Posted by llurpsienoodle on February 29, 2008, at 11:33:26
Until recently, I was doing well on
50mg zoloft
5mg abilify
300mg lamictal
1mg klonopin (split)Then I had a little psychotic flashback thingie and my pdoc upped my abilify to 10mg and gave me zyprexa 10mg (zydis) prn. It works like a charm. goodbye disturbing images. hello rest. I've taken it about 10 times in 3 mos.
I'm not having many ptsd symptoms right now, and therapy is pretty unremarkable. not a lot going on there. I think maybe I can reduce my abilify back down to 5mg. I want to give it a try anyways.
I've already reduced my benzo (klonopin) from 3mg daily to .25-.5mg daily. I did this by eliminating caffeine from my morning routine.
next- the AD. I had some breakthrough depression with suicidal ideation about 3 weeks ago, and pdoc increased my zoloft from 50mg to 100mg. I am having sexual side effects already, so 2 days ago, I decreased it by cutting one of my pills in half, so roughly 75 mg. so far I've been having dizziness, juicy mouth and nausea. General GI upset and vertigo, I guess. Nothing compared to going off of cymbalta.
I am officially non med-compliant. (shame on me).
My question- if I was stable on previous cocktail for several months, why not go back to it? I will always have the option of increasing doses, but when will I have the opportunity to decrease my dose?
-Ll
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