Posted by utopizen on May 13, 2004, at 13:26:16
In reply to Re: abilify 10 mg on the 8th day when will it start??, posted by cybercafe on May 13, 2004, at 3:33:47
> i changed over very slowly and kept the dose super-small (tops 3.75 mg) ....
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> it was so worth the drive to the states, yelling at mental health workers, and a ton of cash
>wow. I started at 7.5mg only because they didn't have 10mg tabs in stock the week it came out, and my doc wanted me to go up to 15mg after a few weeks. Of course I decided to stop after 2 weeks, not realizing restlessness could be controlled rather than tolerated, with additional drugs.
It was probably the only point in my college career (after being on it for a week) that I woke up early on a Saturday morning and walked over to the library to review readings for a class that wouldn't test me on anything until finals.
I wonder if my depression I feel now is simply a greater degree of depression I didn't notice earlier, merely because I felt happy and all (and doing anything that bored me made me feel tired or inattentive). I always chalked that part of me up to ADD alone, but maybe it was sort of depression+ADD, and now it's pretty bad depression too.
Anyway, I hope some research is done so docs learn more about the motivating properties to Abilify. I recent saw a p-doc, no joke, who never heard of Abilify. And in the mental hospital I went to recently after feeling really stressed/depressed one day, no one was on Abilify.
It seems every doc I've ever seen when they bring up atypicals always have their own personal brand favorite, as if they know something special about it that makes them better than other docs. One doc felt proud to simply suggest Seroquel and give me samples, another felt proud and seemed rather comfortable with Risperdal (probably due to each one's experiences seeing good results in their patients). And my recent pdoc was saying "Have you tried Zyprexa?" like he was a salesman (and this doc doesn't see salesmen ever).
It's too bad, Abilify's such a great med, yet pdocs seem to pride themselves in their choice antipsychotic so much it'll likely take awhile to get docs to make it their first choice. Especially sad, since it should help ADD-bipolar types a lot.
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