Posted by Tomatheus on February 15, 2015, at 16:57:21
In reply to Re: Depression vs. 'negative' psychotic symptoms » Tomatheus, posted by ed_uk2010 on February 15, 2015, at 15:04:00
Hi Ed,
Thanks for writing again. You made a lot of good points in your post, as you tend to do. Now for my responses to what you've written...
> What might they say? Do you tolerate 7.5mg Abilify? What dose do you find causes further impairment?
Well, I already said that the "pseudohallucinations" respond to my thoughts and sometimes seem to be trying to predict things. I also said that they tend to be deceptive. I don't like getting into specifics of what they say, especially on the Internet. Heck, I even declined to get into specifics of what they say with the last therapist I saw, and so I hope you'll understand if I decline to share with you and all who are reading this what I didn't share with my last therapist.
As far as the dosing of my Abilify is concerned, 10 mg seemed to be too much for me, as it clearly seemed to exacerbate my fatigue. When I took 7 mg, I noticed a trend toward worsening fatigue like I did at 10 mg, but likely didn't give the dose enough of a chance and went back down to 5 mg after two to three days. It might be possible that 7 or 7.5 mg could be tolerable, especially now that I'm taking vitamin D3 (which tends to reduce my fatigue) as part of my regimen.
> I think it's clear that any large changes in your dose would be unhelpful. But I do wonder if some fine tuning could be beneficial, particularly considering the potency of Abilify.
I think you're right that some fine tuning might be beneficial. I actually tried reducing my Abilify dose to 3.75 mg not too long ago and ended up going back up to 5 mg after about two weeks on the lower dose because I couldn't stand the worsening of symptoms. So, I do think that just a little bit of Abilify might make a significant enough difference.
Tomatheus
Has long-standing difficulties with energy and concentration, as well as psychotic and cognitive symptoms
Taking Abilify & supplements including vitamins B3 & D3
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