Posted by hansi555 on November 28, 2012, at 15:51:15
In reply to Re: I am loosing it » hansi555, posted by SLS on November 28, 2012, at 14:08:09
> > > Are you free-lancing with your meds...adjusting dosages on your own. Did you double your Abilify dose for 3 days? Curious.
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> > My pdoc initially suggested 5 mg and I looked it up and decided to start on 2,5 mg which I stayed at for 7-8 weeks, then the swings between bad and normal returned and I went to 5 mg for a few days before I discontinued it completely.
> > Please remember that I during the last 5 years never got to a satisfying level of normal/good, this is why we tried Abilify and before that Lamictal.
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> I hope you weren't required to discontinue the Abilify in order to take Lamictal. Taking the two drugs together makes a good treatment for some people, and it makes little sense not to combine them as soon as either proves inadequate.
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> - Scott
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>I tried Lamictal for a year (together with the Nort, Valdoxan and Mirtazapin). It did not improve the mood swings (between normal and down) but disturbed my sleep as soon as I got past 50 mg. I waited some weeks before my pdoc suggested Abilify and I tried it for approx. 10 weeks, 2,5 mg.
I am now way down and in hospital since yesterday - at my own will.
It is my first stay in hospital. I am in a 2 pers room, my room mate is a junkie or something and he is snorrrring like hell. I hope to get transferred to a special depression unit but I am on waiting list for that.
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