Good News!!!!!!!!!

Well I had my appt today with the shrink for a med adjustment/review and I told him how depressed I've been the past month and he put me back on ABILIFY!!!!!!! I will start it tomorrow and we (shrink and I) don't think it will take long to get out of this hell I'm in. He is starting me off at the same dose I was taking before, 10mg!

He was a bit upset with me for not calling him sooner and going thru the last month super depressed, said I should of called him when it I got bad off. He told me to call next time, and I said I would. Actually I've been so depressed it didn't even occur to me to call him, lol.

My next appt is Aug 31, and we will discuss going off the lamotrigine and switching the effexor xr to something else. He said the effexor can raise blood pressure which I never knew, and I've had a hell of a time trying to get my blood pressure down and am now on 3 meds for BP and it still runs high sometimes.

Anyway, that's my update. I'm hoping to be feeling better in just a couple days and back here with you all. I miss you guys!!

Lisa,

Glad to hear the postives of your apptment. That is so great to start back on abilify. I am on abilify and it is a God-send as it makes the world a better place and myself too (even though i only on 2mg)...lol. Also dont feel bad not calling Mark. When you (or we) are depressed we often dont think of thing we should do. Well thats my case anyway

Curly bekah

Hi Lisa

Thanks for the update.

I am pleased to hear your appointment went well I will keep my fingers crossed that the Abilify works well for you this time round.

Did he suggest what AD he was thinking of instead of Effexor?

Hibee

we love our angel.

Hi AL

How are you feeling? Check in if you have the time.

We are all thinking about you and sending you positive thoughts and lots of hugs.

Hibee

Hi Everyone!

I'm doing alittle better, just took my 3rd dose of my Abilify, hoping here in the next couple of days to be back to my normal self. :)

Stacey, Abilify is a god send, I haven't heard too many people saying it doesn't work for them. It is a enhancer for other AD's but also works on it's own. I never had any side effects when I started it years ago, and so far haven't had any side effects from restarting it. Although I rarely get side effects from starting or stopping any med, I'm lucky that way I guess. Is there anything specific you want to know about Abilify? If so just ask away.