Posted by shasling on June 28, 2007, at 4:38:42
In reply to Re: will abilify make me [hypo]manic?/football » shasling, posted by KayeBaby on June 28, 2007, at 0:43:03
> Hi Shasling,
> What made you decide to give it another try?
> Did you get the anxiety/restlessness on it?
>
> Thanks!
> kayeHonestly thats a great question, but I don't really know the answer. I think it was just a vague feeling that I had had such high hopes for it maybe I ought to try one more time, slower, because it was obviously too much dopamine that made me feel so bad. The bad reaction seemed to me to be almost schizo-affective: I was paranoid and had all these random conversations going on in my head, i was terrified, was waiting to actually hear voices, feelings of surreallity with everyday things like working, driving, etc. So yeah, Id say I had anxiety, though I dont recall any specific reslessness.
Oh and one thing I should mention, my dose is doubled due to the fact that I take tegretol which over-metabolizes several drugs, abilify one of them. So now Im on 10 mg, but its really like about 5, cause they say to double the dose if youre on tegretol. During the bad reaction phase I jumped right in with 20 mg in one dose (I split mine now), which was like 10 if not taking tegretol. If that makes sense.
I just love this drug, it changed my life. Id tried every damn drug for like 25 years and it was as if every single one of them was a placebo. With abilify as the foundation of my current cocktail I do about 70% as well as the average non-depressed person and Ill take that. It a hell of a lot better than the 10% I lived with ever since I can even remember. I remember being depressed in kindergarden, ugh.
Good luck,
Suzie
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