medication question

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all who responded to my post regarding Abilify. We recently

saw a neurologist who suggested it as a possible change from Depakote,

which my son has taken for nearly 10 years, originally as an anti-

seizure med, later for the reductions it appeared to cause in anxiety &

OCD behaviors, which pretty much overwhelmed him and kept him from more

important & productive tasks, such as toilet training. The neurologist

now says that it may be inhibiting neuron firings in his brain, causing

some lessening of cognitive function, etc. We're reducing his dosage

on the Depakote for the time being, seeing what's happening (initial

results seem good). My instinct now is to see if a change (reduction)

in the dose of the existing medicine is enough (keep the positive

effects, minimize not so good effects). As Depakote has never had any

bad side effects for my son physically (weight gain, etc), I'm a bit

reluctant to phase it out entirely and move to something else. Thanks

again everyone for your comments.

Susie Redfern