Will I feel the same on the Abilify injection as the Abilify pills?

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I’m on Abilify 200 mg which is equivalent to 9 or 10 mg I think. So would I feel the same if I was taking the 10 mg pill?

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Its the same mefication and chemical. Injection is better if you tend to forget taking your pill.

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200 monthly is less than 10mg per day

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According to my old pdoc as long as you are consiststant with the oral meds they should be as effective as the injection.

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I switched from the injection to tablets and didn’t notice any changes.

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Dose Conversion of Oral Aripiprazole to Aripiprazole LAI

PO Dose

LAI/IM Dose

10 mg aripiprazole

300 mg Abilify Maintena

15 mg aripiprazole

400 mg Abilify Maintena

20 mg aripiprazole

600 mg Abilify Maintena

So, 200mg seems a sub therapeutic dose.

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Wow so it’s only around 5 mg?

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Yeah, it looks like you’re off meds in effect.

Are you taking any abilify pills to top it up?

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Nope but if symptoms come back I’ll up my dose! I’m not diagnosed schiz yet it’s more of a psychosis NOS/ drug induced psychosis…

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200 maintena is apparently 7.5 mg. But i don’t know if its higher because of the build up in the system over time?

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I’m scared of injections.

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I’m on 400mg every 3 weeks personally

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My psychologist is too. I wonder what it is that creates fear. I’m hoping to swap to pills this week. As i don’t like going to the hospital each month for the injection. Also i wonder if it causes more insulin resistence in the muscles as it is intramuscular. But i’m unsure. Something to do with the med being carried in water as well.

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Are you experiencing negative symptoms from the abilify pills. Lack of motivation trouble concentrating? Or are you symptom free?

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Im on abilify maintena. I have had really bad side effects. Cant get out of bed most days, can’t motivate myself to go out either. Also havent been able to read books for more than a year. But no delusions that i can tell. And my anxiety has gone. I used to be so active physically and very independent. So swapping to pills hopefully in the next few weeks to see if that makes a difference. As theyve lowered my med i’m able to express myself better. Was struggling badly with communication before on 21mg injection and staying in bed alot of the time then too and my regulation of temp was really bad last year particularly in the summer. Its been quite a painful experience for me. Was also unable to feel emotion much. But this has improved.

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Yeah thats the wsy i feel from all the antipsychotics ivebeen on. Im hoping to find something that wont cause me negative symptoms like getting out of bed and having emotions. Need to just keep trying i guess. I honestly think having delusions is better then the side effects.

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The year before last I was on seroquel. That was an awful experience. Couldnt get out of bed then most days and hallucinated at night and had delusions. And it seemed to be caused by the drug. It was so bad i think I had trauma from the whole period. They look me off it and switched to abilify after I lost consciousness and hit my head on the fall down to the ground. With a heavy gash to my head. I woke up in shock on the floor. So yes. I wish I had a break from side effects too. Its hard convincing the professionals at times that im suffering. But they seem to be listening to me more these days… I hope you find a solution too. Just can take some time I think.

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I’m actually doing quite well on 180 mg of abilify maintenance ( current dose ) im very productive during the day constantly bettering my self as a musician, producer and composer but I still struggle with side effects for sure. Just to a much lesser extent to say something like invega.

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I’m hoping to lower my med again to below 200mg. As i seem to be functioning better the lower I go. I still cant quite believe they were happy with me on a dose of 400mg. Its not even clear what my diagnosis is as its always changing. But no personality disorder. Just related to psychosis, mood, PTSD and Autism supposedly. I just don’t understand how the meds ive been given always cause horrific symptoms the higher it goes. And even though there’s evidence i have a high side effect profile on antipsychotics etc. As ive had loads of lunza tests given to me. They still insist on firstly drugging me to high hell. Its taken years a decade in fact and im still fighting for the right dose and medication. Just wasted years of my life away. Its quite upsetting.