Posted by cybercafe on December 13, 2003, at 5:19:28
In reply to Re: Abilify agitation, weight and sleep?, posted by jtevers on December 12, 2003, at 14:19:03
> > > > I am trying to find a treatment (perhaps abilify) that will allow me to both lose weight and NORMALIZE my sleep ... any experience?
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> > how about starting slow, combining abilify with a sedating AP in the beginning ?
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> cybercafe, thanx for your response.
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> i have once before titrated slowly onto abilify without having been warned or prepared for the agitation/akithisia ... at the time i had been on seroquel, indeed a very sedating antipsychotic, and was still taking a small dose of it at night to sleep and arrest the agitation.
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> without transitioning entirely (onto a full dose of abilify only), i decided to make an abrupt reversal....
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> this time i am prepared to try abilify again (i am desperate to lose some weight and normalize my sleep), but am ready for the akithisia ... and wonder whether i should also be prepared to fight insomnia? and whether the agent i choose to quell the akithisia (either amantadine or propanolol) may also help me sleep? ... what am i in for?
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now those questions i have not the experience to answer... i went right off 2.5 mg zyprexa and on to 3.75 mg abilify (i actually used a loading dose)i can tell you that abilify insomnia at 3.75 mg was not bad... maybe 7 hours of sleep for me ? (i sleep a lot usually though) ....
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