worked out. Some docs are more uptight than others about this thing. My pdoc is very patient and gives me fairly wide latitude. Just wondering.Ben has been real agitated since beginning of february when we had to switch from tegretol (low wbc)to trileptal. I thought it may have been just getting used to the meds....but it continued until we started the abilify.....everything just makes too much sense to think it is anything other than trileptal. I have been working with my pdoc for a long time (maybe 5 years?). I do call him and tell him when I see problems. Ben is typically a very fun loving (he is verbal) child- class clown....loves I love lucy, three stooges, etc. When I see him looking "out of it" and/or he gets aggressive/ocd I know something is not right. Too bad he was doing ok on the tegretol for a long time.
I spoke to the pdoc after I spoke to his teacher this afternoon (she said he was very lethargic)and he told me to stop the trileptal and cut the abilify to 7.5 (5 during the day and 2.5 p.m.). I hope this helps and I get my kid back.
elise
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