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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 513273" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>well, since schitzoaffective involves a mood component, i'd add another mood stablizer. lamictal has been a good choice for us, trileptal might be a decent option too. </p><p></p><p>thorazine is an odd choice, unless she's tried everything else with no relief. sometimes it takes two ms on board to treat the different angles of moods before you see good stability. often a single ms targets a specific set of symptoms and misses others, so you need the second to address the leftover koi.</p><p></p><p>you dont mention what dose of abilify she is on, but its conceivable she could increase that--its generally accepted that max dose is at 30mg with no real benefit above that, but everyone is different. our experience was that there was short term relief (6-8 wks) at each dose on the way up...then the honeymoon was over and we were back on the hamster wheel of another increase. its part of the reason why, for mine, it hasnt been the greatest option, but i will say in that class, its probably the least of all evils, Know what I mean?? so they could consider adjusting her dose upward and see if that makes any difference.</p><p></p><p>just a thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 513273, member: 8831"] well, since schitzoaffective involves a mood component, i'd add another mood stablizer. lamictal has been a good choice for us, trileptal might be a decent option too. thorazine is an odd choice, unless she's tried everything else with no relief. sometimes it takes two ms on board to treat the different angles of moods before you see good stability. often a single ms targets a specific set of symptoms and misses others, so you need the second to address the leftover koi. you dont mention what dose of abilify she is on, but its conceivable she could increase that--its generally accepted that max dose is at 30mg with no real benefit above that, but everyone is different. our experience was that there was short term relief (6-8 wks) at each dose on the way up...then the honeymoon was over and we were back on the hamster wheel of another increase. its part of the reason why, for mine, it hasnt been the greatest option, but i will say in that class, its probably the least of all evils, Know what I mean?? so they could consider adjusting her dose upward and see if that makes any difference. just a thought. [/QUOTE]
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