Posted by Christ_empowered on July 29, 2010, at 0:55:24
In reply to Re: In praise of Abilify. And some Qs, posted by morgan miller on July 28, 2010, at 22:16:06
I went off of my abilify for a while and started freaking out. I went on 15mgs, but I was still having problems. Then I thought "Do what they do in mental hospitals--maximize the dose, then decrease," so I went on 30mgs. I thought I'd treat it like a manic episode--30mgs for 6-8 weeks, then down to a maintenance dose of 15mgs/day--but this doc is saying 30mgs is the way to go.
I just don't know. Docs in the old days used to go high-dose w/ neuroleptics, especially high-potency ones like haldol and navane. Now I think we're seeing it again with Abilify, especially since you can ramp up the dose w/o observable EPS in a lot of people. I just don't want to up my risk for TD and other problems too much, even though I'm on an anti-TD vitamin program.
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