Posted by SLS on January 24, 2009, at 10:42:50
In reply to Re: Abilify - Restlessness decrease w/ lower Dose?, posted by JayBTV2 on January 24, 2009, at 10:00:30
Hi again.
> I think I'll probably stick it out for a bit and see how it goes. The restlessness isn't bad - I just have a hard time sitting around the house like I usually do. Which might be helpful actually :)
I felt and thought exactly the same thing.
> Can I ask when you take it?
I take 20mg in the morning. You can take your entire daily dosage at once. It is kind of hard to explain why. Abilify has a very long half-life - 76 hours. Each dose is actually relatively small because the drug accumulates as the long half-life allows levels to rise. It takes about 2 weeks to achieve a steady state concentration.
If you are sleeping well, I can't think of any reason to change you dosing time.
Good luck! It sounds like you are responding well to Abilify. Now you need to leave it in place and try adding things to it.
My current regime:
Parnate
desipramine
Lamictal
Abilify
- Scott
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