Posted by SLS on May 20, 2012, at 0:41:49
In reply to Re: Scott- what to add?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 19, 2012, at 21:33:31
> As for me...psychosis. Mania. Agitation. I've tried keeping it under control with more pleasant drugs, but I'm stuck with Abilify. Not the worst situation in the world, but obviously not the best, either.
Do you think Abilify monotherapy is effective for treating schizoaffective disorder? It is an interesting drug for which there are no available analogs. However, one such drug may soon come out - cariprazine. Like Abilify, it is a potent D3/D2 dopamine receptor partial agonist. It has antipsychotic properties, as does Abilify. However, it is supposed to be pro-cognitive according to studies of its effects on rats. Perhaps cariprazine would allow you to establish a treatment for yourself that doesn't produce the cognitive dulling that you hate. Cariprazine is in phase III of development. We might see it next year. I might try substituting Abilify with cariprazine if it carries less of a metabolic liability. For me, this includes weight gain and elevated triglycerides.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767587
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