Posted by jonhed on July 26, 2016, at 12:20:26
In reply to when to reduce dosages..., posted by Christ_empowered on July 26, 2016, at 10:32:08
"> I just think I could probably do better on a lower dose of the Abilify and a lower dose (or complete elimination) of the Trileptal. Maybe bump the lamictal up to 150-200 or so...it has more solid data behind it than Trileptal, anyway."I think that in a few years it won't be possible to get 30 milligrams of abilify, cause you get the anti-psychotic effects from 5-10mg and the dopamine blockade is enough on that dosage to be considered an anti-psychotic.
30 milligrams is only, in my opinion, needed when you have a tremendously amount of hallucinations that needs to be eliminated.
If you don't have that, i would say that you should talk to your doctor about tapering down to 5 or at the most 10mg abilify.
I very much like abilify in low dosages because of the stimulating, but yet anti-psychotic, properties it got, but when i was on 30 milligrams i felt like a zombie so i know the feeling.Upping the Lamictal to 200 milligrams is a very good idea, and why do you have trileptal if i may ask?
I to think that "lowest functional dosage" is the way to go, and especially when AP/AAPs have side effects that are very much dose dependent.
Have you tried 5 milligrams of abilify and a higher dose of Lamictal (200-250mg) before?
I think that it's enough, and you have your wellbutrin at a high dosage and seems to be happy with it's effects.
Go for it! You have nothing to lose.
I'm not a professional so just take this as advices, but i have been on every medication that you mention so it's just from my own experience i talk.
Kind regards / J
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