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Old 09-03-2018, 01:21 PM
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I don't know when it started, but yesterday afternoon, I went up... WAY UP.

I was so happy because I thought that I was coming down to my baseline, and that the 7.5mg dose of the Abilify would be enough to keep me there. So, I'm VERY disappointed and sad that my BP took over again, but I'm not surprised. It's just the same old s***. It could take MONTHS to get me back to baseline

As an adjunct med for acute manic or mixed episodes, the recommended dosage of Abilify is 10-15mg/day, but can be safely raised to 30mg... I'm NOT going to take 30mg of Abilify with 800mg of Seroquel, and I have no plans to f- around with it that long waiting for it to work.
Obviously the 7.5mg I'm taking now isn't enough to put down this episode. It needs to be increased, maybe taken twice a day, or maybe I need a different med altogether. I have to call my pdoc tomorrow. I see her on Friday, but that's not soon enough.

My legs were very bad yesterday, especially in the evening and last night because I just couldn't sit still and was doing ridiculous things. MJ is the only thing I have in my tool box to calm me down enough to sit still and/or sleep (but only in late evening or night cuz I'm not going to sit around getting stoned all day). I smoked so much last night so I could sleep that the spasticity in my legs really let up and didn't wake me up once.
My legs aren't feeling very good today either. I'm trying to do sedentary things so that I don't get caught up in any projects and rev myself up and make things worse.

As far as the vaporizer, I haven't heard back from the company that makes it, but it occurred to me that I may have damaged a part of it when I was using it wrong, but I think I'm using it right now because it works, but only 1-2 times right after I pack it with MJ. I think maybe the coil is heating up too fast. So I just ordered another one for $14... no idea when it will get here tho. I guess it's good to have spares anyway. I read on their website that some people change them every month (not happening), but some people use the same one for a year, so changing it couldn't hurt.
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