Any comments on the following: the medication (abilify 7mg) keeps things quite wonderful (except for some excess weight) most of the time but once every few days, when he's tired, he'll go into a mode where he wants to control everyone completely and then of course is frustrated and lashes out in a more and more violent way -- bite, hit, picked up a stick. When confined to his room, busts out a wire screen, goes outside, cools off and then is contrite as can be and swears 'never again' and obviously means it. Is this common for BiPolar (BP)? Does that mean I need to up medications again? The outbursts haven't been in school, so its not nearly as bad as it used to be.
Me: dad almost 50
difficult child: 8 y.o. boy, BiPolar (BP), abilify
Wife, other kids, animals, in-laws......
Me: dad almost 50
difficult child: 8 y.o. boy, BiPolar (BP), abilify
Wife, other kids, animals, in-laws......