Posted by iforgotmypassword on October 8, 2009, at 19:38:07
In reply to Abilify now available in Canada, posted by maxime on October 8, 2009, at 15:26:04
i don't think lower dose aripiprazole would be much of a problem weight wise; i think it is difficult to know, especially since some people even *lose* weight.
another drug ziprasidone, which we also now have, that i filled an rx for also has lower affinity for H1 receptors. unfortunately i had unbearable akathisia from a single 20mg, it made me remember the terrible difference between acute akathisia and chronic tardive akathisia, and how much worse it can get. i can't see myself taking another dose. my tardive symptoms are just too awful; even now, i can barely move after i stop, i get stuck, my nerves and skin congeal and everything is impossible. i don't know if i have the guts to try abilify, with its 20% rate of akathisia s/e, and the terribly long half-life of the drug and its primary metabolite.
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