Not sure about my med choice

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Okay so this is a pretty crap situation ngl. I’m waiting for refills and whatnot hoping to start a new med. Problem is this med I have a strong love/hate relationship with. Abilify. I want this to be my new forever med but idk. Cant afford to keep switching at this point.

I love it because it’s got most tolerable side affects. I can still enjoy working out on it cause it gives me energy and promotes exercise in my opinion.

I dislike it because it really revs me up. Gives me anxiety and causes dangerously high libido.

But I have tried most the meds out there at this point, though some for just a day or few days. I’ll give a med history.

Olanzapine - was on this for years, never going back on it again
Quetiepine - dislike as its similair to olanzapine
Paliperidone/invega - tried few days, felt kinda super low on it
Risperidone - tried this for 3 weeks, liked it actually but wasn’t on antidepressant at the time and smoking hella weed and ended up in er. Psychosis coulda been from a few dif things so not sure.
Latuda - tried only one day and switched back to olanzapine.
Haldol - Screw that med and all typicals, seriously.

So yeah, feel like i am running out of options, just want to find right med and stay on it already. Sick of this medless game I have been playing.

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How about vraylar?

I’m on vraylar, it has helped against anxiety and depression. Initially it gave me anxiety but it went away.

I didn’t take my meds for two days now because I keep falling asleep on the couch and I’m really low and depressed.

Only side- effect I have with vraylar is heartburn. I have to take it in the morning or I keep waking up in the middle of the night barfing up stomach acid.

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@speedy they offered me vrylar at er I think. If it is the one im thinking of, its mixed with olanzapine so I refused it

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No, it’s not! 15

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From what you have posted, some of those were not given a full chance.

But, I understand why

Risperidone made me feel just awful so I didn’t take it in the end and made myself ill - so it didn’t last too long

tbh I never thought I’d say this, but the Clozapine makes me level and calm. To such a degree that I actually like the med

This is very unusual for me to say something like that as the meds I normally have problems with them

My Vraylar was 4.5mg and because it wasn’t effective enough they added 5mg Olanzapine

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@speedy maybe im thinking of something else, will look it up now

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Vraylar is similar to abilify! That’s why I’m mentioning it.

I’m on both olanzapine and vraylar, the lowest dose of vraylar.

I hate olanzapine but don’t have any options. They wanted me on clozapine but I refused it because of the blood tests. So I’m on maximum dose of olanzapine.

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I will keep vraylar in mind, but really wanting abilify.

Question though.

Been without meds so long now, I have a refill is risperidone from previous psychiatrist.

Have been to er, tried getting ahold of doctor and everything, no help with situation. Should I take the risperidone until I can get the abilify

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Yes, you should!

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Rexulti is also similar to Abilify but is supposed to cause less anxiety.

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If you want to get activated I would choose the vraylar but if you want to become mega calm I would choose Clozapine.

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If you like abilify but it didn’t quite hit the number then seconding either try Vraylar or Rexulti. They are both supposed to work as dopamine modulators