Talked to my doctor, didn't go as planned

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I went to my appointment with full intentions of getting off the Abilify and just going back to my previous self medicating (weed), since it seemed to be working better.

My anxiety is through the roof, now I have to rely on benzos for normalcy and they conk me out.

He convinced me to cut the Abilify in half and start taking Zoloft.

Oy vey.

What do you think?

I did the shot so there’s no going back on the Abilify, but what about the Zoloft?

Who’s taken a similar regimen?

How long should I give the Zoloft?

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I have not taken Zoloft but I read a lot of good reviews. It helps people with anxiety and intrusive thoughts.

I remember you got L-Theanine, are you still taking that?

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I’ve taken it without much success.

Didn’t really notice that much of a difference,

Its unfortunate, I know it works for a lot of people.

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Maybe you can continue taking Benzos but at least decrease it a bit if it is sedating you? I was on 0.5 mg once daily for a while.

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Zoloft is an antidepressant. Is it for anxiety? Or are you depressed too?

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Anxiety,

I don’t think I’m depressed,

Its just the anxious feeling from the Abilify.

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yes Zoloft is also for anxiety. It works well for a lot of people.

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It sounds like it’s worth a try, but if after some time things still don’t improve you can still talk about something alternative to ability of that would be what you want. But maybe give this a shot. Drs know their medications well

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I’m sorry you’re not feeling confident in the outcome of the appointment. I don’t have experience with zoloft but I hope it helps you enough.

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I couldn’t tolerate abilify due to the anxiety either. For the first year I was on benzos. Now I’m on the maximum amount of L-theanine you’re allowed in a day (a whopping 1200mg). My problem is that I had to make it work with abilify as nothing else worked.

But.

As soon as rexulti is released in Europe I’m going to try it. It’s abilify’s “successor” and is supposed to get rid of the anxiety problem.

So I think if you gave rexulti a go and it worked as well as abilify and got rid of the anxiety problem you wouldn’t have to go down the zoloft route.

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Zoloft can be a wicked drug. It made me very, very suicidal for years and years. And my doctors saw how miserable I was and just kept raising my dosage of Zoloft, which of course, just made me more suicidal. Then, I moved to another state and my new pdoc took me completely off Zoloft and put me on another AD and my depression with suicidal thoughts lifted like magic. To this day, I don’t know if it was the removal of the Zoloft or the move to Nebraska from Arizona that made my mood better.

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Zoloft worked the best out of every antidepressant I’ve taken. I remember it made me happy now and then, but I had side effects so I couldn’t continue to take it.

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I once saw a documentary about how Zoloft has a rare side effect of making people suicidal or homicidal, and it may even explain a mass shooting in Colorado. It was very interesting stuff. There are a lot of antidepressants that have that side effect so I am not trying to single out Zoloft, I’m just trying to give a possible explanation for your symptoms.

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Can u try other anti psychotic drug… if u are not feeling good with abilify…ask ur shrink…

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