I almost collapsed again

Hey, guys!

It seems that aripiprazole was too weak for me and I almost had a collapse in December.

I’m now taking olanzapine (5 mg) and aripiprazole (20 mg). The good thing is that I have no dellusions. The bad thing is that I’m putting on weight (damn olanzapine!). I hope in the future I take only 20mg of aripiprazole.

I hope you all are okay!

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Hey - I am on Aripiprazole too - but injections and have no appetite whatsoever =)
I gained around 30 pounds on the pill though - 5 mg

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When I was just on aripiprazole, I lost 12kg. That was wonderful. I think I’ll be on diet again, but no meat anymore.

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Abilify was too weak for me as well. Have you tried risperidone? That one worked best for me!

I just have tried olanzapine and aripiprazole. My pdoc just put me on olanzapine again because I wasn’t sleeping very well and I was starting to have dellusions :~/. I want to be just on aripiprazole again. If it doesn’t work, I’ll try other meds (maybe Saphris or Latuda).

Olanzapine is one of the ones most notorious for weight gain just so ya know. Latuda didn’t work for me either…in fact my therapist said it seemed to make me crazier @.@ I think because the akesthesia was so bad. I don’t know anything about Saphris though. Good luck with whatever you choose!

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Thanks, Anna :). I hope a higher dose of aripiprazole work best for me.

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Otherwise, how is your alogia? Has it improved?

yeah, meds have side-effects.

always be careful and report them, brug.

My alogia has worsened a bit when I started olanzapine again. I’m not quite sure, but I think it’s more psychological.

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