Posted by Lou Pilder on January 29, 2012, at 13:51:08
In reply to Re: Had to take an Abilify... » Christ_empowered, posted by SLS on January 29, 2012, at 12:33:53
> > Not big deal, I guess.
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> How can it not be a big deal?
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> You continue to go around in the same circle. It is not a happy thing to witness.
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> It amazes me that some people here continue to encourage you to discontinue taking effective medications.
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> > Just 1 30 tab. That was yesterday. I won't take any today.
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> You make it sound like taking Abilify is a personal failing.
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> > Even if I end up needing 1 tab every week or 2, that's still a whole hell of a lot better than taking 30 daily.
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> And yet, you have not tried taking lower daily dosages.
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> > I think I'd grown to accustomed to the chemical strait jacket, too used to scanning my mind for signs of "madness." This as needed neuroleptic approach just might keep me from freaking out AND dulling out ("tranquilizer psychosis").
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> It might be the smart thing to do to bring in a professional medical doctor to evaluate your strategies and results.
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> Remember Einstein...
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> - ScottScott,
You wrote the above.
Maybe CE has in his mind a future without mind-altering drugs. People do not always quit and never return to the drug. Some quit and then take a pill like he writes here for reasons that I could explaine here if needed.
I know many people that tried to quit tobacco use and relapsed several times before quitting. They did quit and some went back several times before they quit. Same with alcohol.
Now if CE wants to be drug free from abilify for his own reasons, then I support his will to do so and understand that it may take several attempts to do so. He may think that the drug could kill him and so getting off of it is his wishes and might have peace with that end. I support that.
You see, this drug Abilify has the potential to induce a mind-alterd state to make the taker of the drug want to kill themselves. There are hundreds of suicide attempts that are recorded to the FDA which means there could be 100 times that many of attempts or 10 times that many because all are not reported to the FDA.'
I think that CE might be seeking peace and that he wants to rid himself of this drug in an attempt to give peace a chance.
Here is a link of FDA stats concerning suicide and abilify. Remember Walden Pond...
Lou
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/abilify/suicide+attempt
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