Sorry if spelled wrong lol. This restlessness is driving me n u t s. I wouldn’t sleep at all if it weren’t for my benzo. Last night I went to bed at 2 am, woke up at 6 am, couldn’t fall back asleep until around 8:30, then woke up at 11 am and I feel jittery as heck. And I’m supposed to increase my dose of this stuff?? Ahh!!
I suffer from anxiety and restlessness on abilify.
The only things that help are benzos (which I’ve come off) and l-theanine. L-theanine isn’t cheap though.
http://m.iherb.com/Now-Foods-L-Theanine-100-mg-90-Veggie-Caps/853
I’d be either on benzos or off abilify at this point if it wasn’t for l-theanine.
I hate abilify, but it keeps me sane.
I feel like I’m on crack or something. Not that I’ve ever done crack but if I did I imagine this is what it would feel like. I will look for theanine when I pick up my meds today.
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If you are on a dose lower than 10mg, usually it can cause much instability for many, but not all. I think @Rhubot mentioned this in a previous post. 10mg and up seem to stabilize better. This was absolutely true in my case.
This happened to me on Zyprexa. I started on 5mg and all of my systems got way worse. Then I was bumped up to 10mg and it was like the Shawshank Redemption for my mind.
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Do you find your legs wanting to move when you sit down? A bit like an itch only walking around soothes. I get akathisia and this is what it is like for me. I treat it with meds.
I think it was @everhopeful not @Rhubot. Keeping the credits straight 
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Nope it was rhubot! I’m thanking them for telling me that low doses of Abilify usually cause problems. I already thanked ever for the vitamin ideas 
I couldn’t find the theanine though.
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I stand corrected! I missed @Gir’s post! LOL Sorry, don’t have anything better to do
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Order it online from iherb.com, that’s what I do. Or try a health /vitamin place. Like I said the only problem is its expensive. I take 800mg a day now in 2x400mg chunks. So a $14 bottle only lasts 10 days. Outch.
Yeah sounds like Akathisia.
Abilify is famous for causing agitation/akathisia
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Also to note, abilify and other drugs we take can be energizing in low doses. I was more uppity when I started Geodon, for example, then found myself drinking lots of coffee even some at night when I went up to 120mg from 40mg. I have true akathisia from the stuff. On Xanax and propranolol which both help.
Abilify gave me akasthesia and I was taken off it. It was awful though so I feel for you.
Worst akathisia I had was on first being put on chlorpromazine with nothing for the side effects . Also had a fair bout of it when first put on Consta. Procyclidine helped. Eventually stopped the procyclidine when I started doubling up on it as it had a calming effect. Still get bouts of restlessness from time to time that might be called low grade akathisia.