Posted by michael on May 17, 2008, at 23:01:23
Hello all -
I'm currently taking 450 mg wellbutrin xl, along with low dose (150 mg) sulpiride. The sulpiride seems to help, though rather subtly - I think maybe more with mood than with energy.
In the past I've tried low dose abilify (2.5 mg) abilify with the wellbutrin. The abilify was rather stimulating... I had a bit of akathisia/restlessness, and generally slept only 3 - 5 hours per night, (if I remember correctly) and some nights no sleep at all. The energy was helpful, but when I would get sleepy, I had difficulty getting to sleep - and as I mentioned, I would sleep only a few hours when I did sleep. When I increased the abilify to 5 mg, it flipped from stimulating, to sedating - a lot.
What I'm looking for is energy, or a stimulating effect.
I want to try the abilify again... however I'm trying to figure out if I should add it (@ only 1.25 mg) to the wellbutrin and sulpiride, or if I should stop the sulpiride first.
So, what I think I'm asking is, would the abilify be more likely to work with the sulpiride, in an additive fashion, in my search for more energy?
...or would it be more likely that adding the abilify to the wellbutrin & sulpiride combo would lead to sedation, along the lines of what I experienced at "higher" doses of abilify, (which I also experienced at higher doses of sulpiride)?
Or to put it another way... Given the methods of action suspected for sulpiride & abilify, I'm trying to figure out if I should stop the sulpiride or not, before trying the abilify again?
I hope that makes sense... Thanks for any thoughts or feedback that anyone may have to offer.
Michael
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