Posted 3/8/2013 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Penny,
Welcome to the depression forum. I took abilify with effexor for years and it worked well. The first week is kind of rough, but you should be feeling better after that, it is a mood stabilizer. If you aren't feeling better after a week to ten days, and are feeling especially worse, I would contact the doctor because abilify might not be right for you. I take it with pristiq now. I just upped my dose and it was rough for a couple of days, but I am feeling better now. There are other mood stabilizers that you can try such as lamictal or risperdol. They are suppose to make the anti depressants work better. I hope it works out for you. Do you take brand name or generic effexor? Just curious...
Take care and keep posting.
Hugs, Karen...