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Re: Akathisia and Abilify » Christ_empowered

Posted by ihatedrugs on October 20, 2013, at 14:11:43

In reply to Re: Akathisia and Abilify, posted by Christ_empowered on October 20, 2013, at 10:14:08

>
> I'm on Abilify @ 20mgs/day. My former pdoc told me that the start up agitation was less common with higher doses. Something about the DA2 partial agonism causing agitation and restlessness at lower doses.
>
> I'd say...try a Benadryl, b6 at a high dose, too. Maybe (with your doc's approval) try increasing the dose up to 5mgs to see if its more some sort of over-stimulation thing going on. OR drop it completely.
>
> Clearly, I'm no expert--just relaying info I've been told. Good luck to you!


Interesting that at higher doses it causes less agitation. I've been reducing my dose and believe that's when I noticed it more. Anyways, I will see my doctor this up coming week and try to figure it out. Thanks for your response and hope you are doing well.

ihatedrugs


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