Posted by rovers95 on August 23, 2019, at 16:42:01
In reply to Re: Abilify, vraylar, APs for bipolar 2 depression?, posted by Christ_empowered on August 23, 2019, at 11:08:23
> i take a full dose of abilify. my psych is talking about a switch to vraylar. the difference seems to be that vraylar doesn't stimulate the D2 receptors as much, so it has more anti-manic properties, plus the D3 action -might- mean it helps speed up cognitive processes, if that's a problem for you.
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> im not gung ho about the switch, myself. Abilify has been good to me, and it seems that Vraylar has a higher EPS liability than Abilify...not my cup of tea.
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> this is just from what my psych told me, btw. 2nd, 3rd hand information. You should probably do more research and/or seek out actual experts before going in with ideas to a prescriber. :-)Thanks for this response, is great. I think I need to get the mood stabiliser up and running first, then we'll see where we go from there.
If I'm not mistaken I think some APs have different effects at different doses. I was prescribed 300mg seroquel and it made me feel like crap, but I like it at 75mg as asleep aid.
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