Where’s invega on this list?
Good question. I have no clue. I’d assume it’s similar to Risperdal. Just a guess.
Yeah I observed it in the book Surviving Schizophria
It was listed “minimal risk” for more than half the side effects. And only high for maybe one or two things.
I love abilify. Every antipsychotic worked for me. I’ve always been very sensitive to drugs. Legal or illegal.
When I was 19 I first took drugs with my friend he didn’t feel it till 20 minutes after me when we took them at the same time. And I’ve always had strong reactions to medicines but couldn’t deal with side effects of every single antipsychotic I’ve ever took, besides abilify.
I loved Abilify too, but it got me a little too amp’ed up. I actually got a pretty good increase in physical strength when they put me on Abilify, but they eventually had to take me off of that drug.
Likelihood of weight gain with antipsychotics
| Antipsychotic | Propensity to cause weight gain |
|---|---|
| Clozapine | High |
| Olanzapine | Higha,b |
| Chlorpromazine | Moderate |
| Quetiapine | Moderateb |
| Risperidone | Moderateb |
| Paliperidone | Moderate |
| Aripiprazole | Lowc |
| Amisulpride | Lowc |
| Asenapine | Low |
| Haloperidol | Lowd |
| Ziprasidone | Lowc,d |
| Lurasidone | Lowd |
I’m on abilify, but I’ve gained 70 pounds.
Yeah, Aripiprazole seems like such a good drug. Unfortunately when i tried it, it made my depressive symptoms worse. If you can tolerate it thought, you’re quite lucky. I’m on Ziprasidone and Clozapine. The Ziprasidone is quite good, seems to be roughly the second best, but for me its half-life is so short i end up experiencing psychotic symptoms, even while on the highest dose. So i got put on Clozapine as well. I’ve only had a couple of breakthrough psychotic symptoms with this combination, this is the best i’ve felt in a long time.
They don’t act alone, most of them are used in combos…I will have to do 3 now, Aripiprazole(10 mg), risperidone(1mg for the tardive dyskinesia) and clozapine(50 mg)… In the end of next summer I hope I get into the gym…