I just substituted lithium for abilify. Its making me quite drowsy through the day, my eyes sting with tiredness when they didn't before but just like the quetiapine I'm sure I will get accustomed to it . I'm taking 10mg might reduce to 7.5mg. I feel more normal than I have in a long time I noticed while walking home from college, more like the "old me" but its not just medication that's done it I will be fooling myself. I've radically changed how I think and live my life and who I have in my life and relationships with family. It has taken five years and I still have a mountain to climb to destroy a lifetime of suffering ...
I had anger issues so maybe some therapy won't go amiss. Even if it is writing or drawing or light exercise. Swimming makes me so chilled at night I don't even need a beer to relax.
I hope you find the right combo for you, I know it can be an uphill battle but just push through...
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