Posted by Lou Pilder on May 2, 2012, at 14:36:06
In reply to Re: Lou's request-dockduzntnhoe?, posted by hrguru on May 2, 2012, at 12:28:43
> > > > Has anyone else had problems withdrawing from abilify?
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> > > I came off of Abilify 10 mg within a week. I had no withdrawal effects other than a single episode of rebound depression. Many people experience anxiety as a withdrawal effect.
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> > > > I was on 5mg for a year and a half, and then switched to Lamictal for my depression. Ever since I came off of the abilify, I've been having irritability, short depressions, and a lot of panic attacks. My doctor was surprised when I told him how hard of a time I've been having coming off this drug.
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> > > Why did you switch from Abilify to Lamictal? How did you go about switching? For how long have you not been taking Abilify? Have you ever had panic attacks before?
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> > > I don't think what you are describing is necessarily withdrawal. You might be relapsing. It would be easier to guess what is happening if one were to know the answers to the two questions I asked. Without more facts, I would be inclined to restart the Abilify and to combine it with the Lamictal if you found Abilify alone to be inadequate. There is no harm in doing so, and there are people who need both drugs to feel better. I think you need to have this conversation with your doctor.
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> > > - Scott
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> > Scott,
> > You wrote,[...Without more facts, I would be inclined to restart the Abilify and to combine it with the Lamictal if you found that Abilify alone to be inadaquate. There is no harm in doing so, and there are people that need both drugs to feel better...].
> > I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean here. If you could post answers to thhe following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
> > A. Do you now the possible life-threatening conditions that could result by a person taking both Abilify and Lamictal together?
> > B. If you do, what criteria do you use to state that {there is no harm in doing so}?
> > C. Could death be a result of taking the two drugs together?
> > D. What criteria do you use to determine if a person needs the combination to feel better?
> > E. Could a person feel better by not taking the combination of drugs?
> > Lou
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> I don't know if there are life-threatening conditions of taking both, but for whatever reason, my doctor wants to have me on as few meds as possible. I'm not sure if taking both would cause death, but I am on several medications that make me so grogged-out, that I think if I took abilify and lamictal together, I might not be able to get out of bed! :) Or go about my day with enough energy. Like I said, I think my doctor just wants me on as few meds as possible, and it might sound vain, but I really hated the weight gain I got with abilify. Hope this answers your questions, and thanks for replying to my post!hrguru,
You wrote,[...O don't know if there are any life- threatening conditions of taking both...].
One of the major issue here is that both can depress the central nervous system. So when both are taken at the same time, you could have a double shot of the chemist's drugs.
I am prohibited here from posting a lot of educational information that I think could show what these drugs are, where they came from and why they were made, as per a directive to me from Mr. Hsiung. You see, a lot of these drugs have constituants in them that are in old drugs. Then if one knows the chemistry of the drug, they could determine if the drug is a new drug, or just a new name for a knock-off of an old drug.
I intend to contimue too post here what I think could save your life or prevent you from getting a life-ruining condition or addiction, providing the rule of three does not apply.
Lou
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