Posted by SLS on February 4, 2005, at 16:11:40
In reply to Re: ABILIFY may have trashed my LIBIDO, posted by bipolarspectrum on February 4, 2005, at 8:59:10
Hi BPS.
> I'd just like to thank you for your continious responses to my posts...
Your welcome. We live in a nice neighborhood, don't we? :-)
> I can't help but believe that you and I both experience bipolar depression from reading your posts oveer the last few months...Exactly. It's a MF.
> I'm not a fan of atypicals and one of the main reasons is the cognitive dysfunction but I also find they zap my sex drive..
Thanks for the heads up (or should I say heads down). I might try to take a "holiday" from the Abilify to see if it is the culprit. For some reason, the atypicals help get me out of a suicidal state when the antidepressants fail or changes are made in my treatment regime.
> I believe its related to dopamine-receptor blockade,
You could be right. The other thing I was thinking is that it might produce a pro-serotonin effect like the SSRIs by acting to stimulate 5-HT1a receptors, but I really haven't thought the whole thing through yet.
Thanks for your input.
- Scott
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