Posted by e503 on May 19, 2003, at 8:08:07
I weaned Ben off of trileptal, which he had been on since february. I realized now that was activated by it, as now he is actually VERY sedate. TOO sedate. So, my question is this: he is taking abilify 10 mg./day - split into an a.m. and p.m. dose (he seems to need this). He has been taking zoloft and buspar for a long time also. About a year or more ago he had a very rough time, and I forget who it was (ritch, maybe???) who helped me figure out what was up. It turned out we had been giving ben his zoloft (75 mg/day) at bedtiime. During the day he was wild. As soon as we switched it to a daytime dose, it calmed him down. SOOOO, now he is taking the abilify, zoloft and buspar in the a.m. and he seems somewhat sedate, not his usual somewhat "perky" (hypomanic?) self. I am wondering if abilify and zoloft interact somehow to cause this sedatedness? Maybe I should try giving him all the zoloft in the p.m.? Ben is autistic and cannot tell me how he feels, although I can tell my looking at him that he is just not "right". Does anyone take this combination?
thanks,
elise
Thanks for all responses.
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