Posted by jparsell82 on November 23, 2009, at 14:12:50
In reply to I'm taking Abilify, posted by mtdewcmu on November 22, 2009, at 23:51:15
> My pdoc is a big fan of Abilify. He likes to say that Pristiq + Abilify is like "rocket fuel for depression." I don't know whether that's true, because I have not taken Pristiq. He has convinced me to take Abilify, however.
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> My recent course of treatment has been convoluted as I have searched for a regimen that is both effective and tolerable. I was taking Paxil and Wellbutrin when my pdoc suggested adding Abilify at 1mg, to increase to 2mg as tolerated, since Paxil and Wellbutrin were not having the desired effect. When I first took the Abilify, I noticed a slight sedative effect, which I attribute to the anti-adrenergic effect. I was actually afraid that it was canceling out some of the effect of the Wellbutrin, but I continued taking it and went up to 2mg after a week. There was no noticeable effect on my mood, and unfortunately, it was not relieving my anxiety despite the slight sedative effect.
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> I went back for my next visit to the pdoc, and, long story short, I ended up swapping Paxil for Zoloft and adding 15mg of Remeron. Since then I have been feeling good! The only problem is that I don't know which meds are doing what. My current regimen is 300mg Wellbutrin XL, 100mg Zoloft, 15mg Remeron, and 2mg Abilify. All I know is that it is working, but I unfortunately can not tell you whether the Abilify is helping, hurting, or doing nothing.I just came across this study the other day:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17455104
Shows Abilify helps counteract the weight gain of Remeron and Remeron helps counteract the akathisia of Abilify.
I'm curious as to how this combo feels. I've gotten benefit from Abilify before(2mg) but got bad akathisia from it. I wonder if Remeron would completely relieve the akathisia and I also wonder if the Abilify would do anything for the daytime sedation caused by Remeron... interesting combo.
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