Posted by Christ_empowered on January 2, 2012, at 20:48:56
Not quite sure why. Part of me was concerned that it might be making my pseudo-hallcuination worse. Part of me thought I could go without it. I thought, after 1 week, that I should go back on, but that would require another titration up to 200, and I don't have the pills for that.
So far, so good. I feel a bit more clear headed and more "in touch" with my life somehow. Not that Lamictal was bad--it got me through yet another rough patch pretty nicely.
Have been taking a full 30 Abilify every couple days, when the voices get intense (if I can really call them "voices"--I don't know how else to explain them). I'd like to move on to just taking the Abilify at 30 for crisis periods and staying off of it the rest of the time. I know that for many schizophrenics (and I imagine most bipolar patients), that's the impossible dream. What I'm hoping is that with stuff to occupy my time (I'm in vocational rehab and therapy), some social interaction, reasonable diet, and good lifestyle habits (I'm quitting smoking, I swear!), I won't need to be on a neuroleptic 24/7.
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