Posted by Emme on February 25, 2003, at 7:48:15
In reply to Re: Anyone feel cold on abilify? , posted by SLS on February 25, 2003, at 6:14:22
Hi Scott,
Thanks for your input. But I think taking that large a plunge would be a bad idea. We always start me at *much* less than recommended minimum doses. Learned that the hard way. The first few doses of the eighth of a tablet were almost unbearably stimulating. I had to take it every other day at first because it wore me out so much. I seem to be slowly adjusting to it. Now I may try sporadically taking 3.25 mg to see how that goes. I felt sick and foggy most of yesterday after a 3.25 mg dose the night before. But I'll try working up a to see if I get used to it and get more benefit. I'm still getting the occasional mood crash. Like today. Bad. Nasty.
If only I weren't so cold... What is apopmorphine? Is it known to make people feel cold? Is its action similar to abilify?
Thanks,
Emme
> > Hi Folks,
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> > I'm only taking an eighth of a 15 mg tablet of abilify, believe it or not. Normally I'm cold blooded, but over the last few weeks it's just ridiculous, and seems to coincide with when I went from taking abilify every few days to taking it every day. I can't get warm and it's keeping me from doing things around the house because all I want to do is curl up under a down comforter, even with fleece and a wool sweater. Every now and then I am simultaneously cold and a little sweaty. I do warm up and feel more normal when I hit the gym. But then I have to come home from the gym and it's back to being cold. Has anyone else noticed problems with body temperature regulation on this drug? I remember Celexa made me so cold I couldn't stand it.
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> > Thanks,
> > Emme
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> Hi Emme.
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> I began my trial of Abilify at 20mg and have had virtually no side-effects. I would suggest taking the plunge and take 15mg today and see what happens. Maybe you can try 7.5mg if your sheepish about the higher dosages. The manufacturer suggests starting at 15mg. The half-life of Abilify is very long. Because of this, it takes quite a while for therapeutic levels in the body to accumulate. In other words, the drug does its own gradual titration.
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> It makes sense to me that an extremely low dosage would make someone feel cold. It might be acting like a drug called apomorphine (Apomorphine is not an opiate. It is a dopamine drug).
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> Be well.
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> - Scott
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