Posted by dragonblack on July 27, 2011, at 19:18:52
In reply to Re: Abilified, and other semantic cruelties » dragonblack, posted by floatingbridge on July 26, 2011, at 12:36:36
> Hey DB,
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> Sorry for all the constraints you havebto deal with regarding medications :-/
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> Abilify changed it's effect as the dose went up. What's that phrase folks use? Sweet spot? My doc pushed the dose up and up past efficacy.....Thanks, FB, it is a very frustrating process. Hopefully it will make remission all the sweeter, if I ever learn what that word means in any personal sense. Abilify's "Goldilocks" quality, changing it's dopaminergic action depending on the endogenous situation, as dosage is increased, is what attracted me to it, and now they are calling it a "dopamine system stabilizer" for this reason. I'm hoping to reach that sweet spot before I get to an AP-type dosage. I've read that at 10 mg and up it's essentially working as an AP, but I guess I'll have to see how it changes for me. How high did you go, and where do you think the sweet spot was, if you passed it?
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