nancy145
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I'm not asking for a huge essay or anything (feel free to write one tho, i'd appreciate it), but can someone give me a summary of abilify treating depression? just a note before, im not schizophrenic or psychotic, and that's not why im getting on antipsychotics. anyway, my psychiatrist wants to put me on it, but I'm kinda hesitant to try another drug for depression since were really running out and trying anything that might work. he put me on citalopram, which i quit about 2 weeks ago because it was a disaster. it didn't help with my depression, and it made me groggy and sedated which ended up making my depression a lot worse. i know ability is a(n atypical, i think) antipsychotic, so it's different then SSRIs and SDRIs(like wellbutrin)(neither of which have ever worked), but not much more about it. ive been on trileptal before, which i think is an antipsychotic, and it didn't work either. would abilify be similar to seroquill(the only antipsychotic i really know anything about) in the sedating effects? that's what im mostly worried about, because sedation would worsen my depression. i got a gene testing thing done a few years ago that said abilify is more likely to work as an antidepressant for me, are these accurate or is it not really important? idk if this is relevant or not, but the gene testing showed i have genetically low dopamine too. So does anyone know how effective abilify is at treating depression? does it sound good for me? does it have any sedating side effects? are there any serious side effects i should know about? and one more question, does it interact with any of these following drugs? thanks
*adderall
*lamictal(lamotragine)
*5-htp
*L-tyrosine
*cannabis
*adderall
*lamictal(lamotragine)
*5-htp
*L-tyrosine
*cannabis