Posted by Lou Pilder on May 9, 2015, at 8:42:55
In reply to Re: Saphris (asenapine) for bipolar depression, posted by SLS on May 8, 2015, at 20:25:07
> Abilify has been consistently helpful to me in reducing depression. Unfortunately, the weight-gain is not becoming on me. It was my hope to be able to substitute for Abilify using Saphris. For now, I guess it makes sense to explore Saphris to determine its optimal effects before attempting to once again taper the Abilify. I get the feeling that I will need both drugs. Saphris seems to be rather benign, so I have no problem taking it, even when combined with Parnate and Abilify. It is a shame that I would have to take Abilify only for its DA partial agonist activity. However, this is preferable to not responding at all.
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> - ScottFriends, It is written her,[..Pranate, Saphris and Abilify} as to the drugs being taken in combination by the poster.
Be advised, that when these psychoactive drugs are combined, the adverse effects can be increased exponentially. These effects involving the three drugs are:
[confusion, drowsiness, memory impairment, difficulty concentrating, impairment of thinking and judgment, rapid heart beat and other systematic effects from the chemicals in the drugs].
So even if taking these three drugs together could give the person a lift for a time, I ask you to ask yourself at what cost? And could not the life be from the placebo effect? And could there not be a better way?
The aspects of the consequences from taking the three drugs together could cause death, death by accident from confusion and impairment of thinking. I do not advise anyone to drive a car under these drugs, or go to a subway or near a high cliff.
And you mothers, would you want your child to look as they are a zombie with a look of lifelessness from the drowsiness and confusion as just one of the things the drugs could do to your child if you allowed a psychiatrist to drug your child with these drugs?
I ask readers to step back and look at what is being allowed to be promoted here as "being supportive". You may think that because what the poster writes here is standing with impunity by the owner here, that taking all those drugs together is supportive. And I could see how you could think that, for being supportive takes precedence here according to the owner.
Lou
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