i will switch from lurasidone to aripiprazole due to gastrointestinal side effect. i want to know your experience about aripiprazole who took it regarding all type of symptoms (positive, negative, cognition)
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It didn’t work for me but it could work for you
On paper it seems more tolerable than some others side effect wise
Definitely worth trying it to see
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My Pdoc says it is the most activating AP, and I did have a difficult time sleeping. But I have also heard reviews other places that people had excellent results with no problems.
I could be wrong, but you might be able to see how it will affect you if upping supplements or caffeine has a strong stimulating effect on you.
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I’ve been on it for about 10 years. It’s still working.
I have to take broccoli sprout extract and L-theanine supplements along with it. Otherwise it increases my anxiety.
It doesn’t help cognition. It helps positive symptoms, and has a small effect on negative symptoms.
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Would you kindly share about the broccoli extract for anxiety?
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I take this every morning
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Worked well for me. Then it stopped working, but then again I am “treatment resistant” it seems.
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I was on higher doses years ago when ariprazole first came out onto the market.
I found it to be extremely activating on the higher doses increasing my anxiety and mania (paranoia)
Today I’m on a very low dose, 2mg as an add on medication to help combat my depression
At this low dose I’m having no side effects from it and it crushes my depression
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Blurry vision initially been taking it for 15 years.
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It is the best medication for me. Almost completely wiped the voices out, but doesn’t help with cognitive symptoms, which are refractory to treatment thus far.
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Aripiprazole is fountain of youth.
Never feel I am getting older mentally.
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When I took it I think it made me spend all of my money in about a week ordering food every time I got my SSI.
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It helps me with everything. Lower doses below 15mg like 5 to 10mg really stimulate me and doses around 15mg or higher really settle me down. It helps with all my symptoms like a broad spectrum thing. My body likes it.
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I took abilify before many years ago. I don’t remember much. It wasn’t as good as Vraylar in my opinion.
I still gained weight and had restlessness.
I’m currently on Zyprexa now and like it. It’s stronger. Latuda didn’t help my psychosis.
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Abilify is famous for all sorts of impulse control problems.
I think that might be one reason why my binge eating has been so extreme these past few years to the point that I get scared 4 myself
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That could be. When I took Abilify I always felt like eating delicious food from this one restaurant so I’d order lots of food from an expensive restaurant near where I used to live and spend my money really fast.
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i found out that piracetam which i take causes me this side effect not lurasidone and i disconnected piracetam and back to lurasidone.i feel better now
I had severe akathisia on it. But it’s a good med if you can tolerate it.
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I have impulsivity too. But the lower the dose, the less of an issue it is. Same with akithisia
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I didn’t mind it. Aripiprazole would be my second most favourable AP.
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