should i continue abilify????

[kelliebellie]

Should i continue on abilify 2mg and see if the side effects go away, waking up with a headache, tiredness, agitation, and sleeping by 8pm, but then wake up a lot during the night, or should i just taper off and stick with effexor 37.5mg and therapy?? Im really good emotionally and anxiety wise, I  just feel physically sick all the time...not sure what to do, was going to taper off, tapered to 2mg, was going to drop it down to 1 mg today for a week then nothing,  in having withdrawel which is normal I know but I just want to keep the happy feeling, i was hoping after I stopped the abilify I would still be happy, not sure what to do here, dr hasnt called me back...seeing him next week....

[kelliebellie]

iIe been on the med since spetember, the lowest dose is 2mg which is what im on now, i was on 2mg, 5mg and 10mg, at 2 I could handle some of the side effects any higher and theyre unbearable....I just cant get a hold of the dr , and I just want to feel  content  and feel ok physically too.......so not sure if i should just take the abilify 2mg for a little whil and see if thats ok then talk to the dr about tapering off...I just dont want to be on all these diff meds you know???

[gwmclean]

Hey there.....I hope you start feeling better soon.  How long have you been on the meds?  I know that when I started with my med I actually felt worse then I did before i started the med.  MY depression worsened, I couldn't eat, or sleep.  But slowly the side effects did lessen.

And have you talk to your doctor about the sideeffects?  Maybe the current dosage level is two hi and needs to be taylored back slightly for you.

Let me know how its going for you.  You in my thoughts.  gord