Posted by laurah952 on July 6, 2013, at 17:30:27
In reply to Re: Cymbalta not good enough for depression? » laurah952, posted by Emme_V2 on July 6, 2013, at 12:20:56
> Hi Laura,
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> I can definitely understand why you'd be leery of Abilify. Did you find it helpful when you tried it? If so, would you consider taking a low dose for a little while and watching your blood sugar carefully? I don't know the stats on how often it affects blood sugar.
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> I actually recently stopped Lamictal, and I'm waiting several weeks to see how I do without it before trying to switch over from Abilify to Latuda.
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> About a year ago, I started Minocycline, and it has been very effective in smoothing out bumps in the road. It's allowed me to reduce my dose of Abilify quite a lot and there's a good chance I'll be able to stay off of Lamictal. The Lamictal actually isn't bad to take, and it was an important part of my treatment for a long time. But if I don't need it now with the Minocycline on board, I'd prefer to take less medication.
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> emmeHi Emme,
I really don't remember if Abilify worked for me or not, but according to all the commercials, it can give the AD a boost. I'd consider it again, pending another good A1C.
Hopefully you can reduce your meds. My daughter was prescribed Minocycline for her acne for 2 mos. and it worked great for that. I looked it up, and see that it has also been used as a psych med. I'm glad it's working.
Laura
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