Can it get worse?

Medications
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I’ve started abilify a week ago my question is can things get worse before the meds get working ?

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It took months for abilify to work for me. And it takes a while for your body to get used to it.

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Ah okay thank you

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One of my old therapists said, give it 6-8 weeks to see effects. When I started a new med in October it took over 4 months the medicine to make a lot of the symptoms better and to have the desire to do things for myself rather than going with the flow. Now that I look back… it was a nightmare. I still get psychotic episodes like last Saturday and Sunday but I’m learning to cope better. Just keep up with the treatment and your pdoc may add additional meds too.

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It took me about 6 weeks to get used to a minimal dosage. And it takes about 1-2 weeks for adjustments to work. At least for me.

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It took a month or 3 full weeks @ 15 mg to stabilize me somewhat years ago, im currently taking Saphris 10 mg

btw this was no natural psychosis it was lamictal induced (med induced) GSK is evil

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It didn’t get worse for me. It took away the voices right away. I hear them every once in a while. But we had to try other medicines before Abilify (Aripiprazole).

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My personal opinion on psychiatric drugs is that only one is suitable for use, that is diazepam or Valium. Any mild to moderate mental illness I believe can be stabilised with it. My two cents I’ve used most of them and the least side effects and most effective was diazepam.

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I went to my pdoc today and we decide to hold off abilify and increase my risperidone. I been frustrated at how slow it’s taking. But after my major medical problems on clozapine that put me in hospital he wants to go slower.

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Yes, on Abilify, psychosis can get worse before it gets better, if it gets better at all. When my pdoc put me on Abilify, my paranoia got so bad, that I was having ten to eleven paranoid thoughts every minute. I couldn’t handle this at all. The paranoia was so bad that I was in tears. My nurse kept telling me to “Hold on!” I finally told my team that I just couldn’t handle it anymore. So, they took me off of it.