Posted by harryp on May 10, 2004, at 11:23:06
In reply to Please help me understand schizophrenia/ Abilify, posted by kittencat on May 10, 2004, at 0:01:21
Hi!
I'm sorry that you're so worried. Please don't be. For reasons that I don't understand but I think have a lot to do with marketing, psychiatrists are giving out antipsychotic meds for nearly everything these days. I think the number of people who take AP's who really do suffer from schizophrenia are a minority now!
Please check out this recent discussion on this topic:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040505/msgs/344927.html
At any rate, I have heard of people getting antidepressant effects from Abilify, so it might help. I think there are better options, though.
If you have tried TCA's, you should definitely try a MAOI. The MAOI's are probably overall the best antidepressants. It is important to follow the dietary restrictions, but I have been doing that for six months now and it isn't hard.
Hope this helps.
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