thorazine...eeek! it has a bad reputation. but 200mgs isn't a high dose, and apparently it is about as easy to tolerate as risperidone as long as the dosage isn't too high (so says wiki). :-) why those two?

i've considered 2 AP combinations (by which I mean prescribers have brought up the possibility...), but I'm scared I'll die or have twitches. a doctor brought up amoxapine, which is an old tricyclic that does double duty as a tranquilizer, for my intense depression. i declined, because I thought it sounded like the harshest possible Rx, ever. now, I kind of wish I'd at least tried it, maybe (?).

i've been oddly curious about seroquel, probably the xr. it has solid data on it for all phases of bipolar, plus its original indication was for Schizophrenia, so...yes! im just concerned that I'll get diabetes or...cataracts. I dunno.

abilify is a somewhat unusual Rx. low doses can help depression; higher doses = an OK antipsychotic, no more or less effective than most other options (so says the Cochrane Review), but less toxic in some respects than many alternatives. my -big- concern is TD, because (wait for it, wait for it) I -had- facial tics and such after stopping an 'atypical,' way back when...they stuck around till I started taking high/massive doses of antioxidants, b-vitamins, etc.

im a little worried about going down to 10/abilify, but...again: abilify is a somewhat unusual drug. the brain imaging studies show that most people probably don't need high doses, anyway...it takes over those D2 receptors at a high %, even at low(ish) doses. good to know...

anyway, thank you all. :-)