Posted by Elimino Pete on March 4, 2010, at 20:44:52
In reply to Re: Abilify » Elimino Pete, posted by jedi on March 4, 2010, at 3:06:56
Hello Jedi,
Will definitely question the pdoc about the Abilify used without an antidepressant (that ought to piss him off). When it was working, it really seemed to work on the ADD too. Wellbutrin may be the one to request as it is the one that did not give me that lousy awful side effect of anorgasmia. It helped some with depression, but it was subtle. Maybe with Abilify augmenting it...?
I'll watch out for that aggression symptom if I do try Wellbutrin next. I do tend to be a bit volatile, especially under stress. I don't often think in terms of meds being part of it, though clearly they may be. If it was a sure bet, I might get a good amount of bupropion in my veins and go out to take care of a couple of trouble makers that need to be cut down a notch or two now (just kidding- sort of). Wellbutrin or no Wellbutrin, you must be no small guy to be able to beat the s**t out of three troublemakers on the road! We're almost the same age and I don't even want to know how many pounds of muscle I've lost since in my prime.
I don't really know what keeps me from going back to Nardil. It is partly that the stimulants do help me, but I took a small dose of Adderall with Emsam without issue. Emsam did not help me much at the lowest dose and I figured I'd go back to Nardil before upping Emsam and having to deal with the dietary restrictions anyway. I stopped short of doing just that. Maybe it is the dietary part, but I did handle that okay before. Probably it is the sexual side effects. I had to keep my Nardil dose quite low to be able to even tolerate them. Call me crazy (in a way that minimizes my extreme rejection sensitivity!), but I'd rather be depressed as to have major sexual dysfunction. Do you battle that too? How do you do with diet and contraindicated OTC and other drugs? I took the liberal road with it myself, but I was younger (am I obsessed with that?). I even drank without problems (did stay away from red wine which wasn't hard for me). I don't drink any more.
If this Abilify 'tangent' doesn't come through and my pdoc doesn't know any other tricks we've not tried (too many to count), I may just go back to Nardil. My life has been so contained, more due to the social anxiety than anything else. I get used to it and even try to make friends with it, but its not truly any happy thing, as you must well know. Sometimes I think it is because I gave up alcohol, but most of the time, the smarter part of me realizes Alcohol was no true answer. It sure does treat social phobia effectively, but the side and after effects...oh God! Does your gut tell you I should go back to Nardil? I won't hold you responsible for anything so 'speak' freely please.
I've got the CRS syndrome too and I'm sure there are multiple causes, including the many bad habits I supported in my youth (yes I guess I am traumatized by mid-life).
Wish you well,
Pete
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