Posted by TrishP on December 2, 2006, at 7:38:56
Ok - I'm trying to be a good patient and stick with something for a few months.
When I went to the doctor I was depressed - bad. He put me on Abilify for as a mood stabilizer. It helped my mood and sleep at first.
Now, I am taking 5 mg and have been on it for over a month. I don't sleep as well (when I wake up I can't go back to sleep).
BUT - here's my question. I wasn't irritated and mean before the Abilify so why am I now? How can a drug be working for me if I am a crappy person?
The doc likes to chalk it up to akathesia. True, I haven't gone nuts and had a manic episode, but I miss the nice person I was on SSRIs (Lexapro and Effexor both made me sweet without a care in the world).
I just wish Lexapro didn't give me bladder problems.
I'm thinking of adding 5mg of Lexapro to the Abiify. It will probably kill my sex life, but maybe it would make me a sweet person again without the bladdder pain.
UGH!
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