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Sociology > Depression |
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"Too Many Hours" |
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17 Dec 2003 05:02:41 PM |
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"Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of Abilfy;
2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else had Abilify
prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
TMH
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*Bad Genes Happen To Good People*
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| User: "Nom dePlume nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
19 Dec 2003 12:15:29 AM |
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I have heard of Abilify as an occasional treatment for depression,
although I haven't tried it. It is sometimes the case that a
psychotropic medication prescribed for one condition (such as
depression) will be prescribed at much lower doses for a different one
(such as migraine headaches, or Parkinson's disease), or vice versa. I
don't know if this is the case with Abilify. However, if your doc
actually used the word "homeopathic," I'd be inclined to get a second
opinion.
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Nom dePlume, Ph.D
Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist.
"Too Many Hours" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9454990A050E2nonenonecom@207.217.77.202...
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of
Abilfy;
2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else had
Abilify
prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
TMH
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*Bad Genes Happen To Good People*
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| User: "Too Many Hours" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
19 Dec 2003 11:17:30 AM |
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"Nom dePlume" <nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com> wrote in
news:bru5810279f@enews4.newsguy.com:
I have heard of Abilify as an occasional treatment for depression,
although I haven't tried it. It is sometimes the case that a
psychotropic medication prescribed for one condition (such as
depression) will be prescribed at much lower doses for a different one
(such as migraine headaches, or Parkinson's disease), or vice versa. I
don't know if this is the case with Abilify. However, if your doc
actually used the word "homeopathic," I'd be inclined to get a second
opinion.
As I said, he used the term loosely to imply the size/frequency of the
dose. He does not practice homeopathy.
Thanks for your reply.
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*Bad Genes Happen To Good People*
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
20 Dec 2003 08:56:41 PM |
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:02:41 GMT, Too Many Hours <none@none.com>
wrote:
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of Abilfy;
2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else had Abilify
prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
TMH
I take approx 7.5 mg of olanzapine spread over three days, making 2.5
mg/day, and it works. These are powerful medicines and even a small
amount can be quite effective.
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| User: "Too Many Hours" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
19 Dec 2003 11:16:12 AM |
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Too Many Hours <none@none.com> wrote in news:Xns9454990A050E2nonenonecom@
207.217.77.202:
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of Abilfy;
2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else had Abilify
prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
TMH
He used the term loosely to imply a small dose. He does not practice
homeopathy -- hence why I used quotes and said "homepathic" *dose*.
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*Bad Genes Happen To Good People*
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
18 Dec 2003 12:58:03 PM |
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Too Many Hours wrote...
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic"
dose of Abilfy; 2.5mg every other day. I was curious to
see if anyone else had Abilify prescribed to them in this
manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking
it for psychotic symptoms, just depression.
TMH
sounds very odd to me. i'm on a normal therapeutic dose (15 mg)
for my depression
-lisa
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| User: "." |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
18 Dec 2003 12:59:26 AM |
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Too Many Hours wrote...
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of Abilfy;
2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else had Abilify
prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
Sounds like your shrink is a quack.
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Regards,
..
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| User: "Too Many Hours" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
18 Dec 2003 06:46:57 AM |
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.. <sdf329ds93s999990sx@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:MPG.1a4bfb5b1fdc7086989684@News.CIS.DFN.DE:
Too Many Hours wrote...
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of
Abilfy; 2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else
had Abilify prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
Sounds like your shrink is a quack.
Twit.
Boy, this post just begs for trolls. Anyone with a legitimate opinion
and/or experience?
TMH
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*Bad Genes Happen To Good People*
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| User: "Luna" |
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| Title: Re: "Homeopathic" dose of Abilify |
18 Dec 2003 07:05:37 AM |
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"Too Many Hours" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:Xns945530A4AB5Enonenonecom@207.217.77.202...
. <sdf329ds93s999990sx@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:MPG.1a4bfb5b1fdc7086989684@News.CIS.DFN.DE:
Too Many Hours wrote...
Anyone heard of this? My pdoc has me on a "homeopathic" dose of
Abilfy; 2.5mg every other day. I was curious to see if anyone else
had Abilify prescribed to them in this manner.
And yes, I know it is an antipsychotic, but I am not taking it for
psychotic symptoms, just depression.
Sounds like your shrink is a quack.
Twit.
Boy, this post just begs for trolls. Anyone with a legitimate opinion
and/or experience?
Does homeopathy have ANY science to back it up? Placebo effect doesn't
count.
It does sound like your shrink is a quack.
Jean
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