Posted by utopizen on April 12, 2004, at 7:47:36
In reply to Re: On abilify and Risperdal...causing akathisia??, posted by hundredhugs on April 12, 2004, at 5:47:18
You can try Risperdal, but I did after Abilify caused me to feel restless and Risperdal caused me to feel inhuman. I had to sleep for 18 hours/day, and couldn't take it after three days of this.
At least with Abilify, my restlessness was something I could try to treat, with Geodon or Klonopin... heck, my leftover Neurontin was effective. I just was feeble to side-effects of drugs at the time, so didn't bother on asking my doc to add on anything for the side effects.
As with most side effects of these things, there's a good chance it's your body adjusting to the med, and that it'll go away if you wait it out... which isn't hard to do, provided you find the right relief from something like Geodon, which I haven't tried but heard good reports over. Remember, there's drugs to treat this available, and it's unlikely you'll have this problem for more than just a few weeks as your body adjusts-- and by that time you should begin noticing the positive effects... =)
> Mastermind,
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> thank you for your response. Do you know if the abilify causes the akathisia as well? Risperdal is great for knocking out my manias but i have to go to high doses. Maybe I should switch to abilify, I hear it is good for knocking out maina too (and psychoses).
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> I appreciate you input
> hundredhugs
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