Posted by Mike634 on December 21, 2004, at 18:07:23
Hi,
I have bipolar depression and after a long time in a mixed state, have finally gotten stable. I still have this low level depression though, and I take 5mg of zyprexa as part of my cocktail. My doctor is having me switch from the zyprexa to abilify; first raising the abilify up to 10mg, then losing the zyprexa.So I have heard that the dopamine boosting mechanism of abilify can help with motivation, feeling lighter, and concentration - among other things. Zyprexa actually works against this apparently, and I have always suspected that my thinking had been slowed and disturbed on that drug.
After years of distress, I am finally getting confident that I may be getting to a solution, so I hope this is a good substitution to make as part of my cocktail. Would like to hear of anyones experiences on abilify. - Thanks so much!
poster:Mike634
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