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Posted by BratCat on February 13, 2007, at 11:33:16
I have been taking Abilify since Oct. of 2006, I was diagnosed with manic bi-polar disorder, after having a psycotic episode for the first time in my life. They have me on doses of 15mg of Abilify 2x a day and 10 mg of lithium 1x a day. My Question is concerning lowering the dose of Abilify to 20mg a day to see if that still works as well as the 30 mg a day. I just can not afford this medication and am running out of resources. Please respond back asap Thanx BratCat
Posted by med_empowered on February 14, 2007, at 1:53:36
In reply to Dropping in Abilify doses, posted by BratCat on February 13, 2007, at 11:33:16
If you drop gradually, you should be OK. There are sites--I can't put names in here--that sell generic versions of Abilify produced in India by legit companies for relatively little $$$. You might want to google "cheap medicines magicpharma".
Anyway, just do it as gradually as you can, since withdrawing from any psychiatric med involves a risk of some sort of withdrawal. 30mgs/day abilify is a lot (its usually the max dose), so a drop in dosage is probably a good idea at some point anyway..just do be careful, and watch out for any problems that pop up as you go down in dose.
Posted by BratCat on February 14, 2007, at 8:52:50
In reply to Re: Dropping in Abilify doses, posted by med_empowered on February 14, 2007, at 1:53:36
Thanks for your quick response, as you know i am on 30 mg of abilify per day. my pills are in 15 mg doses 1 taken in the morning and 1 taken in the evening, if I were to cut a 15mg in half and take half in the morning and half in the evening, do you think this would be bad? please share your insight with me on this matter and also thanks for the advice on lower costing medicines. BratCat
Posted by rina on February 16, 2007, at 13:35:48
In reply to Dropping in Abilify doses, posted by BratCat on February 13, 2007, at 11:33:16
> I have been taking Abilify since Oct. of 2006, I was diagnosed with manic bi-polar disorder, after having a psycotic episode for the first time in my life. They have me on doses of 15mg of Abilify 2x a day and 10 mg of lithium 1x a day. My Question is concerning lowering the dose of Abilify to 20mg a day to see if that still works as well as the 30 mg a day. I just can not afford this medication and am running out of resources. Please respond back asap Thanx BratCat
The exact same situation you described is me all the way. The difference is the Abilify isn't working, it's just making me dizzy, hungry, sad and happy. I'm taking myself off of it, as of three days ago. I'm doing okay, just bad headaches thus far. The lower dose didn't do anything but I think it takes about two to three weeks to take effect.
Posted by BratCat on February 16, 2007, at 16:34:18
In reply to Re: Dropping in Abilify doses, posted by rina on February 16, 2007, at 13:35:48
this message is for med_empowered and anyone else who is interested. I would like to say Thank you so much for your direction on rescearching other alternatives for lowing my cost in ablilfy the generic version is on its way to me now as we speak and i thanked god for u being my angel. I found a site in which abled me to afford my medication nicely. (Thanks to you) now I can lower my dose by 10 mg a day from 30 mg to 20mg try that for about 3 months then lower again perhaps by 5 mgs more. Thanks and good luck to all...Pleasing Days, BratCat
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