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Suggest Treatment For Side Effects Of Abilify
Question: MY SON IS SEVEN AND HAS SOME ISSUES LISTENING IN SCHOOL. LAST YEAR THEY PRESSURED HIS MOM INTO GETTING HIM DIAGNOSED. HIS MOTHER AND I ARE NOT TOGETHER . I FELT THAT HE WAWS FINE JUST NEEDED SOME GUIDENCE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NOW THEY HAVE HIM ON ABILIFIED AND HIS BEHAVOUIR IS WORSE THEN EVER . I BELIEVE THE DRUG IS CAUSING HARM TO HIM . WHY WOULD ANY ONE TAKE A DRUG THAT THEY DONT KNOW THAT IT WORKS AND CAUSES MORE HARMFUL SID3E EFFECTS THEN DOES GOOD?
Brief Answer:
Stop the drug if side effects are bothersome.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
Abilify contains aripiprazole which is an antipsychotic drug. This is given in children with behavioral problems.
If your child has no behavioral issues, then there is no need of giving this drug.
Anyhow if he is experiencing the side effects, the drug must be stopped/changed (whatever is appropriate).
I suggest you to kindly mention his problems in details, for which he was pressured at school for examination.
Thanks.
Stop the drug if side effects are bothersome.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
Abilify contains aripiprazole which is an antipsychotic drug. This is given in children with behavioral problems.
If your child has no behavioral issues, then there is no need of giving this drug.
Anyhow if he is experiencing the side effects, the drug must be stopped/changed (whatever is appropriate).
I suggest you to kindly mention his problems in details, for which he was pressured at school for examination.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
he was haveing a hard time lisiting and following the teachers direction. in my opion the just needs a little time to mature but it is going to be a all out war with his mother to get this changed. i am willing to fight it, but need to have him checked out by a doctor not in this situation already. where and what time of exmaination would i ask for
what type * of exmaination
what type * of exmaination
Brief Answer:
Through scales and questionnaires.
Detailed Answer:
The examination will include screening for common childhood emotional and behavioral problems by a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist, who is trained in field of child psychiatry preferably.
It is done with the help of standardized scales and questionnaires and observing the behavior of child and face to face interview.
Only then appropriate intervention can be done which can be through drugs or psychological therapies.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks.
Through scales and questionnaires.
Detailed Answer:
The examination will include screening for common childhood emotional and behavioral problems by a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist, who is trained in field of child psychiatry preferably.
It is done with the help of standardized scales and questionnaires and observing the behavior of child and face to face interview.
Only then appropriate intervention can be done which can be through drugs or psychological therapies.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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