Posted by Christ_empowered on January 27, 2015, at 9:01:16
I don't know why I'm obsessed with this, lol. can't be healthy or productive.
I take 30/Abilify. My former shrink (she moved) told me she's never seen TD w/ Abilify, but she had seen it w/ Zyprexa and sometimes w/ Seroquel. She said she treated TD w/ amantidine (I think) and vitamin E.
I dunno. I'm on Abilify 30 for the long haul. I do Orthomolecular in hopes of preventing TD. SO far...I've been on Abilify w/ OM for about 4-5 years, and I'm doing well. Even my moderate stiff gait has mysteriously given way to a normal, comfortable walk.
I thought that lower potency= less TD, but then it appeaers that Zyprexa is less TD-making than some other atypicals, and its moderate potency I think. Also, based on the few case reports I've read, adding other drugs to the mix complicates things. Lithium, Depakote= more EPS, more TD. Antidepressants=more akathisia, more TD. Ugh.
Also...I'm one of those people who needs his high dose atypical. Just the way it is. But, when I'm in the mental health place, I see all these ads for Abilify w/ an AD for people with (presumably) much less severe issues, and I think...
...didn't this already happen? I mean, on a smaller scale, in the 60s-80s, before the TD lawsuits and everything? Triavil, for instance, was a hit w/ family docs. Eskatrol, too.
Ugh. Just some random questions+thoughts...
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