Posted by Ritch on March 31, 2003, at 8:52:24
In reply to Re: Abilify may be something to augument with, posted by utopizen on March 31, 2003, at 3:13:01
> My p-doc said the reason why he wants me on an AP is because it's the most agressive way of dealing with the anxiety... as opposed to a benzo that will only work while I take it, the idea is that an AP or AD will have residual effects after I stop taking it after a few months or so.
It may be the most *aggressive* method of dealing with the anxiety, but I don't understand his logic about the residual positive effects. When I was on low-dose Mellaril for a few years back in the early '80's I was taking it fairly regularly, but it was prescribed as a PRN medication (10-30mg hs PRN). When I would stop the med, the symptoms it was treating (generalized anxiety/insomnia associated with bipolar depression) would simply return just like stopping a benzodiazepine. Perhaps his rationale is that you will get better results with *therapy* while on an AP, and the results of the therapy would be the long-lasting ones he is speaking of?? Then the course of the AP would only be relatively brief.
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