Posted by schleprock on November 25, 2012, at 23:23:07
In reply to Re: Lou's response-lytbrgayd, posted by Willful on November 25, 2012, at 19:21:43
Use some deductive reasinging. It was the Abilify.
hansi555:"I briefly tried a small dose (2,5 mg) of Abilify some weeks ago but it did not improve my situation on the depressive side. After that trial I slowly began to experience more and more symptoms like fatigue, no lust, lack of appetite, joyless etc. I cannot find any reasons in my life right now like stress, changes in medicine or other
"First I got 6 great weeks after starting the Abilify and then it was like if the mood swings got "bigger": In the down periods I got deeper down, became energyless, apathic and in the normal/good periods I was fealing better than normal. Then I upped the dose to 5 mg for some days and it got worse, so I completely stopped 3 weeks ago, but the down periods just stayed and worsened and the normal periods stayed away. And now I have a really bad situation, it seems worse than ever before..."
Do you suggest for hansi555 to "wait this out"? That "this will get better by itself"? Do you actually think that will work? Has that strategy ever worked for anyone on this forum?
Come back after you've been stable on a single medication for 17 years and then suffer a breakdown because you gave another med a trial that ought to have been harmless- and then hear lie after lie that you were already that "screwed up", and medication had nothing to do with it.
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