For those of you that are on or were on Abilify did you have an imagination?

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On invega I can’t even picture a red dot if I close my eyes… it’s ridiculously disabling. You need a vast imagination to be a jazz musician.

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I can picture a red dot if I close my eyes. I don’t think I have a problem with imagination. On Aripiprizole(Abilify) 10mg.

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I never had a good imagination regardless of meds. I think its the sz.

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My imagination has been drastically reduced because of risperdal but knowing how my mind works this could be a good thing.

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I’m on Abilify and my imagination is fine

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My imagination ability greatly increased after my negative (blunted flat affect) and cognitive symptoms (working memory, attention, executive function) got worse. I am not taking any AP may be that’s why.

My imagination ability also the reason for much of my intrusive thoughts. I imagine I not washed hands clean and this makes me to wash again like in OCD.

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I have been on Abilify for about 10 years, but just a low-dose 7.5 mg… it doesn’t seem to impair my creativity at all. I am also a musician, and find no impairment to songwriting or expressing myself musically

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I’m on Aristada which is basically the same as Abilify. After a 6 month detox from Invega and then getting on Aristada shot, I am back to writing fiction. So yes, imagination comes back.

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I’m on abilify but I don’t seem to have any problems with visual imagination. I’m not in the least bit creative though, so it wouldn’t matter to me either way I guess.

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yes,i have problems with imagination now. i used to be too lost in my daydreams and books and was highly internally focused until i stabilized on meds, esp abilify. since then, decrease.
i do associate my skitz with imagination though, having months of endless visual and auditory hallucinations plus wild delusions…a part of me is glad im not capable of that anymore.
of course, i can still go back to that level of imagination when i forget to take meds for months or whatev, like recently. i started back on abilify because watching videos was becoming too intense and heightened, and my daydreams while walking absorb me too much again.
I can still be creative in other ways, just not painting. i also make music and memes etc…those are fine, but painting i dunno. maybe it’s because it’s a long internal process that takes days usually. or maybe it’s because i started painting while i was psychotic so it’s all connected to me, i dunno. but yes, i did lose some ability to have an imagination.

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How long did you take ap for before stopping?

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7.5 mg isnt therapeutic how long have you been on 7.5 mg?

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I started out on 2mg, then went to five. I’ve been on 7.5 mg for about 6 months now, we’re aiming for 10 mg. I am hypersensitive to medication, so I have to go very slowly

It does not help with the voices, but it is a good antidepressant as well

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7.5 mg abilify did not help with your voices?but you said you were on ap for 10 years does that not include abilify?

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I was already taking Abilify before the voices started. I was using it for depression more than anything. Now we are aiming for a higher dose, hoping that it calms the voices down

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I didn’t took AP yet as my symptoms is negative and cognitive issues alone. AP is used for positive symptoms.

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I want to give you all a tip who want to improve their imagination, see pictures in mind etc. Check your thyroid levels, low thyroid levels make it hard to do that. Reason told is because i am low on thyroid and whenever i miss a dose or reduce medication dose slightly i find it so hard to visualize. I think it have something to do with dopamine as thyroid hormones are also used to produce dopamine in brain. This is why in some AP make it hard to imagine.