Re: Progress Report

[AnnBogle1]

There is a drug made in Japan called ABILIFY.  It is very expensive: $300 for a month's worth or more.  I've tried that and other new anti-psychotics, and it's the best one (Geodon, Zyprexa, Seroquel are others); I like it better than those due to the fact that I experience no side-effects on it, just a little drowsiness.  It feels, in other words, completely normal to be on it, yet I believe it has helped stabilize me physically when I couldn't do that on my own -- my weight was too low before I went on Abilify.  It doesn't actually make me stop thinking on the dose I take (10 mg.), but I bet if you took a higher dose, you might be able to quiet rowdy thought.  I have profoundly mixed feelings about med's, especially due to my recent realization that the med's probably finance world war, and I'm against war, and the med's could hurt your liver and kidneys -- though mine are still fine, but I also went three years without being able to stabilize myself or my own weight without a low-dose tranq.  Without anti-dep's, my brain turns to a pile of vegetable peels in the sink.  This is all very sad.  I used to be just fine without any medications.

How did I end up back on Wryting-L?  I had unsubscribed then all of a sudden I'm getting posts again.  That's all right.  I'll read the list for a while.

Good wishes,

Ann