Posted by stewie on February 10, 2012, at 14:27:00
In reply to Re: abillify/lamictal dosage, posted by Christ_empowered on February 6, 2012, at 17:45:10
I THINK that 1 mg of Abilify just may be helping with the depression for me.
I felt happy on 5 mgs several years ago, but could not handle the akathisia I developed.
Even 2 mgs were making me kind of hyped up in a bad way. But 1 mg...not too bad. It still gives me mad insomnia, and vistaril, klonopin,neurontin -- they do nothing for insomnia now :(.
I have had to resort to a muscle relaxer that my husband has (it starts with a "t"). I get a few hours of sleep with it... in the end, I guess I average about 5 hrs/night. I would like more because coffee is tearing up my stomach!
But it is pretty cool to feel less dark and heavy. I didn't even know how depressed I had become. I stopped trying with meds for about a year. I had previously been on lamictal and celexa, which pooped out several times in my life.
So maybe the low dose abilify really can help. I might have to try and go lower and see if it helps me to sleep. I do need more sleep....> Abilify is an antipsychotic. Also, it has a long half life, so the dose tends to build up in your system. Really, really low doses are good for depression; if you push it too high, it becomes more of a tranquilizer, and you lose motivation.
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