Posted by nfc on December 27, 2007, at 6:46:13
In reply to Re: Some reasons I disagree, posted by oldschool305 on December 27, 2007, at 2:03:33
hey oldschool305,
hehe, thanks for the offer on the abilify. not to be sarcastic or anything but maybe your mom might benefit from it. Abilify treats skits and bipolar 1 disorder. I assume she's seen a pdoc before, has he/she been aware of the symptoms you just told me? After reading your post I was like, whoa rings a bell, brings back memories of what I was like. Not only was I in denial but the way your mind thinks, it doesn't believe or even fathom that what your thinking is bizarre. Only after medication for a duration of time you slowly realize what you've been thinking was just delusions. I've heard for some w/ skits their delusions never really go away even w/ medication. The longer you've gone w/o treatment the more ingrained these delusions become. Thats not to say there's no hope though. I hope your mom can see a pdoc because from your post, those are clearly delusional, paranoia symptoms. I looked up those meds she takes and the only one that would treat psychotic symptoms would be the mellaril but in medium to high doses. the others is for sleep. trazadone is kinda like an antidepressant also. plus some others stuff.
I'm definitely not a doc but if your mom was to take abilify, start at 5mg to be safe take that for 2 weeks then up it to 10mg. Monitor the side effects at 5mg and gauge it to see if tolerable then up to 10mg. stay there for at least another 2 weeks. some pdocs would just up the dose until symptoms start to improve. the abilify PI sheet sez 10mg is like the ideal dose. max is 30mg. some pdocs in extreme cases probably go over that. or throw in another antipsychotic like risperdal maybe. don't use this to self medicate though. u should follow the pdocs advice although I've adjusted dosages on my own at times. very bad. but I'm feeling ok though. this is pretty much an example how my pdoc handled my meds although he upped it much faster. he did it on a weekly basis. hope this helps and hope your mom can get treatment. It is a mental burden really to live w/ all those delusions. For me they just preoccupied my mind the whole time until I was hospitalized and for months after as well.take care and hope u find a pdoc soon.
nfc
> thanks for the info nfc. i also believe my mom is schiztophrenic, but ofcourse she is in complete denial. for the past 20 years (or so), she has believed that the "underground gay mafia" has been following her. she also thinks that a group of bikers followed us from Virginia to Florida when we moved. she also believes that the people she works with reads her mind. she says that they always know what she is thinking, or what she is about to say. my father, grandparents, school counselors, etc... have always told me that she was schiztophrenic, but she has always.... 100% denied it! why can't she just admit it? i love when ppl admit to their problems and try to seek help. she refuses, she thinks everyone else is crazy and out to get her. ugh!!! she has severe sleeping problems so she takes mellaril, trazodone, and restoril. luckily... i think these meds help her tremendously. although she only takes them for "sleep", riiiiiiight =O
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> i am happy to hear that the abilify is working so well for you. if you ever run out................
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