Hello there! I am a 19-year-old female. I’ve been on abilify for a long time/about 2 years/. I was prescribed to drink one pill every evening. However I don’t feel fine. So here it is what’s bothering me: every time I drink this pill I have these negative thoughts , I am not quite sure if they should be called intrusive. They make me really anxious and I am feeling quite worried about experiencing events which are not so possible to happen. I’ve told my psychiatrist thousands of times about these thoughts but she never succeeded to help me in a proper way and she also keeps on insisting that I should keep on drinking abilify.
There is something else which is also really disturbing and this is the fact that I don’t have a regular period. I am not sure if abilify acts on the size of my breasts too but I feel as if they should be bigger.
I sometimes stop drinking abilify for about 2 days. This is the part where the dreamy part comes. If i have to say my honest opinion I must admit the fact that when I don’t drink the pill I am let’s say dreamy and
when I take it I am more concentrated but I am always in condition of being worried.
I was just wondering if it is possible for me to find a better pill or I will always be having nasty mental problems. I am also interested to know what would you do if you were me . Any ideas are accepted.
By the way I went to a second psychiatrist who decided to prescribe me neolexan but I still haven’t decided if I will start drinking it because I saw no difference.
Im getting 5mg abilify at 12 in the “morning” is that a good idea? should i get it at night instead? I cant really descripe any symptoms as of yet though
5mg is supposed to be more activating, i.e. gives you an energy boost, but when I was on 5mg, it was only like that for a while for me. I was also taking it at 12 in the morning, and didn’t have any problems with it.
It was only when I switched to 7.5mg I noticed crappy effects after taking it, which is why I take it at night now and sleep through those effects.
Maybe trial and error can find you an anti-psychotic that is easier for you to tolerate. AP’s are notoriously hard to endure. You have a right to be as comfortable as you can be on these drugs. Talk to your doctor about your concerns.
I thought this about Olanzapine. My doctor told me straight that it was the illness not the meds causing the intrusive thoughts etc.
I am on 30mg of Abilify at the moment as well now to deal with these other issues, but too early to know what side effects I guess as it’s only been two months since I started taking it. Perhaps you might need a combination, as it doesn’t sound like Abilify is cutting it for you. Don’t take my word, I don’t know, but maybe something to discuss with your doctor?
Also if your not happy with your current meds, maybe you could find another doctor who is willing to try other things?