It made me feel manic, I had several big projects, racing thoughts, was spending way too much money, hypersexual, anger issues, very risky behaviors, felt like high on drugs. Even off meds I didn’t feel like that. I wasn’t psychotic on Abilify but felt too amped up and hyper, its a different feeling than psychosis no paranoia etc
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no i didnt feel manic. i slept less tho and spent more money but it was no where near mania for me
edit: i was also taking a low dose of it mixed with haldol tho…so who knows if i was taking it by itself at a higher dose
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Abilify made me level at first then completely stopped working I was manic after it stopped working a lot a lot of depression too but a abnormal amount of mania more or less hypomania tho I wasn’t out of control I did end up abusing benzos and gambling a lot during the end
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I know a guy who gambles a lot on Abilify but he won’t listen to me, I told him its the Abilify giving him gambling addiction but he doesn’t believe me. I stopped talking to him as he was hypersexual too talk about sex a lot in details, bad influence for me. I was like him on abilify
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It’s not made me manic. Just extremely sleepy. But I’ve never had a problem with mania before so that might be why. I take 20mg of Abilify in the mornings.
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First few years I was on 10mg then went off meds for 2 years back on 20mg Abilify 2016-2019. I felt more manic or addictions on higher dose
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Reminds me of being on prozac that made me more manic than anything I could quit meds and get nowhere near as manic tbh and it constantly was a euphoric mania never went away I was basically addicted to it if it were in my home I’d end up abusing it again I think it was a addiction and there’s a article on a guy who abused Zoloft and went manic for a year straight I made a lot of shitty decisions on prozac he also had bipolar disorder however he only had hypomania supposedly
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Yes, Abilify made me manic.
I did a lot of impulsive shopping, buying things I thought I would need/needed right that second for plans that never came through, such as traveling.
Overall, I have spent several thousand dollars.
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Yeah 20mg is a lot for my body but it stops the voices and visions almost completely. Sorry it cause mania for you. Did it help with voices or?
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I spent all my savings and work money while on Abilify then started getting debts on my visa, over 20k$ spent total, I bought 3k$ gaming pc, 10 vapes some were over 100$, ate at restaurants daily sometimes twice a day, bought several stuff online like expensive clothes most I only used once some even never used. My parents helped me pay my debts and I cancelled my visa after going off Abilify. Now I rarely spend and eat out or buy stuff on risperidone.
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Yes I wasn’t psychotic on 20mg but had anger issues. Now no anger issues on 6mg risperidone.
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Nice I’m glad the risperidone is working for you.
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Geez, Abilify is no joke— sorry you went through all that, it truly sucks to be so far out of control impulse-wise.
What did your pdoc say about everything that you went through? Mine didn’t say my impulse control issues were because of Abilify or not— I think doctors are very hesitant to say negative stuff like that about medications unfortunately.
I am still on 20mg Abilify, but now I have an add-on of .25mg Risperidone (my pdoc says it will help with mood stabilization and stuff— so far so good).
Glad to see the Risperidone is working for you 
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I told him if there was a way to get rid of the impulse issues and he said the only way is to stop the Abilify
There was a guy here i think Unclehenry who gambled a lot on Abilify, he lost his 1 million$ company to gambling
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Wow, I’m like, shocked your pdoc was so up front about it— that’s a good thing. Mine said absolutely nothing and kinda acted like it was a character flaw or something.
Wow, that is truly awful. It’s a shame that something so effective like Abilify comes with this type of side effect.
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I’m on Abilify it has made me unable to sleep
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@Aziz Abilify gave me impulse control like issues with things like compulsive over shopping. It didn’t make me manic though. Abilify is actually approved to treat bipolar mania interestingly enough! I found it not sedating though. Not exactly jittery but not sedating either!
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I experienced mania on a high dose of Lexapro. My pdoc lowered it and it went away. I am SZA.
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