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Posted by Jakeo29 on December 20, 2008, at 11:02:12
Now this seems preliminary, however I have been taking Abilify 2mg now for 3 nights. We are trying Abilify as a replacement of 1 mg Risperdone and eventually Lamictal. I have noticed a "brightening" effect with my mood. I was not all that depressed before adding Abilify, however I feel slight increases with motivation and am noticing that even when I am still really tired during some parts of the day, I am to still "push" through with a task with out just pooping out and heading for the bed. Abilify may also suppress more REM at night allowing better night time sleep regulation to further enhance wakefulness during the day with my hypersomnia issues. stay tuned.
Posted by SLS on December 20, 2008, at 11:31:31
In reply to Abilify seems to have a 'brightning' effect., posted by Jakeo29 on December 20, 2008, at 11:02:12
> ...stay tuned.
Will do!
:-)
I am glad to hear that Abilify is doing for you what it did for me when I first started taking it. I experienced small, but significant increases in both energy and motivation.
I take Abilify 20mg. I find anything below 10mg to be without much effect. I am beginning to think that there are less behavioral side effects at 10mg and above than there are at 2-5mg. Now that I have found 3 other drugs to combine it with, I find that I need Abilify to make everything else work such as I am experiencing a robust improvement from them. I tried discontinuing the Abilify awhile ago. I relapsed. I restarted it and felt fine. Abilify is what some people classify as a dopamine system stabilizer (DSS). It is unique among the marketed APs. It is the only one that produces both agonistic and antagonist effects at dopamine postsynaptic receptors. The drug's behavior changes as dopamine concentrations fluctuate. Technically, the term for this property is "partial agonist".
Two new DSS drugs are being developed and are in Phase III of investigation: asenapine and bifeprunox.
- Scott
Posted by Phillipa on December 20, 2008, at 12:27:35
In reply to Re: Abilify seems to have a 'brightning' effect., posted by SLS on December 20, 2008, at 11:31:31
Scott seriously not being flip or trying to act ignorant but how does one atypical antipsycotic differ so much from the others. And is it true that is an antidepressant? Dopamine agonist and antagonist come up a lot. If you could not take wellbutrin does that mean abilify is not a good med? Love Phillipa
Posted by desolationrower on December 20, 2008, at 13:06:40
In reply to Abilify seems to have a 'brightning' effect., posted by Jakeo29 on December 20, 2008, at 11:02:12
Hm, i haven't seen anything published on abilify and sleep, at that dose i'm not sure it would help with sleep, you might get better sleep if you kept maybe .5mg of risperidone before bed. good to hear something is working
-d/r
Posted by llurpsienoodle on December 20, 2008, at 13:22:48
In reply to Re: Abilify seems to have a 'brightning' effect., posted by desolationrower on December 20, 2008, at 13:06:40
Since I (re)started taking abilify 5mg a week or so ago, my sleep has been about 700% better.
Before I was having problems falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking early. Now I can sleep at a normal hour 10-11pm, and wake at a normal hour 7am, with little to no fatigue.
I have found that I need coffee to get the "brightening" effect ;)
My one pound Ethiopian darling
-Ll
Posted by Roslynn on December 21, 2008, at 12:57:21
In reply to Abilify seems to have a 'brightning' effect., posted by Jakeo29 on December 20, 2008, at 11:02:12
I agree about the motivation improvement.
Also about the coffee!!
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