Posted by rod on May 8, 2004, at 5:26:27
First, jippie, Abilify is coming to my place!
My question. Has anybody taken both and is able to compare their effect?
My concern about Mirapex is, the possible sleepiness after long term use, as reported by Ame sans vie. But on th other hand, this person also tried it at a huge doese, to achieve a psychedelic effect and saw patterns etc. Maybe after that, going back to a normal dose, the sleepiness occured, which wouldnt occur under noraml use. I dont know. It is also commonly reported for people treated for parkinson, but these people seem to take higher dosages and normally take additional dopaminergics like L-Dopa plus much much more.
My concern about Abilify. Its an antipsychotic and I already take Amisulpride and wont stop it. It will stay in my cocktail. Is it possible to experience numbness and cognitive problems with Abilify? At 150 mg of Amisulpride (now take 50mg) I indeed felt a little numb, simple minded...
My doctor wants to put me on Abilify first, if my recent trial of Buspar doesnt produce the desired effect. His concerns about Mirapex are, that it has according to him a very strong intrinsic activity at D Receptors. Maybe to strong he said.. He did some studies about pramipexole for psychiatric uses but entirely stopped when one of the participants jumped out of the window... He said Pramipexole can have a too strong stimulating effect. Hmm, but thats maybe what I need. So he wants to try Abilify, because its only a pratial agonist and thereby seems to be more predictable.
So, apart from safety issues, I would like to hear from people who can compare these two regarding motivation, stimulation, social withdrawness, dystymia etc.
I personally tend more to try Mirapex first. But I am not sure.Roland
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