I will talk with the team but they are now suggesting abilify
I tried it briefly (3 weeks maybe or less) in the past - found it too alerting and felt scared on it.
I think they are saying that the first few weeks could be augmented with a diazepam / others of this
type of med
has this worked for you ?
I take abilify 15mg. My main side effects are restlessness and anxiety.
I used to take clonazepam to counteract this. Now I take l-theanine instead.
It raised my blood sugar and I have to take metformin for this. So make sure you get regular blood tests to catch this.
Nausea and vomiting on the phyc ward…
I’m on a low dose of Abilify. At higher doses it gave me anxiety and akathisia. I don’t have much in the way of side effects now. I have no positive symptoms while on it.
I get a low dose now, been the best med for me.
I’m on 25mg now, started on 10 or 15. Don’t remember.
It’s worked great for me, but after a while, I started feeling like the effects tapered off a bit.
I thought it worked well for me. Gave me side effects of restlessness (and as a result worsened my insomnia a bit) and increased anxiety though, but those were helped somewhat with benzodiazepines
It’s the best med I tried. It has no sideeffects for me. May be not the most effective med but it works for me.
I think overall abilify as an antipsychotic has less sideeffects although still possible to have some, and is average In effectiveness as far as antipsychotics go.
I’m sure there’s at least one better med out there for me but I’m content with my 15 mg abilify.
Well I experience sexual dysfunction (no libido) but I can say I have no psychosis now…
zero psychosis zero side effects
15mg at night
Laziness lack of motivation and weight gain
I got td from abilify
When I tried Abilify, I was extremely paranoid on it. Every tenth thought I had was a paranoid thought. I was bombarded by paranoid thoughts on this drug. It was so bad that I was reduced to tears.
They want to put me on this so im interested to know too
It failed to treat me on the long term. I had a breakdown. I had to switch to Saphris. It was in 2014.
i am anxious and paranoid on abilify and the voices got louder when i switched to it but that may be because i quit my last med cold turkey side effects increased appetite i gained like 3 pounds in 2 months and i am eating Alot more than i was on geodon and sometimes when i stand up i will pass out or almost pass out, i ran out of abilify a couple days ago im going to try one of the older ap’s i think
Abilify 15mg here. I started at 10mg this go and yes, at first it gave me anxiety. Now, it’s the best medication I’ve ever been on. Excellent on voices (not great on paranoia though) and even negative symptoms.
Thank you for sharing. This brings me peace of mind as I am experiencing anxiety from starting the drug myself. There is hope!
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