Posted by Christ_empowered on May 25, 2016, at 6:03:09
In reply to Re: abilify for depression v.s lamotragine/olanzipine, posted by SLS on May 25, 2016, at 2:54:53
Abilify helps me. At first, I thought it was the depression not getting worse (risperdal and seroquel made me more depressed...I think that's more common than docs let on...), but now that I think about it...it helps elevate my mood, or at least keeps it from sinking as low.
I take: Abilify, lamictal, wellbutrin, and trileptal. I could do w/o the trileptal, but my doc insists on it. Anyway...this combination has been a real godsend. I have sufficient energy to make it through the day, I'm calmer, my weight gain has stopped (probably the wellbutrin), my sleep is good, and I don't get the paranoia and such that comes with the worst of my depressive episodes.
So...I think it depends. Keep in mind; I take 30mgs/Abilify. Your results on a low(er) dose may be more impressive. 30mgs is an effective anti-psychotic, anti-manic dose, but probably wouldn't help unipolar, non-psychotic depression all that much.
I only take 100mgs/lamictal, because I also take 1200mgs/trileptal. I take 400mgs/wellbutrin.
Abilify alone was --not-- sufficient for my problems, including the depression. Anticonvulsants helped, but left me tired and unable to concentrate. Adding wellbutrin made a huge difference.
I've rambled. Point is...although I think the data is strongest for Abilify as a tolerable antipsychotic, antimanic agent, I think it can help depression, in combination with other things. I would not use it alone.
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