Posted by SLS on October 26, 2011, at 22:15:53
In reply to Re: No more Abilify: progress notes » SLS, posted by floatingbridge on October 26, 2011, at 21:45:43
> > Hi.
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> > > I think maybe Abilify had outlived its usefulness for me.
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> > Haven't you been here before?
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> > - Scott
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> I don't recall. Not with lamictal. So maybe this monotherapy is going to work. I hope so. Or klonipin as needed for stressful times?
Lamictal makes a poor anti-manic agent. I don't see how it could exert anti-psychotic effects. Maybe it would be of help in a case of rapid-cycling schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. It is probably of little help in schizophrenia.Sometimes, a person will feel better transiently when the dosage of a psychotropic medication is changed abruptly. Perhaps another AP would produce better results. I think it would have made sense to reduce the dosage of Abilify to 10mg in an attempt to retain AP effects while eliminating cognitive side effects.
Of course, I would like to see C_E feel well without any treatment at all. However, I am concerned that history will repeat itself.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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