Posted by Lazarus on September 30, 2003, at 18:43:53
In reply to Re: Sebastian ! AbilifySebastian » Lazarus, posted by Sebastian on September 30, 2003, at 11:50:26
> I imagine the 15 mg pills are hard to cut into 1/6? How do you do it, like a pizza pie?
Cutting the 15 mg Abilify pills into sixths is impossible; the best I've been able to do is cut them into fourths (1/2 then 1/2 again), resulting in a 3.75 mg pill. Cutting a 10 mg Abilify pill into fourths yields a 2.5 mg pill. That is why I sometimes take 2.5 mg and at other times 3.75.
Often I don't feel any effect from the 2.5 mg dose; I need to take 3.75 mg in order to "feel it". I would like to take 5 mg but I have akathesia at that dosage.
I have the same problem with Zyprexa. I would like to take 5 mg but was prescribed only 2.5 mg daily. Now my doc has told me to reduce my dose to 1.25 mg (1/2 of a 2.5). As a result I'm not sleeping well...too many vivid dreams, etc. It's not so much withdrawal, rather I am probably returning to the state I was in before beginning Zyprexa treatment. I like the way Zyprexa blunts your emotions.
I hope you are doing well on your dosage of Zyprexa (5 mg daily?).
Lazarus
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