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Avatar f tn I saw a new therapist immediately before the start of 2017 who unofficially diagnosed me with Bipolar and decided to prescribe Lamictal, gradually increasing dosage until I could safely discontinue Abilify. Once I reached the therapeutic dose of Lamictal, I stopped Abilify and immediately experienced rapid fluctuations between depression and mania and my therapist told me to go back on Abilify at a reduced 2.5 mg.
407790 tn?1397761026 What kinds of treatments have you tried and when were you told your depression was treatment resistant? Usually, medications like Abilify are used as a supplemental medication, in addition to an antidepressant one is already taking. The idea is for the Abilify to help the AD work a little bit better. Are you on an AD now, if so, which one, and what's your dose? If you can share a little bit more about your history, we can advise you a little bit better.
Avatar m tn I tried Abilify with my antidepressant. After a few months on Abilify, my anxiety was actually worse. I noticed that the Abilify caused me to be agitated and restless (like I couldn't get confortable or sit still, kind of jittery) Abilify is really ment more to aid in the treatment of depression than it is anxiety. It's designed to be used as an antidepressant add on drug to give a bit more antidepressant punch rather than an anti-anxiety punch. Bad idea I think.
526901 tn?1216334227 t know if I should request a new medication (but I have tried a few before and in between the dosage switch and none work that well ) or if I should go back on the higher dosage and risk panic attacks. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what they might do in my situation?
774805 tn?1235948571 I am on Abilify (Aust) it is not on the list anyone know what the US name is?
Avatar m tn Ive taken every antidepressant and mood stabiliZER over the years, and often my psychiatrist would say that he was adding a medication, such as he did recently with Abilify, to boost" the performance of my other meds. I would have to say that I am very satisfied with the results. I feel much better, have more energy and no suicidal thoughts, and I attribute a great deal of that to my current medication regimen, which includes cymbalta, lamictal, luvox, abilify, trazadone, clonazepam.
Avatar f tn Has anyone ever tried Lithium, Trazodone , Abilify all together? If so how has this been for you?
Avatar n tn Also note the use of medication and dosage are different for a younger person and you could discuss this with the psychiatrist as well. This is some information on mood disorders in general including medications that you could read for informational purposes and discuss with the psychiatrist: http://www.medhelp.org/tags/health_page/167/Depression/Useful-Bipolar--Depression-Webisites?
873773 tn?1257560602 I can't give you medical advice, just would say I'm not sure losing one's father is a reason for additional drugs unless you're really not functioning at all. When you lose a parent, it has to be hard, don't want to suppress grief. Let yourself have the grief. But again, I don't know how bad the depression and anxiety were. Was it losing your father that caused the medication you're on to stop working?
697574 tn?1273955747 s not working, he will either tweak the dosage or sometimes they change the medication to a different one. Anytime you feel your medication isn't working let your doctor know. Take care.
Avatar f tn If it is bot helping, inform your doctor for proper management. A change of medication or shift in dosage my be indicated. Take care and do keep us posted.
Avatar m tn I would go for a medication evaluation to consider medication change and/or addition of another. Sounds like it either may not be working for you anymore or that dosage is not therapeutic for you. I would also suggest trying to find a psychiatrist and therapist again. There are good ones out there (speaking from experience; I've had both bad and good). Sometimes, it just takes some looking around to actually find the one that clicks with you and will listen.
Avatar f tn Regardless of what they are treating any decrease in the dose of Abilify would lead to it being less effective so that should be discussed with a psychiatrist and as Tegretol (one of the names for the medication you are speaking of) that medication has a short half life (time it remains in the blood stream) so it can easily run out during the day and the dosage and titration and spacing of it should be discussed with a psychiatrist to prevent this from happenning.
Avatar f tn Seroquel is an anti-psychotic medication. Yes, in most people it does make them very sleepy. 14 hours a night not abnormal for someone taking Seroquel if they are sensitive to it or new to the drug. May I suggest asking your P-doc about Seroquel XR. It is an extended release formula of the drug and should be easier for you to tolerate. Many people report that after switching to the XR formula that they can take it during the day once they get used to the drug.
Avatar m tn has anyone tried to wean their patients off taking abilify and try alternative measures?
Avatar m tn Abilify is an antipsychotic used as a mood stabilizer. It is relatively effective and its usual side effect being that its activating, meaning that it instead of making a person tired it can keep them awake. Quite common and happened to me as well as other people. It would help on bipolar but its doubtful it would help sleep but you could ask your psychiatrist more about this.
16773127 tn?1451336964 I suffer from bi-polar and sleep disorders. My dr. prescribed many different things and nothing worked until the dosage of Seroquel was up to 600mg per night. Even at this dose I'm not sleeping more than 2 hours at a time. My weight has soared from 130 to 195 over the past couple of years.
Avatar f tn Since starting abilify I have been seeing and dreaming strange things. It is almost to a point where it almost feels real. Also with the hearing voices and hearing other stuff it causes me to jump up straight (causing severe dizziness and nausea) from being asleep and i will go out my room door and look around in a daze but nothing is there. This happened since i started the meds.
1212999 tn?1272305203 I've been taking these two for 2 months. 1800 mg trileptal 10 mg abilify. i'm doing a lot better (rages getting under control, manic moods lowered) but i'm still so depressed. my irritability is still off the charts. do you think adding another med will be the most likely next step or will my doc just keep raising my dosages?
497950 tn?1255863927 s so hard to find the right medication. Abilify is also not known for weight gain. If you are doing good, try to stay on it because changing meds can be absolute hell. I went off abilify and went through a few months of suffering on other drugs before I came right bck to it.
918275 tn?1254068752 Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone can tell me if Abilify has helped for the depressive side of bipolar II? Also I am wondering about something. I am newly diagnosed and under my psych's care I have only had one hypomanic episode. Preventing hypomanic episodes seems to be what my doc is focusing most strongly on, but what about the depressive side, which is where I have the most trouble.
1240654 tn?1268317515 I mix seroquel and abilify without issued only the Abilify has finally gotten my appetite under control and im losing weight Seroquel causes weight gain but nothing like the weight gain with Zyprexa.
Avatar f tn I'm confused -- either your insurance pays for the medication or it doesn't, they don't pay by the dosage. So either you're saying your doctor switched you to a different drug or I'm very confused, and I'm also confused as to why your doctor wouldn't taper you down very slowly knowing how difficult this drug is to stop taking or lower the dose of. As this is a generic drug it's hard to see why it wouldn't be affordable even without insurance.