I’ve been taking aripiprazole for about 3 years, 10-15mg. I’m sick of it now, and i’m thinking of changing it.
I’m blaming this med for deeper anhedonia and general flatness in thinking.
My question is should i ask my pdoc to change ap. Maybe go back to olanzapine, even though it made me really fat. Or should i ask for quetiapine? This ap sounds mild in comparison to others, and that’s what i need.
Note that i’ve fully stable for about 4-5 years, just somehow too much stable…
I must have tried like 20 supplements so far. I made the stupid mistake of taking several at once. But I notice I feel pleasure and emotion more than ever since I’ve been sick.
From what I recall, a few that I tried that might have helped with lack of emotion/pleasure were:
Aniracetam, pregnenalone, NAC, sarcosine, l theanine, magnesium taurate, ashwagandha, and sodium benzoate.
Some of these have been studied. Some of them increase dopamine like aniracetam. I wouldn’t recommend aniracetam but I don’t regret trying it. I used it for boosting memory and cognition. There was a mood and relaxing effect too.
I wanted to open new thread about switching to quetiapine, than forum reminded me of this thread…
So i asked my pdoc about quetiapine and she said it’s probably to weak for me. I didn’t insist any further than, but now i’m reading about it and i’ve learned that it is about the same efficacy as aripiprazole. Some of the bigger research says that quetipaine is good for stable sz, not so good for acute symptoms.
Problem is i don’t have many other options except to try quetiapine. Clozapine, sulpiride, haloperidol, hlorpromazine, fluphenazine, olanzapine, risperidone, paliperidone, ziprasidone and aripirpazole and quetiapine are available in my country. Mostly older antipsychotics and from the newer ones i tried olanzapine and risperidone already.
My question is - are there anyone who is stable and switched to quetipaine/seroqel? What is your dose?
How do you feel now when it comes to negatives and cognitives?
Hi guys!
Just yesterday i asked my pdoc AGAIN about quetiapine and she AGAIN said big no.
So i’m now on 7,5mg of aripiprazole but somehow i doubt lower dose will remove blockade i feel with this ap.
I’m out of options, since reagila won’t be available in Serbia for a while.