confused Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102847.php Personally, I think abilify is too strong of a med to use for alcohol dependance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazynotstupid Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I wouldn't say it's "too strong". Quite frankly, I'm fairly open to whatever may work to fight alcoholism. My issue is...gee, that's kind of a lame "study". It presents an interesting opening thought, but gee...drinking on an AAP makes you more tired? Duh! It took a study to figure that out? Why didn't they sign me up? Free beer! I also wonder at the subjectiveness of the "less pleasure from alcohol" that was reported. I mean, what exactly did they mean by that and how might it translate to an alcoholic? When I was first put on topamax, in part for drinking, it...almost completely shut off my drinking circuit. Not "less pleasure" but...essentially nothing. I still felt this urge to drink, from sheer habit, but I just had no physical need to drink. So how, I wonder, do they think "less pleasure" will translate into effective treatment? So, going all circular, I guess I can agree: with other effective meds (such as topamax or campral), maybe this is a bit much. And too damn expensive by half! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 And too damn expensive by half! oh, yeah. I wasn't thinking of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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