Posted by banga on May 20, 2005, at 22:35:01
In reply to Re: Please , tell me about your experience w/Abilify??, posted by Phillipa on May 20, 2005, at 18:45:24
Currently I take :
Abilify 5mg
desipramine 100mg
Luvox 50mg
Lamictal 200mgIt sounds like a lot, however they are all quite low doses. Several of them interact in that they potentiate each others' effects--mostly because they use the same enzyme to be broken down.
Risperdal was the first atypical I took--in the hospital, and within 4 days--NO anxiety, no rumination, no depression.....
And Phillipa, yes, it helps with obsessive rumination for me, although it does not eliminate it completely.For me, I think it is a toss-up which med is most important for me--the Abilify or the desipramine. But the Luvox was added later and seemed to help with residual anxiety; I have no idea if the Lamictal helps or not---but don't want to experiment and drop it, since things are going well.
Oh and I do take 30mg adderall in the am, but it really has pooped out---I take it as if it is just a strong cup of coffee.With all these meds, I would have thought I'd feel like a zombie, but I feel great; some of the SSRI-induced apathy has abated.
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