Got a problem here.

[conuly]

One of my friends, her son is on Abilify because he's been diagnosed as bipolar. She suspects that he may have AS instead. Since maybe a month after he went on the drug, his problems have either increased or merely changed, I'm not sure which. Anyway, I pointed out to her that autistics are known to react atypically to certain drugs, and that there's problems associated with neuroleptics. However, I really don't know that much about what, specifically, is possible - as I have no interest in taking medications (it's a trial to even get me to take midol once a month) I haven't done much research into this. So I said I'd ask youse guys. Because that's what the internet is for.

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[celticess.livejournal.com]

I've not personally tried that drug but I have reacted paradoxially to some drugs in past. One of which is valium. They tried to give it to me for my back one time. After one time I said to the docs never to give it to me again. It made my skin crawl, I was hyper and restless... imagine that while trapped on a backboard bored stiff in a hospital room for several days til the order went through to take me off the bloody stuff. :P