Posted by yxibow on September 22, 2008, at 19:42:12
In reply to Re: OCD » yxibow, posted by Kimbersaur on September 22, 2008, at 12:29:35
> They're not first line but they are augmentative for severe OCD. Still, CBT, behavioural therapy, has been shown to be just as effective. But sometimes people have OCD that exceed the Y-BOCS measurement scale and augmentation of a small dose of a low potency neuroleptic may help.
This is the part I meant -- a small dose of a low potency neuroleptic, e.g. your Abilify may make SSRIs and other agents similar more effective. But as noted below, maybe it isn't Abilify for you, maybe it is another one you didn't give a trial for whatever reason.
> So, does this mean Abilify probably isn't working for me?Well perhaps I was being a bit technical with terms -- in general antipsychotics take more than a two week trial to see if they are going to work for you -- a month or so would be better.
But if you have such bad side effects that you cannot stand Abilify, and the benefits do not outweigh the risks in your mind and you have fears of the medication that outweigh everything which actually negate medications in a way, psychologically, then you're free to ask your doctor how to safely get off of it.So no, I wasn't saying it wasn't working -- but that maybe it required more time -- but that is up to you.
Its the best opinion that I can offer, because these decisions are not easy, as I have experienced.
-- best wishesJay
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