The local Fox affiliate where I live (Minneapolis) posted an article yesterday about a woman who became a gambling addict shortly after being prescribed Abilify for depression. I just posted my own take on the matter on my new website: schizo-phrenia.com/article.php?id=15
Has anyone here experienced compulsive gambling as a result of Abilify?
when I took Abilify 5 Mg pills I wanted to gamble all the time. I signed up at an online casino too.
Now on injections, I notice I have mild compulsive shopping
Interesting. I’ve noticed that my compulsive habits have returned on Abilify. Smoking and browsing the internet in an endless loop. I feel more compulsive for sure.
I drink soda compulsively because of the meds. The meds make me eat like crap.
Thanks for commenting, everyone!
I’m on Rexulti, an analogue of Abilify. I’m on 3mg in the morning. It deactivates my brain and gives me some dysphoria, so I feel like I don’t want to live. I can’t feel emotions like I used to. Maybe this is the destruction of schizophrenia not the medication.
Gambling? How comically specific. I don’t even get out of the house, the most I do is hang out on this website. The symptoms severely restrict my flexibility to get out in the world. And can do very repetitive routines, like posting on this site. Gambling (or shopping) seem like high functioning people’s problems.
Congratulations for your website!
I take aripiprazole and I don’t have gambling addiction (in fact, I don’t like these kind of games).
Yep have it badly
In high doses I had a gambling addiction very bad but at smaller doses I don’t.
Be careful with Abilify, it seems like a light drug, but in reality it very potent.
If you do a search for “Abilify” and “Gambling” on sz.com you will find a bunch of posts about people’s experiences.
so i should feel no guild then lol
I have this on Latuda, upside: it takes my mind of things. downside: I’m not rich, so when running out of money there is nothing do to than to sit at home doing nothing or boring stuff. 
That doesn’t seem typical of Latuda. I could not find any information on Latuda and compulsive behaviors. Latuda appears to be a dopamine antagonist only (as opposed to Abilify, which is a partial agonist of the D2 receptor).
YoungSchizo i have the same behavior but from Gamblify
hmm im taking abilify but i never even thought about gambling
Looky at that lovely meatball sammich!
Oh, are those winning lottery tickets for your side dish?
Wait, it that a wiener sammich?
I’m on abilfy and I put all of my money on the Kentucky derby and won this year. Thanks abilify
i gambled on betway and won 50k with a 100 dollar deposit and lost it all ■■■■abilify!!! coudn’t just stop with this gamble mania
i still feel sick about it
My pdoc said it can be other compulsions too. Like food, sex, shopping.