Posted by Christ_empowered on September 22, 2011, at 21:47:21
In reply to Re: thanks, zonked, fb, sls, others » Christ_empowered, posted by zonked on September 22, 2011, at 21:35:52
I find Abilify to simply be a tolerable tranquilizer--nothing more, nothing less. At 30, I felt dulled out, but it wasn't sedating. Now at 15, so far I feel less tranquilized but I'm maintaining the benefits you associate with properly dosed neuroleptics in psychotic disorders (clarity of though, reduced anxiety and agitation, less paranoia, fewer mood swings).
Even when I first started, at 7.5mgs/day, I didn't find it activating. Maybe smaller doses would be different? I dunno.
I definitely think its an effective anti-psychotic and anti-manic; I'm not so sure that its antidepressant activity is all that pronounced, although again, that could just be b/c of the dosages I've taken.
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