Abilify prescribed to a 9 year old male

[missylou4]

with no research on the effects of abilify on children how am I to know whether this medicine will endanger my MR adhd 9 year old child .he is also on strattera.

[yogafan1585]

this was very helpful thank you

[missylou4]

methylphenidate (focalin)  is what my grandchild has taken for 3 years he was very small for his age and mentally delayed he now takes abilify and strattera....this has only been for three weeks but this child has gained weight and his congnitive skills have increased threefold I praise all the beings that are for this total transformation

[missylou4]

My grandson has weighed 59 pounds for the last ten months (I just obtained custody of him since July 2008) He has been on Abilify for 3 weeks and has gained 8 pounds I am happy because he was so skinny now he is filling out I will continue to watch the weight gain so he does not become obese but abilify is a miracle because he was nothing but skin and bones no matter what we fed him... thanks for the contact please write again for any needs..........

[iamtheone39]

My 11yr old son doesnt eat lunch do to focalin...do you know if he could take a 2mg of abilify with his focalin? I know that abilify helps you have an appetite and gain weight and my son is only 56lbs and 11yrs old...Thanks