Posted by jerrympls on March 25, 2004, at 18:20:34
In reply to Re: Dopamine Agonists : Abilify? » jerrympls, posted by Stan on March 25, 2004, at 2:21:00
> > My pdoc suggested I try Abilify because - although it's an antipsychotic - it's a dopamine agonist & antagonist. she explained that it "finds" the places in your brain that need more dopamine and reduces it in parts that have too much dopamine.
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> > Anyone????
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> you might give that a try in place of the seroquel you're taking (probably wouldn't make sense to use both). sounds like a decent idea -- abilify is some sort of mixed agonist/antagonist that theoretically behaves roughly in the way your doc described. haven't tried it myself....
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> what happened with the fentanyl (sp?) patch you were wearing? have you dropped that? just curious......
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> stanHey Stan-
reagarding the Fentenyl (Druagesic Patch) = NOTHING. It made me a bit loopy at first thenhelped a *little* with anxiety. But that's it. I've tried to go off of it by myself twice and within 6 hours I start to go through some sort of horrific withdrawl - nothing I've ever experienced - terrible anxiety - sweating - nausea - bowel cramps - can't sit still - etc - so I've had to put the patch back on and within a couple hours I'm back to "normal." So now I'm pissed because I have to deal with withdrawl from a med that has had no effect on my mood - andm y sicktime at work is almost all used up. I've never abused any drug or done any street drugs - so I've never experienced withdrawl (expect for SSRI withdrawl which is horrible in it's own way). I see my pdoc tomorrow and am gonna have to convince her to give me something to help me ease through the withdrawl. UGH!!!!!
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