Posted by SLS on June 2, 2011, at 6:07:19
In reply to New low-dose of Abilify..feeling good, posted by Christ_empowered on June 1, 2011, at 9:11:58
> So, I stopped taking the Celexa and the Abilify for about a week. I'm not going to restart the Celexa (I'm DONE with SSRIs!), but I decided I should probably re-start the Abilify at a lower dose.
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> I was at 30mgs/day. I read online that 7.5mgs is about equal to 100mgs Thorazine or 2mgs Haldol, both of which are apparently small but sometimes effective maintenance doses. Since I'm working with 30mgs tablets, its alot easier to get it into roughly 1/4 chunks than it would be to try to get 10mgs chunks (10mgs/Abilify is apparently just as effective as higher doses...).
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> So, I cut my pills into 1/4 chunks yesterday, and so far I'm feeling good. No voices, no significant agitation, no real mood problems of any sort, I'm just relatively normal, but feeling decidedly less tranquilizedAlthough you might remain stable at 7.5 mg, you may want to consider using at least 10mg should you lose the therapeutic effect. The "normal" that you feel might be a passing state. If you begin showing symptoms again, I would move to 10 mg, and on to 15-20 mg should you not be able to recapture the therapeutic effect at 10 mg. I do not believe that Abilify has a therapeutic window. It is more likely that it works at some minimum effective dosage, beyond which the "tranquilization" effect emerges. Don't be afraid to find the minimum effective dosage by titrating again.
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