Posted by novelagent on June 13, 2012, at 16:54:05
In reply to Re: SLS.. An awsome xenobiologic that U DONT KNOW ABOU, posted by michaelskytree on June 5, 2012, at 18:09:56
Mike,
Why hsven't you tried Latuda? It's new. I've been on it, but I switched to Invega Sustenna once-monthly because I preferred the control of not having to worry about forgetting my next dose all the time.
But if you're going to take an oral atypical, Latuda has the lowest cognitive impairment. It may, due to activation of the musacrinic receptors, may even be a cognitive enhancer, of subtle proportions... anyhow, I took it, and it definitely had the least affect on my cognition. It felt normal.
Just remember, with antipsychotics, you want to take it at the same time of day each day, or else (even by an hour's difference) you will get sleepy and feel mentally retarded. And if you want a cognitive boost / mood boost in general, I'd talk about adding Aricept to your regimen after switching to Latuda.
I'm not sure if you are taking it at the exact same time of day each day (it rakes about 4 days of doing so to get to feeling normal on it) but Abilify had very minimal cognitive impairment for me. Latuda was so subtle, though, it was like I was on nothing at all. I would get restless, but amphetamine solves that problem. Any atypical makes me restless, so you might be lucky and not get restless.
> Hi,
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> I was just browsing this site and reading about Ketamine in particular, but when I came to your message and found that your list of medications is very similar to mine, I thought I just had to register and write a post.
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> I'm currently taking Prozac, Selegeline, Abilify and I recently dropped memantine. Before I started Abilify I was on Parnate and Amytriptaline and lamictal, all of which had pooped out on me.
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> In twenty five years of treatment I have found only one drug that hasn't pooped out, and that is the Abilify. Unfortunately, I've gained a lot of weight on it (20lbs) and it makes me very dumb, although when I have been able to reduce the dose to 7.5 mgs I start to gain some focus and memory. I have mostly been on 15mgs.
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> I've also been debating adding the Lithium. I have tried it once in the past but found that it eliminated the "small" antidepressant response I was still getting from my other drugs. Still, the research on Lithium is so compelling as an augment and as an antisuicide pill that I feel I should try it again.
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> Any comments?
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> With warm regards,
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> Mike
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