Posted by med_empowered on May 10, 2008, at 16:49:49
In reply to Re: Keep taking the Abilify for now, posted by Phillipa on May 10, 2008, at 12:29:59
not to pry but...do you have a history of substance abuse? Its just weird to switch a patient from a BZD treatment to antipsychotics and/or depakote unless..there's a reason. And if there were a reason, you'd think he'd stop w/ the schedule II med first. But whatevs...shrinks often don't make sense, and a lot of what they do is more rooted in how they were trained or what they "feel" to be correct than in anything helpful like, say, "data," or "science."
If I had to stick it out with your doc, I'd go for Depakote over the Abilify (I take both, BTW, but Depakote is arguably a lower-risk medication...I mean, as long as your doc keeps up on all the blood work, including liver enzyme tests). I'd also look for a new doc, cuz yours seems a little ridiculously anti-BZD (I mean, unless you had some ridiculously high dose..then it might make sense to get you off of them completely).
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