Hello!
I am 21 , female. I’ve been taking medication since I was 15. At first I was taking Abilify 15 mg. I was constantly feeling nervous. I was having anxiety thoughts and I couldn’t stop getting worried about everything that hasn’t happened yet. I was taking Abilify(aripiprazole) for about 2-3 years …
After that I was prescribed Explemed Rapid (that is also aripiprazole). This pill was better. My anxiety fears disappeared and I started feeling somewhat better although I still had some fears. I decided to stop taking Explemed Rapid about 1 week ago. I’m not sure if this is enough time but I am not feeling as dreamy and delusional as I used to be feeling before. To be honest I’m surprised that I’m feeling so well. Do you think that it may go worse again after several days???
I think I will just wait and check this out…
Abilify was the med with the worst withdrawal for me. It took about 2 weeks for it to kick in. For some reason I got shooting pains in my body, really bad anxiety and then went into a severe depressive episode that got me in the hospital. I was only on it for barely a year and on 10 mg. If you want to go off this med you need to do it gradually and with a doctor.
Took 3 weeks before I started to really feel the effects of no meds…go back on them…theres no reason to quit…I lack the money to pay for what my insurance is no longer covering…its like fire…a certain distance away it feels good nice and cozy…but everyday your off you are taking at least one step closer…go back on meds before your standing in the fire…
When I gave up abilify I felt great. It’s been 2 years and 4 months and I still feel great. I hated being on abilify, but soon as I stopped I felt on top of the world and still do. Everyone is different. I would love to try abilify again just for the withdrawal effect. But I hated being on it. When I gave up I felt so balanced and relaxed. Stopping it was better than being on it, it’s very strange how it works for me. I’m not saying to stop your meds, I’m truly just being honest. Only downside to it is it stopped my sex drive… and still has, but the euphoria is great and theaputic feeling are almost life saving. I have some sex drive left, just not that much. I’m not being rude when I talk about my sex life but I hope it helps someone out there.
my dad is schizoaffective and he has only been on his meds again for a month and he thinks just because he has no more symptoms that means he is cured so he wants to get off the meds. my brother is bipolar and he quit meds too but he is because he can’t handle the side effects.
I used to get a nice euphoria for a short while when I got off the med’s, but then that usually turned around and bit me on the ass. Be careful. The med’s will hurt you if you’re careless with them.