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Does Prolonged Intake Of Abilify Have Adverse Effect On Health?
Question: I recently received answer to question earlier from Dr XXXXXXX Solanki
on recomdation to take and continue Abilify reduce effexor-ex dose and introduce litheum.
My main concern and highly important is the effect this will have on concentration , impairment in thinking such as the improved speech capacity and human and creative expression improvements that have occurred thus the introduction of Abilify witch has been very benefishual for my in these areas from full capacity of ability . Drawing concentration and generation of constructed ideas are highly vital to my daily life and is their any chance that i can continue this work or if fortunate enough have it improve. with out this i basically will be a major set back. please help.
on recomdation to take and continue Abilify reduce effexor-ex dose and introduce litheum.
My main concern and highly important is the effect this will have on concentration , impairment in thinking such as the improved speech capacity and human and creative expression improvements that have occurred thus the introduction of Abilify witch has been very benefishual for my in these areas from full capacity of ability . Drawing concentration and generation of constructed ideas are highly vital to my daily life and is their any chance that i can continue this work or if fortunate enough have it improve. with out this i basically will be a major set back. please help.
Brief Answer:
Lithium might impair concentration
Detailed Answer:
Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic
I can understand your concern. If you can describe your symptoms and clinical history in detail then it would be easy for me to comment on your drugs. But if we consider lithium as drug irrespective of diagnosis then the drug is a mood stabiliser drug. It has great effects are n controlling mood and even in impulsive behaviour. It is a good drug for resistant depression also. The drug is considered as a neuroprotective drug and in some studies it has been found to cause less or no cognitive impairment. But in other studies the drug was found to cause poor concentration, impaired ability to judge especially in high doses. So if the concentration, creative thinking etc are important then in my opinion you should take the drug in low doses or avoid it if possible.
Thanks, Hope this helps you, if you have more doubts you can ask again
Lithium might impair concentration
Detailed Answer:
Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic
I can understand your concern. If you can describe your symptoms and clinical history in detail then it would be easy for me to comment on your drugs. But if we consider lithium as drug irrespective of diagnosis then the drug is a mood stabiliser drug. It has great effects are n controlling mood and even in impulsive behaviour. It is a good drug for resistant depression also. The drug is considered as a neuroprotective drug and in some studies it has been found to cause less or no cognitive impairment. But in other studies the drug was found to cause poor concentration, impaired ability to judge especially in high doses. So if the concentration, creative thinking etc are important then in my opinion you should take the drug in low doses or avoid it if possible.
Thanks, Hope this helps you, if you have more doubts you can ask again
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