Posted by bleauberry on May 13, 2008, at 17:47:24
In reply to Abilify makes me feel wierd, posted by Sky Brite Line on May 12, 2008, at 23:19:55
I agree with everything Qunital said.
Antipsychotics are generally not the kind of things where you feel zoned out and zombied and then later on it kicks in and you feel alive. In clinical trials when APs such Zyprexa, Risperdal, or Abilify were added to SSRIs, for those patients who responded positively they did so signifcantly within a week. While antidepressants can take weeks and months to make their effects known, APs work pretty fast. If you are feeling zoned, well, maybe that will go away in a week or two as you adjust, but I am not betting on that. From what my doc tells me, the "liveliest" AP is ultra low dose Risperdal.
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