Got Abilify for first time

What to expect?I switched from Zyprexa…

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I’m on Abilify since 2015. Abilify is for me the best medication.

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im on abilif its good but can cause gambling problems

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I take abilify, and it is the best medicine for me. Everybody is different, so you might get side effects.

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I tried all meds so far,except Geodon,So I dont know yet how it will work for me.
If it offers little energy and lost of weight,it would be perfect…

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@everhopeful ,are you on Abilify?

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I got really bad hypersexuality on abilify. But other than that it worked well for me the first time I took it. But as soon as I went off it for a little less than a month it never worked again. Even 12 years later I tried it and it still doesn’t work and gives me terrible side effects now.

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Sorry, @LED ,thats my last resort.
I think Id give it a try

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Oh definitely try it! I was just saying don’t go off it if it’s working because it may not work anymore if you do.

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I switched from Zyprexa to Abilify last summer. It works fine, after my pdoc adjusted the dose to 15mg. He started me on 5mg, and I was having symptoms on that low of a dose.

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I actually got a pretty good increase in physical strength when they put me on Abilify, but it made me a little too jittery. They eventually had to take me off it.

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I’ve got ten in morning,and think it will do.I was very horrible at pd’s,and when I got home,took first dose.
Then after I realized that of zombie feeling this morning,I forgoten to take other meds…

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Im so overweight that no way Im gonna give up.
Yes,its bit like a speed.

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The not working part happened for me too. I more or less only took it 3 days a week, and when I went back on it didn’t work even at max dose

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Yes I’m on abilify. It raised my blood sugar levels and I have to take Metformin for that.

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Tried it years ago. Gave me insomnia.

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Yes,I’ll have to wait until night.
But,far better then sleeping 20 hours…

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20 hours is too much.

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Few hours ago I went desperate to pdoc office,and told her that Im sleeping all day,and Ive lost my routine,even forget to take other meds in morning.
I said only med I never tried is Abilify,so she gave me ten mg.
Two hours after Im cleaning the flat.Amazing.

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I switched from Zypexa to Abilify about 7 years ago.

Abilify didn’t work and I became psychotic, had to go back on zyprexa

Didn’t have any side effects though, but I wasn’t on it very long.

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