Posted by JohnLA on January 5, 2012, at 22:31:22
hi all-
happy new year. hope 2012 brings all of us some health and peace in our minds.
i posted a ? to tensor in a thread above, but i thought i would be selfish and self-centered and basically ask the the same question in my own needy thread.
i also searched past threads and found a bit of info on what i am asking. still, here goes...
i'm staring at a bottle of abilify scared as you-know-what to start taking it. my new pdoc has suggested trying to 2 to 5mg as a add-on to my 30mg of remeron and 2mg of klonopin. in the past 2 years i've tried a round of ect, effexor, lexapro, cymbalta, celexa, and nuvigal. all to no avail.
i'm sleeping well and my anxiety is pretty low. this was not the case 2 years ago. so, i can thank the remeron/klonopin for that i think. my biggest problems now are severe depression/rumination, apathy, staying in bed 24/7, anhedonia (bad), thoughts of suicide, getting fat for the first time in my life, etc. basically no enthusiasm or interest in life.
so, has anybody found 2 to 5 mg of abilify to help in regards to getting your butt out of bed and back to life? i'm extremely nervous about the side effects and to be honest i think it may be more a behavioral deal (staying in bed all the time) than a biological issue. i have been in therapy for most of the time and can still not get myself moving. this is my first severe depression caused by a multiple of stressful factors over 2009/2010.
thanks for any replies/advice.
john
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