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May 14, 2017, 06:00 PM
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I've been on 1,000 mg Depakote XR, Prozec 40 mg, synthroid 50 mcg for two years now. While my mood swings have leveled out considerably, I feel 'lower' than I'm comfortable with on a regular basis. My doctor just added Abilify. I'm looking for pros & cons of experiences with Abilify or other recommendations. Thx!
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May 14, 2017, 07:13 PM
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I take 5mg but it's too new to me to share experiences. Maybe it's even too little.
How much are you on?. Someone else will chime soon. Many of us here take it.
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May 14, 2017, 07:19 PM
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Abilify in combination with celexa made me mixed. But many people take it with no problem and it helps them. It is activating from what I hear.
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May 14, 2017, 08:34 PM
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I did really well on 20 mg. My husband is on 10 mg and my son's on 5 mg. If need be I'd go back on it. It was weight neutral for all of us and we all had no side effect.
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May 14, 2017, 09:04 PM
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I've been taking Abilify (5 mg) for about a month. I was already on 2 different ad year round but because I get so depressed during the winter my pdoc adds an extra one. The extra one didn't work and I went into a deep depression. Abilify was added and has helped get me out of that depression. It is activating for me and I've experienced no side effects to date. Good luck.....
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May 15, 2017, 01:19 AM
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My experience has been good. It got added to my other meds a few months ago and it really seemed to level me out. I've been more stable than I have been in years. I'm on 10 mg.
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May 15, 2017, 05:37 AM
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On 1000mg dep xr, and 5 mg abilify. Starting up made me drowsy for a bit after taking each pill, but that faded in a couple weeks. The Dep is just within therapeutic range for me, so I think the abilify is helping some too to keep things level as well as provide a margin of safety as the noise and paranoia seem to be gone now. Been on Abilify almost 8 weeks now.
Only downside is I think my tremor bumped up a little from baseline, and I'm more sensitive to caffeine, but also those two things interact, so I dunno. I just tell my psychiatrist what I see and say I'm happy with the result, she can figure out what did what herself! lol.
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May 15, 2017, 08:37 AM
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Thanks everyone'
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May 15, 2017, 12:08 PM
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Have you had your thyroid checked lately? Low thyroid can cause depression. Just a thought. If I'm getting depressed I always get labs done before seeing my
Pdoc.
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May 16, 2017, 04:04 PM
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I tried Ability twice and it didn't work me either time.
Hope it does work out for you, though. |
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May 17, 2017, 05:34 PM
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I've been on 10 mg for some time and have been doing great with it.
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