Asenapine
bipolar disorde
"I have been using Saphris for about three weeks. My psychiatrist changed me from Abilify. She started me on a low dose (5 mg) and took me off Abilify and raised my Lamictal. I had a very hard few days. She increased my dose to 20 mg and I now feel as stable as I did with Abilify. It's still early. She also put me on Clonidine (low dose) for post traumatic stress disorder and that helped and is helping my blood pressure as well! The ONLY negative thing I have to say is the packaging is bad. Someone needs to package it in a container that doesn't take the jaws it's life to try it open and THEN you have to try very hard to peel the covering off each individual tab. Whew."