my experience with Fluoxetine (40mg)/Prozac and Aripiprazole (5mg)/Abilify
I'll keep this as short as possible because i want people with similar experiences/diagnoses to interact with this post
I'm 25F and I've been officially diagnosed with several anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder (MDD) and ADHD for over 5 years now but I've been suffering for a good part of the past 12 years of my life.
I've taken fluoxetine 40mg and atomoxetine 40mg a couple of years ago and it helped with the suicidality and executive dysfunction but it made me emotionally blunted, reckless and impulsive. almost like i had a long manic episode, in hindsight.
for some unfortunate circumstances i was cut off from any type of psychiatric help for 3 years but i was able to seek help a couple of months back and now I'm on fluoxetine 40 mg and abilify 5mg. Initially i felt almost like i was reborn again after starting abilify, i was elated, productive, happy. and most importantly i wasn't emotionally blunted, i could cry.
but then came the restlessness and the sleepless nights, eating obsessively, spending recklessly. I'm still dealing with the debt i put myself in last month for things i didn't think through. i would feel agitated 24/7 and especially when i didn't get what i wanted. I'd walk out the house in the AMs for a can of diet coke.
then, a family member convinced me to half my abilify dose. it made sense to me, my psych was on holiday and i felt like i wanted to peel the skin off my flesh from the agitation so it felt like a temporary solution. until i got cocky and completely stopped it. i went back to sleeping too much, feeling like suicide was the only solution to the simplest of problems. i had to get back on it so i did. but now i feel trapped and restless again. i dont know what to do. my family thinks i take too many drugs at high doses for such "simple" diagnoses. switching would be hard too. i'm just really confused and need guidance or at least someone that shares my struggles
thanks in advance