I don’t know what to say to this but it might be too early and if you are feeling better and playing guitar again I don’t see a reason to stop
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It makes me a tiny bit more anxious and I may be a bit more paranoid on it but then again it could be from lack of sleep.
I am very sensitive to medications and I always aim for perfection but this may not be possible.
I am trading some side effects for a big improvement with my negative symptoms
I think that it’s a good deal actually, that’s why I really am trying to hold on to the Abilify. It gives me more motivation and allows me to feel some pleasure again.
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I hated abilify when i was on it. I was still mildy paranoid and ocd and also had spending issues and sleep issues worst drug on earth if you ask me
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@jukebox I am so sorry to hear that… it’s so sad such things hapenned to you. Strange, that for some ablify is a life saver, while for others it can be even very damaging… hell…for me it’s a good drug, ofc it has very unpleasant side effects, but overall it helped very much to fight psychosis.
But right now I start to understand it could be affecting some other aspects in my life negatively… although I fear totally cutting ablify from my life.
Again, very sad it affected you so badly
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People have successfully sued abilify for stuff like that abilify makes non bipolar people manic
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but it’s literally fascinating in a bad way… how one pill can have such a negative effect… @fisherman1992
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I was always a bit hypomanic on it but then when I was 21 it stopped working and I was manic as hell but I didn’t end up in too much trouble because when I had a relapse I got help fast however I was unbelievably manic on prozac it made me legit high like to a intoxicated level manic
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A lot of people don’t believe me think it’s all in my head however that’s how I got diagnosed with the bipolar of my schizoaffective disorder
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And honestly I think about it and I don’t wanna trigger anybody but if it was around I’d take it it probably would take time but during a down day of it still made me feel the same I’d do it as far as I’m concerned it was a addiction to mania
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I’m already noticing that my libido is improving a bit more.
Maybe it is starting to lower my prolactin levels I don’t know
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Wave,stay safe.
Maybe decide by pros and cons what will you do.
At least,lower to 1mg and see.
For me it did tricky things too at low dose.
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Yeah now I’m manic @anon28667878
How can I go down to 1mg of Abilify, you mean cut the tablet in half?
They don’t make 1mg tablets of Abilify
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Cut in half,yes…
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Yeah I’ll consider this.
I’ll see how long the mania lasts.
I’m doing everything to hold on to Abilify but I may just have to give up soon.
It’s not helping my mood cycling it’s keeping me on the manic side of things
Yesterday I was a bit mixed
Thanks @silk
It made me manic and I am not diagnosed sza or bipolar but sz.
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Yep and there’s a ongoing class action lawsuit for abilify causing mania im people living with depression and schizophrenia
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Whatever you do don’t let the mania last too long and if you start feeling paranoid or anything call your doctor asap mania can make people make decisions they otherwise wouldn’t and abilify is notorious for it
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Well it’s more like hypomania with bouts of mania.
I’m acting stupid and silly from time to time.
I have an eye doctor appointment next week and don’t think I can go in an elevated hypomanic/manic state.
I may have to drop it by tomorrow
Everyday it’s a new set of symptoms but what’s been steady is the hypomanic state
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For me personally I get hypomania for awhile then after days or weeks I start losing control I know mania feels great but it’s a very bad thing I don’t wanna give medical advice as I’m not a doctor but be careful just because something feels good doesn’t mean it is
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Yeah I know that pure mania feels great but it can get ugly very fast.
I’m aware of this, I just don’t want to become delusional and paranoid if I get high enough
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