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Default May 11, 2020 at 05:57 PM
 
Yup. After having stopped my meds for a few months a few years ago, for whatever reason, I think they'd just stopped working and so I stopped taking them... Anyway, I decided to go back on during a depressive ep. Going back on Abilify my pdoc wanted to go back on slowly. So she stated me at 5mg. Given lower doses of Abilify tend to be "activating" (and certainly because I was also on a 20mg nicotine patch at the time) I shot straight out of the depression. But when pdoc heard what happened -- and how good I was feeling -- she jacked the Abilify up and brought the nicotine patch down I can easily see how going from 25 to 10 that fast would screw with things and cause hypo/manic upswing. Are you feeling okay, or is it one of those dysphoric types?

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Abilify 10mg
Escitalopram 20mg
Amphetamine Salts 30mg / day
Zolpidem 5 - 10mg prn for zzz
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