Abilify helped me with the negative symptoms, but I had to come off it because it got me a little too amped up.
Abilify was the first medication I was on for schizophrenia. It did really help me but it gave me horrible restless leg syndrome. At least thats what the doctors called it. Its like energy was shooting down my legs and I would have to jerk my leg around. It was horrible. Saphris did the same thing to me too. Im on geodon now and it really helps me. I dont here voices anymore since Ive been on it and I dont get the leg shakes from it. I cant remember though how my motivation was like while I was on abilify. I dont know when or what happened to me or why I am so unmotivated. I just wish I was like I was before I got sick. I dont know why I cant overcome this. Ive overcome so much with this mental illness but I just cant seem to shake the avolition or lack of motivation.
Think about what the drugs DO for you, not what it would be like without them. You say you don’t suffer from voices any more and your paranoia is less. I’d love to find a drug or drugs that did that for me.
Suffering from mild avolition this morning. Nothing like yours. I had to shelve my plans for the day, all my self discipline, anything I have been doing in the morning to prepare me for the day-meditation, physical therapy exercises. All I could do was prepare and eat breakfast. It feels like it was before I took myself in hand, like it was before going into any kind of therapy. It feels like you’re being lazy.