Posted by Christ_empowered on March 24, 2012, at 21:23:27
In reply to Re: Abilify + TCA?, posted by Christ_empowered on March 24, 2012, at 15:13:16
I didn't mean to sound critical. I don't think I realized the severity of your situation.
I don't know that the Abilify will clean up your cognition, unless you're less able to think because of agitation, anxiety, psychosis, paranoia, etc. Stuff that tranquilizers can treat. It can be somewhat stimulating. In people with psychotic disorders, there's some research (probably funded by the Abilify people) that shows cognitive benefits. I don't know if its just because it can tranquilize w/o causing too many cognitive deficits itself, like sedating meds and/or older meds (haldol) can, or if its because of some unique, cognition-improving effect.
I'm usually on 30mgs Abilify these days (apparently bipolar I w/ psychotic features. I got demoted from schizophrenia), so my experiences will be different from yours. I'd try to keep the dose low (lower=more stimulating) and see about taking it maybe a couple times weekly. The long half-life can sometimes lead to a tranquilizing effect when used in depression, because those tiny doses are eliminated so slowly that over time you've basically got full on antipsychotic level amounts of in your blood stream.
Do be careful about TD. I don't mean to scare you, but Abilify @ 15 for over a year gave me stiff gait. I corrected it with orthomolecular medicine (e, c, niacinamide, zinc, selenium, b-100 were the core of this program) and now I can take a full 15-30 (standard-to-high dose for bipolar+schizospectrum) w/o tremor, stiffness, TD, etc.
Good luck!
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