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Old Dec 09, 2013, 06:22 PM
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It helped me, but only for a month. Then my depressive symptoms returned. Abilify also made me feel really agitated all the time, and caused me to vomit. What really did wonders for my depression was Zyprexa.

I doubt that your pdoc will let you take 3 antipsychotics, so you'd probably be replacing either the seroquel or the geodon with abilify.

Have you tried lamictal? It's a mood stabilizer with well-documented antidepressant effects. It also may be worth considering adding an antidepressant for a short time, just to get you out of the slump. Wellbutrin has a low risk of switching into mania, which makes it a good choice for people with bipolar. It didn't help me, but maybe it would help you.

Also consider exercise. I attended a neuroscience convention in November, and one of the talks I went to presented data showing that physical activity can be as efficacious in treating depression as Zoloft! There are a lot of physical and cognitive benefits to exercise too.
anti depressants and me are bad news. I've been on most of them and they have caused me to go manic after a while. I want to drop the seroquel if possible and hope to join a gym after Christmas.