Posted by cybercafe on September 28, 2003, at 16:29:43
In reply to Re: Abilify- worth another try?, posted by Momof1BPKid on September 28, 2003, at 16:12:59
> Cybercafe,
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> were you ever on zyprexa? and if so what dosage?yep... i was on 5 mg and then reduced to 2.5 mg
it controlled by bipolar alone... (i used to get euphoric feelings on a daily basis) very good drug, very small dose
before that the only thing i tried for bipolar was depakote and i took a huge dose and still experienced euphoria/depression on a daily basisnow i take 3.75 mg of abilify and it is the best of all, small dose, mood stable, doesn't worsen ADHD too much (weak binding to D4) ... and it helps with my hypersomnia (oversleeping).... but then it's only been 2 or 3 weeks so maybe it's too early to sing the praises of this med
> I am wondering if i should try cutting the abilify in half and seeing how he does on it after a couple of weeks, of course this might make for a good school vacation project rather than do it while he is having to go to school in case he reacts not so well.why half? why not quarters or eighths? start out with something that is guaranteed not to worsen things (say eighths) if that has absolutely no bad side effect, try going up to quarters after a few days... ummm.. Lazarus only takes a quarter of a 10 mg tablet and apparently it makes a difference....
like they say "start low, go slow" ....
if a quarter of a pill is really difficult for him, backup, go back to an eighth ... it's better to go slow and easy and avoid this suffering then to rush things right?? especially when rushing things means you might get too frustrated and end up giving up on a potentially good medon the other hand, there mighrt be other options...
sebastian's idea of wellbutrin + zyprexa sounds pretty good to me
i also have a really high IQ (160?), had a lot of trouble in my early school years (almost got expelled) and with parents, but i didn't actually see a pdoc until i was 23 (due to really bad anxiety)
actually my bipolar was really obvious and my adhd was really obvious, but it took me 2 years to convince docs i was bipolar, and another 2 years to convince them i had ADHD ... ARRRRG
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