Posted by cybercafe on December 11, 2003, at 19:05:17
In reply to Re: Abilify agitation, posted by colinear on December 11, 2003, at 13:01:25
> > colinear, et. al.
> >
> > perhaps if you were otherwise happy with abilify you might try amantadine (sp?) as treatment for akithisia, i have heard it works really well ... but, because it is a dopamine agonist, it MAY exacerbate psychosis ... be careful.
> > what was the quality of your sleep while on abilify, you see... while on seroquel i sleep nearly 10 hours and on ziprasidone i don't get a wink ...
> >
> > I am trying to find a treatment (perhaps abilify) that will allow me to both lose weight and NORMALIZE my sleep ... any experience?
>
> sleep was horrible. matter of fact i hardly slept at all.how about starting slow, combining abilify with a sedating AP in the beginning ?
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