[CharactorAssassin]

should i take it?

[CharactorAssassin]

Some have argued that additional somatic and psychiatric symptoms associated with dopaminergic super-sensitivity, including dyskinesia and acute psychosis, are common features of withdrawal in individuals treated with neuroleptics.[35][36][37][38] This has led some to suggest that the withdrawal process might itself be schizo-mimetic, producing schizophrenia-like symptoms even in previously healthy patients, indicating a possible pharmacological origin of mental illness in a yet unknown percentage of patients currently and previously treated with antipsychotics. This question is unresolved, and remains a highly controversial issue among professionals in the medical and mental health communities, as well the public.[39] Complicated and long-lasting rebound insomnia symptoms can also occur after withdrawing from antipsychotics.[c

[CharactorAssassin]

My doctor prescribed it. should I? do you dare me?

[CharactorAssassin]

wow. look at all those possible side effects. after what I've been through coming off snri I'm totally unsure.

I was put on Abilify during my last hospitalization. The doctor who was treating me prescribed it because she thought there may be a bi-polar element to my major depression (which there may.) But I didn't stay on it. Soon after I got out of the hospital I tapered off it & went on Cymbalta. The Abilify had a dramatic effect on my sense of taste. Everything I ate tasted bitter. I didn't want to eat much of anything.

[CharactorAssassin]

I feel I just want to heal from trauma and not sweep it under the rug with meds anymore.

[CharactorAssassin]

Originally Posted by CharactorAssassin

I feel I just want to heal from trauma and not sweep it under the rug with meds anymore.

but maybe the meds help heal you from trauma. idk

[CharactorAssassin]

Somatic experiencing takes advantage of the body’s unique ability to heal itself. The focus of therapy is on bodily sensations, rather than thoughts and memories about the traumatic event. By concentrating on what’s happening in your body, you gradually get in touch with trauma-related energy and tension. From there, your natural survival instincts take over, safely releasing this pent-up energy through shaking, crying, and other forms of physical release.

[C.Oliver]

I think Abilify saved my life. It really helped me a lot. The best way for me to describe how it made me feel was, 'less crazy'. I know that sounds stupid but that is how it made me feel and I loved it!

C and Oliver (my Service Dog)