Abilify compulsive shopping ruining my life?

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I know what you mean-- the cycle continues:

You return something, then buy something else and return and rebuy… It can be vicious, not to mention financially and emotionally draining.

It might be a good idea to bring this up to your pdoc asap, as compulsive behaviors have happened in some people who have taken Abilify.

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I stopped Abilify due to shopping addiction. No more issues now on Risperdal but on Latuda too didnt have shopping addiction, it was only on Abilify.

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Try Vraylar or Caplyta. Maybe Rexulti. They’re partial dopamine agonists just like Abilify.

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Yeah I might have to. Because i dont think they understand the real issue it has caused me to be honest. As I havent tolled them to the extent I have gone

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I will maybe ask them but tbh I dont think they are in my country I have tryed telling my mom about it and my family but they dont understand and tell me its normal when they know it’s not

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They say its because I’m bored and not the medication

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Latuda was pretty close to Abilify for me without causing shopping addiction. There are plenty of other antipsychotics too. Show this to your psychiatrist, he should understand:

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I think I’ll have to thank you for your help I appreciate it.

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I think we might have that where we are actually I will have a look

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Hopefully the Latuda will work for you. I tried Abilify, Zyprexa, Risperdal, Latuda and low dose Seroquel. I was able to work at a full time office job while on 80mg Latuda but had to stop it after about a year due to akathisia, insomnia, nausea and some positive symptoms. You may not get any side effects though.

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Yeah I hope so. I dont know though I’m pretty sensitive to meds hopefully I’ll just be able to just come off them but not sure

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I have the same problem. And If I switch from abilify the next med up would cost me $4,000 a year for latuda

So I have to hedge a bet that my impulsive purchases/costly behavior totals less than $4,000 a year.

It’s close. It’s real close trust me. I have an expensive cannabis habit we think is cuz abilify doesn’t do all that good of a job.

In March I traded my Toyota Corolla for a more expensive mini van. I have reasons other than impulse control for that deal tho…

There are things like that…

GL OP

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