Posted by pianolady on July 24, 2003, at 3:31:41
In reply to Re: need advice on transient response to meds, posted by SLS on July 22, 2003, at 9:23:54
Scott,
I hope I'm responding to the correct person. Either way I figure you're likely to read this post.
I read that you have worked at NIH and are dealing with atypical depression (Craig also?) and of the medications you have tried with differential success. I also noticed that you're currently taking Abilify. I am assuming from your post that you are fairly well educated on the meds you're taking.
What is your opinion about Abilify potentially being a new class of antipsychotics because of its action on the different dopamine receptors? I am interested from both the scientific perspective and from the perspective of someone who is actually taking the drug. Since you have obviously taken a variety of psych meds, I would assume that you have had a wide variety of reactions to them (as I have had). Do you find that Abilify seems to have a detectable difference in the way it "feels" or acts on you in comparison with its touted difference in psychopharmacological action?
I am interested because I am currently doing a study of the drug and because my pdoc is changing my antipsychotic medications around. Just over a week ago, he started me on Geodon. I am uncertain at this point whether this is going to be a good choice for me. He has also suggested Abilify as another option.
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