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Posted by temoigneur on December 31, 2005, at 4:01:01
Hi, Med Emp, Ed,.. Med E.; I did a google search and found your post about abilify and anxiety - very encouraging for me as I've given almost everything a therapeutic run, and am really looking for something to alleviate the depression/anxiety and psychosis, without causing foggyness. Q; :~ does the abilify continue to help with your anxiety, and
2: I think you may have mentioned it but do you mind if I ask if you're taking it for unipolar depression or bipolar - I'm looking at it for unipolar, +anxiety + psychosis, most of the info. I've read talks about it in bipolar depression.
3: Is the anxiety that some 24% of patients taking abilify describe, often transient?I got horrible anxiety from seroquel and I read somewhere that aripip. and seroquel were chemically similar, just a posting somewhere, but if anyone might be able to shed any light on that, the seroquel 'trip' is on I'd rather not take again can shed any light on that :~ , I'm wondering if there's any parallels in our conditions Thanks
Ben
- your post on abilify and anxiety -
Hey! Abilify helped considerably with my anxiety at low doses (5-7.5mgs) and continued to have an anti-anxiety effect at higher doses over an extended period of time. That said, if you're only dealing with anxiety, why not try a benzo or buspar, or something of that nature? Neuroleptics can, of course, be useful, but they carry risks that other drugs do not.
Posted by ed_uk on December 31, 2005, at 8:49:41
In reply to Paging Med Emp, Ed_Uk, .., posted by temoigneur on December 31, 2005, at 4:01:01
Hi Ben
Med doesn't take Abilify any more. AFAIK, he found it beneficial at low doses but unpleasant and counter-productive at high doses eg. 10mg or more. I think his experience at the high dose put him off Abilify for good!
Regards
Ed
Posted by Phillipa on December 31, 2005, at 20:16:30
In reply to Re: Paging Med Emp, Ed_Uk, .. » temoigneur, posted by ed_uk on December 31, 2005, at 8:49:41
Thought he was on low dose abilify. I think it likes it better than the others. Fondly, Phillipa
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