Posted by Thomas123 on February 14, 2003, at 21:25:31
In reply to when and how to get a second opinion?, posted by babs on February 14, 2003, at 17:50:38
I think you are on kind of a strange combination. The Risperdal and the Adderall are antagonistic. One is a dopamine antagonist and the other is dopamine agonist. You take Topomax because you gain weight on the Risperdal. Seems like Risperdal is the problem. I think there is little weight gain with Abilify. If you could switch to Abilify perhaps you could get off the Topomax. So then you are then down to three drugs. Abilify is a weak dopamine agonist so there might be less interreaction with the Adderall. Of course this all depends on Abilfy working. I once saw a psychopharmacologist of national renown and he was the worst doctor I have ever seen. So basically I have been unhelpful here. I have no idea what you should do.
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