This was placed on the BT forum the other day, before she had her car accident yesterday, on her 24th birthday....

Hey gang - it's been pretty quiet around here lately!! Is everyone snowed in, or just frozen solid? Anyhow, I thought I'd pop in and talk briefly about the new med my dtr is on, Abilify. She started w/ only 1/2 of a 5mg pill, and, the first few days were quite something . She was jittery, anxious, hyper, all rolled into one! Thankfully, tho, she stuck w/ it, and it's been about a week and a half now, and she's taking 5mg every morning, and her pdoc wants her to go to 10mg in 2 weeks. He's hoping to be able to phase out the Seroquel, as that has been a major weight gainer for her, and it can almost make her TOO tired.

My conncern here is that she has allways had sleep problems, and I wonder if she will be able to totally eliminate the Seroquel eventually? She takkes a host of other meds, like lamictal, lithium, Zoloft, Klonipin, an occasional Xanax, can't think of any others. Otherwise, she is doing quite well, and will celebrate her 24th birthday on the 24th!

How is Abilify working for you, if you take it??

Thanks, and have a pleasant week-end!

Jacquie

Hi Jacquie,

I'm happy for her that she seems to be on a plan that is working.

I've heard that people can be a jittery in the beginning of abilify -- glad that she seems settled down now. I hope it works for her.

I've never been on Seroquel.
Mari

Hi Just Jacquie-

I really am glad to hear the abilify is working for her!!

I tried my hardest three separate times to go on this med and after about a week one time, and next time two weeks, I just could not take it anymore, I was only getting three hours of sleep, it was the only antipsychotic drug I was trying out at the time. I wished so bad it would have worked for me because I am very unhappy about having to use seroquel all the time now.

Back in 2005, I replaced the Lithium with Lamictal, that seemed to take off some weight.

Now I am thin again on Lamictal and seroquel but that is because I have to eat fish, rice, and nuts and berries!!! SERIOUSLY. I take the seroquel at night, and force myself to just sleep so I don't wander around the kitchen as I can do sometimes.