Posted by Christ_empowered on July 22, 2019, at 11:52:13
In reply to Re: abilify experiences, posted by rovers95 on July 17, 2019, at 14:35:47
i take 20mgs/daily for...errr...something in the Bipolar I family, I think (the label/diagnosis is forever being "reworked..." I guess the treatment people don't have much else to do?).
for me, its a good thing. since I fall into the "for the love of God, take your meds!" category, Abilify is something of a minor miracle because it gets the job done without...
dense sedation, too much weight gain (no, it is not weight neutral), intense dysphoria, twitches and such, drug induced depression...
i tried zyprexa, seroquel, risperidone...and abilify is the -1- i've been able to tolerate at a full dose, long term. after years and years of treatment from 15-30mgs/day (please don't go to 30mgs, btw, if you can avoid it), i have 0 eps, 0 td, etc.
i should of course note that i take high dose b-vitamins and antioxidants (more or less Dr.Hoffer-style Orthomolecular) with my psych Rx treatments. I suspect the antioxidants might explain the 0 TD.
im not one to recommend the neuroleptics to most people, but...if whatever ails you is nervous breakdown-level, then please do consider Abilify, if only because to me it seems a bit less toxic than many other options.
personally...i would -not- recommend someone with mild to moderate depression consider adding abilify or any other neuroleptic, no matter how 'atypical.' severe depression, sure...less severe, id talk to the doctor about other options 1st.
hope this helps.
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