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Re: ZOLOFT/ABILIFY-MISSION MODE- HELP-!!!!! » e503

Posted by Ritch on June 5, 2003, at 0:08:59

In reply to ZOLOFT/ABILIFY-MISSION MODE- HELP-!!!!!, posted by e503 on June 4, 2003, at 18:12:58

> > > He didn't say why he wanted to ditch the buspar, but he did ask if the zoloft was helping with ben's obsessions, which it has. I'll let you know how today goes.
> >
> > got a call from school that ben was manic. Called the doc. He told me to keep ben at 50 mg./day, and to add 2.5 mg. abilify. I don't get it. Ben did horrible on abilify before - think it caused him agitation at least at a higher dose (hard to tell with the long half life!). The doc wants to keep him on zoloft 50 or 25 mg. cuz ben's obsessions. I don't know. I am getting really crazy with this.....it seems like he is getting too much serotonin (?)
> > HELP!
>
> Ben quieted down after we gave him 2.5 mg. abilify, but I just figured out why we gave it up! On another website, a mom was saying that when she gave her child abilify he was on "mission mode". That's exactly what is happening with ben. I couldn't figure out what was going on before, I thought it was obsessions, really urgent obsessions, but it's not, it's MISSION mode! in other words, he HAS to have this thing he is so focused on and goes on and on about it. VERY URGENTLY. So why the heck is abilify causing mission mode and what should I do? It is horrible.

Well.. I've got bipolar disorder with a few autistic traits (according to my pdoc). Ben is autistic and has some bipolar traits-so I am curious and concerned about how he is doing-but I'm not a doctor-I've just got a lot of med experiences-especially weird bipolar reactions to various meds (some of which Ben is taking).

Sooo... he dropped the Zoloft back down and added a *little* Abilify and it did quiet him down? FWIW, SSRI's like Zoloft have made me manic. Zoloft helped with OCD-traits and panic, but I had a lot of sleep disruption with it and did get pretty wiggy at times. The max. I could tolerate was 25mg/day. Did his doctor say anything about further reducing the Zoloft and maybe keeping him on a small dose of Abilify? It sounded like he was doing OK when the Abilify was washing out-but when it washed out more-he started having trouble-it could be that the very low-dose Abilify helps.


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