Abilify

[yankhadenuf]

Son has Asperger's Syndrome and this med is highly recommended by my son's psychiatrist. Son also takes Prozac for depression.

[bleedingheart]

1. my son is on prozac and it seems to help him with his moods

and his depression...but not sure if we are ready for any other meds right now.
what does the Abilify do for your son?

[yankhadenuf]

2. Abilify controls outbursts

I had to put my son on meds at 19 for violent outburst, & the nutty psychiatrist had him misdiagnosed with Schizophrenia and put him on Depakote and Prozac for three years (didn't even test my son, just a judgement call on doc's part). My son was always having hand tremors.

I finally was lucky or blessed enuf to read an article in the Parade magazine section about Asperger's in 2003, and knew right then and there that is what my son really had. So I dropped the doc , and went to a professional who knew about Asperger's . This neuro-psychologist tested my son for four days of evaluations and concluded > Asperger's Syndrome!

He recommended a psychiatrist who knew about Asperger's Syndrome for the correct meds...Abilify had just been passed by the FDA a year before. The good doc weaned son off of Depakote gradually and introduced Abilify . So now my son has been on Abilify and Prozac for the last three years. Abilify is highly recommended for adult Asperger's, but I don't know about children.

[Deja Q]

3. The psych is very nutty indeed.

I was given the same diagnosis, albeit at age 15 (and this was long before Asperger's was declared "legitimate" in America (despite being legitimate everywhere else since 1944...)

I'll ask mine about Abilify. Might do me some good - thank you for posting!