Posted by SLS on October 4, 2008, at 19:02:39
In reply to Re: Exotic Meds for Treatment Resistant Depression » SLS, posted by uncouth on October 1, 2008, at 10:38:15
Hi.
I tapered the dosage until I relapsed, then titrated back up to the dosage that I felt best at. For me, Abilify serves as both an adjunct antidepressant and an anti-manic mood stabilizer. Once I attain remission, I might try to back off to 10mg.
- Scott
> Scott,
> was wondering if you could talk about the Abilify and how you settled on 20mg. What sort of experimentation did you do?
> im currently on 40mg Parnate, 5mg abilify, 450 Lithobid, and Lunesta/Xanax for sleep.
>
> I know abilify is tricky and works differently at different doseages, but are you using it as an a/d adjunct or a mood stabilizer? Did you test different dosages, and how did your subjective experience change as a function of that?
>
> Thanks
> uncouth
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