Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 22, 2009, at 11:04:16
In reply to Re: Sigh. Abilify is now prescribed. What about Lu, posted by morganpmiller on June 20, 2009, at 22:24:49
My feeling is to stay away from it.
Yes, I have experienced poop out. Yes, meds alone aren't enough. Someone who has worked as hard as I have to get better, and then find themselves back at square one--yeah, that's poop out.
> I would stay away from Abilify if you can. I hate that they are mega marketing this drug as an antidepressant. There are cleaner safer drugs for millions out there that do NOT need Abilify. I'm not at all opposed to the use of Abilify for many, I just think it is being marketed and hyped and this is influencing P Docs everywhere to prescribe it. I can't stand that commercial where they talk about your antidepressant alone not being enough. Um, Yeah! antidepressants alone are never enough! I was on Zoloft for 8 years. I was depressed and had bouts of anxiety so many times during those 8 years. I easily could have perceived some of my depressive periods on Zoloft as "Poop Out". I don't believe Zoloft was pooping out on me as much as I was pooping out on me. I always stuck with zoloft, never changed the dosage, and just kept working out, going to therapy, hanging with friends, staying away from too much alcohol(even when i drank too much I didn't have as many issues as you would think). I just get the feeling that people are not taking care of themselves in so many ways other than just taking a medication. One of the reasons why I am not still doing well and taking Zoloft is because I made a HUGE mistake and got off of it thinking I would never need medication again. My story is complicated, there are other things that have happened since I got off Zoloft.
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> Anyway, say no to over marketed drugs like abilify unless you have exhausted all options or have a condition that simply cannot be treated with other safer alternatives.
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> Also, after being on and off so many different medications, it is possible that you may not respond as well as you normally would to a new medication. That's why I try to encourage anyone who is experiencing what they perceive to be a "poop out" to try to stick it out and pay attention to what other things are going on in their life that may be causing the depression/anxiety. I'm not saying medications don't "poop-out", I'm just saying that it may not happen as often as people think it does.
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