Posted by Jon Rollins on December 15, 2006, at 19:16:46
In reply to Re: Abilify attention problems, posted by Sebastian on December 13, 2006, at 9:52:45
Most of you are wrong about abilify. My psychiatrist/pharmacologist prescribed me abilify for atypical depression and I have adhd. It is a mood stabilizer in a way and it also helps the negative affect, like lack of inertia and apathy. Abilify can help attention problems for people who are depressed and for people who have adhd. It is a dopamine agonist and antagonist, increasing dopamine levels where needed and also decreasing dopamine levels also, if needed. It is the only drug that does this type of thing, responding to your chemical balance in two different ways depending on your needs. It also acts on serotonin, and it lacks most of the side effects that the other atypicals have, like weight gain and blahness, etc.
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