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Experience with Abilify

Posted by Guener @guener, Jul 6, 2016

I'm having a good outcome so far on 2mg of Abilify supplemental to 20mg of Lexapro within the first week. Side effects for me include some nausea, dizziness upon standing, and insomnia, all diminishing. I'm just wondering how others are doing, what dosage you're on if willing to share, etc.

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bewildered | @bewildered | May 6 9:17am
In reply to @leda0001 "Is it possible to withdraw from anti-psychotic meds and hold down a job at the same..." + (show)
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Is it possible to withdraw from anti-psychotic meds and hold down a job at the same time?
What kinds of accommodations do employers make for such situations?
A loved one took an anti-psychotic for a number of years. After significant improvement, they were tapered off of it--not sure over how many weeks, and somewhere after...I do not recall the exact timing, they had another episode. Now they are back on an extremely expensive prescription. This whole experience has brought up more questions than answers. There is no apparent drug use or drug or alcohol history.
Since being put on the meds, there has been severe weight gain and multiple compulsive behaviors.
The research indicates that over time a higher percentage of people treated for psychosis do better off of anti-psychotics.
The research seems to indicate that withdrawal from anti-psychotics may precipitate psychosis. However, the hospital did not mention to extended family that the second "episode" may have been precipitated by withdrawal from the med rather than by the patient's condition.
I feel as though our family has been held captive by a rapacious medico-pharmoceutical complex.
Over 10 years we have spent down an inheritance, had our reputation marred by job loss and instability, and nearly lost hope for the future.

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@leda0001 in my experience if you have a serious mental disorder and ‘get off’ anti psychotic meds completely you will end up having a psychotic episode eventually and back in the hospital. You can carefully change from one med to another, so as not to trigger an episode, but there is no getting off of them. Please double check your research. I’m not sure why anyone with any credibility would state that these people do better treated without anti-psychotics.

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