Posted by cybercafe on April 23, 2004, at 3:34:54
In reply to Re: Abilify-jparsell82, posted by Lazarus on April 22, 2004, at 17:30:17
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> > I was so impatient, restless and frustrated that it was making me mad. Even when I cut the 10mg into thirds. Did you have this type of experience(this bad) when you first started Abilify?
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> Yes, I experienced akathisia when I first began Abilify treatment, though not as badly as you experienced. I average 3.75 mg daily (the range being 2.5 - 5.0 mg).
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> >How long did it take to go away?
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> Six months. I put up with the akathisia because at least I felt alive; Zyprexa made me feel dead.6 months??? i think i felt this wired tired feeling for perhaps 3 weeks (guessing), and then after that it was just a motivated feeling to do things ... a great feeling ... of course i was already taking benzos for anxiety and had some zyrpexa in my system as i was coming off it so maybe these helped a bit??
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> >I'm not sure if I'm gonna start it back up.
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> Try 2.5 mg daily to start. It now comes in 5 mg tablets which can easily be split with a good pill cutter.
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> Good luck,
> Lazarus
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