Abilify 🙃?

How many mg of abilify do you take and how much weight have you gained? Do you have gambling problems?

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20 mg. gained like ten pounds. Slight gambling preference but not a problem

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I was on abilify when i first got sick but as far as i can tell, it was the best med with few side effects. I am not sure what to do. I had a relapse on it though

I take the lowest dose of abilify for schizophrenia which is 10mg.

I’ve lost 44lb in the last year by calorie counting. But I found if I don’t take a bcomplex vitamin everyday, my appetite skyrockets.

I had a gambling blip a few weeks ago where I bought a lot of lottery tickets, but that has faded. Probably nothing to do with abilify.

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I take 15mg and lost 50 lbs, but really had to work a losing weight

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What dose were you on?

I was taking 5 mg and had extreme gambling problems

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I had suicidal ideation on abilify 5mg, and generally felt bad. 10mg is the lowest dose for a reason for schizophrenia.

It acts as an antipsychotic at 10mg, and an antidepressant at 5mg.

I can’t take Abilify - I get terribly sick with the first dose and must stop taking it immediately. I’ve tried it twice with the same results.

I did not go to the casino or anything but I do take risks in my business without thinking it out, might be the same

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2mg. lol No i don’t gamble. I might have some kind of obsessive qualities though, I been spending money on random stuff.

I used to be on abilify maintena 300mg shot, I gained like 30 pounds when I was on Invega, and once I switched to abiilify I gained like an additional 10 pounds. But now i been maintaining.

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damn everhopeful, good job on the weight loss. Are you also exercising along with the calorie counting? I don’t have the discipline nor the ability to focus on a long term goal like that right now :frowning:

I’m also on 2 mg, the lowest Abilify dose available. Since the lowest for SZ is 10 mg, i’m not too sure what it’s doing to me, maybe its just stabilizing my mood since i’m schiizoaffective but I don’t have any positive symptoms.

No, not exercising, just calorie counting food. But I’m seeing a dietician.

I’m on 15mg of aripiprazole (Aristab) and I’ve lost around 4kg since 09/24. No problems with gambling.

I was on 10 mg Abilify, didn’t gain any weight from it, didn’t have any gambling problems

Hey,

I am on abilify 30mg. I did have a lot of weight gain the first 1-2 years after I started, but now it’s seemed to taper off.

Also, I do kind of have a bit of a problem with gambling. I’ve been going through with far too many micro transactions on steam/fifa for in game opening crates/card packs. I’ve had to limit myself to not making any more transactions until Christmas (hopefully I will get some money to use then)

I actually just saw a commercial about lawyers who were recruiting people taking Abilify who also had gambling problems. I guess Abilify can increase addictive behavior (for gambling only? I don’t know). ok, yes, it’s like everything, just found an article

You might be entitled to compensation, you should look into that!

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20 mg but I haven’t lost or gained any weight.

Initial dose of 5mg and have lost two stone since coming off of risperidone

You are from Ireland? :slight_smile:

Pedro27 is the only other person I’ve ever heard use “stones” as a measure of weight!

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