Posted by Alvin on June 13, 2005, at 19:43:19
In reply to Re: ANYONE-Tips to preventNausea/Vomiting on Abilify??, posted by Sabina on June 13, 2005, at 17:58:36
Thank you Sabina; I see my pdoc tomorrow to discuss how I might approach trying it again. The encouragement from you is helpful; in fact the encouragement from people on this board who have had success with Abilify helped me immensely. When I try again, I may also cut my 2.5 gms to 1.25 and slowly titrate up....I'm taking it for GAD and soft bipolar with some rapid cycling features. If you don't mind my asking, is that similar to your diagnosis? For close to 2 years, I've "managed" my issues by taking ativan as needed, but that unfortunately, does not seem to be enough right now. Are you on any other meds combined with ABilify? Thanks again.
> Hmmmm...I don't really know, as I haven't had any such SE's myself. I did have some headache and general, low grade "trippy" feelings early on. I'm still on a baby dose myself of 5mg every other day and am happier than I've been in years. I will titrate up when/if needs be. Did you take it with food, say maybe a dairy and starch heavy meal? That might be an idea. Or a real ginger ale and saltines? Mostly I just hate to hear that you had a bad time with it. I hope it gets better if you decide to try it again.
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