Why is your son taking Abilify? My son is also 9 and has bipolar w/ ADD, He had to take a similar medication for rages a short time ago. It is an atypical antipsychotic and generally not the main drug used to treat ADD. Just curious...maybe the drug is not the one for him or maybe the doc needs to add something else. Try to keep a mood chart or mood journal so when you see the doc you can let him/her know what has been going on. Good luck:)

how much Abilify is your son on??? maybe the doctor can increase a little. only saying this, as i went through this with my son, he's 14. he's been on Abilify for a little over a year, and about 2 months ago, he was also put on Lamictal.

Good luck to you and your son :angel:

my son is on 30mg at nite of Abilify along with 50mg of lamictal...and too....200mg Lamictal in the morning
and yes, he's 14, but he's also 6'3" and about 174lbs...

Patti,

Research thoroughly any drug prescribed for your child. My experience has been that most doctors do not understand drug side effects and because of that often make matters worse.

Please understand that I am not a doctor and what follows is nothing more than a possibility that should be addressed by a physician:

Most psychotropic drugs can cause restlessness (fancy name "Akathisia") and is usually listed under "common side effects." Degree of restlessness can range from easily tolerated to agonizing. Side effects increase with dosage. A not uncommon mistake doctors make is to compensate for side effects by increasing the dose of the drug causing the side effects.

It is possible that your son did well the first two weeks because his blood plasma levels of Abilify were not yet high enough to cause side effects.

Talk to your doctor about LESS Abilify and see what happens.

Bob