I am/was an alcoholic, and when I switched to Abilify my urge to drink practically went away. You can Google this and there are articles about this. I don’t know with all the side effects of Abilify if they are going to start using it to treat alcoholism.
Great news… I wish it was the same for food.
When I was on abilify I drank a ton! Hmmmm now I don’t drink very much! I’ve never heard that about abilify!
That would be nice too.
What are you taking now?
Haldol but I got tired of drinking haldol didn’t make me stop I slowly cut down!
I was drinking while on Abilify. Not now on Risperdal.
Well I am the opposite. I drank on Risperdal, but practically stoped on Abilify.
Abilify made me have many addictions. Shopping, sex, weed, alcohol, etc But its a rare side effect. I think it made me manic.
There is a drug called “Topamax” which is supposed to have some success in halting alcoholism.
On invega I can’t really get drunk so I rarely drink at all
I know. I just relax when I drink. I really have to drink a lot to get drunk. That’s why I don’t do it anymore. Plus I usually can’t stop myself once I start.
I take Naltrexone for my drinking. It doesn’t cut down on cravings (gabapentin for cravings) but it will inhibit that drinker’s buzz so you realize drinking is no longer fun.
That’s good to know. Thanks.
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