[lookout123]

thanks everyone. 1) I witnessed him take his med every single night so that isn't the issue. 2) While he does have allergies they have not flared up at all recently. 3) No major changes, dietary or otherwise.

Quite simply after roughly 2 months the kid developed a severe side effect to the med that was working. We are weening him off the med over the next two weeks and will wait another week after that to return to his baseline. We are being escalated to the staff psychiatrist because his case is becoming more complex. Lots of tests headed our way.

Lil Lookout is working with a clinic that specializes in childhood mental and emotional disorders. they have been described by quite a few people i know and trust as miracle workers so i do have faith we'll get this worked out eventually, it just sucks for LL to go through it all.

**Yes we are aware that Abilify is offlabel when used with 8 year olds but it is not uncommon. In fact there is an almost identical med from a different manufacturer that IS tested and approved for kids but it has a higher incidence of weight gain and stronger side effects. Abilify has fewer side effects so we went that route. Lil Lookout is just so special that he gets the rarest of side effects.