My dr put me on a small dose of abilify and after 3 weeks my bf told me I was manic and they said if that happens to discontinue it. So I did. I saw them a few days ago and they said it probably wasn’t the abilify at that dose so now they’re putting me back on it at a higher dose . They said I was stable but anxious. I wasn’t even anxious at that time, just exhausted and social interactions have been way too hard for me lately. I am withdrawing socially because of it. It’s just so taxing, and I had a friend get upset about me canceling plans so that made me feel more withdrawn.
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@everhopeful has a prepared speech about how abilify only works as an antipsychotic at higher doses that might help reassure you
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I was on ability 10mg for a long time, now I am testing out ability maintena, read that it supposedly has more weight loss than the oral route…it’s an activating medicine so it made me a bit manic and nervous
Be careful with Abilify. It’s good for a lot of people I understand but NOT Everyone. I turned into an erotomania type; Gambled a lot of money away; and I swear it was the cause of a 6 month acute insomnia when I came off of it.
Lol. It’s even in my tagline.
What dose are you on now @Moon ?
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Yes, also what was the small initial dose did they put you on @Moon?
I just got placed on 2mg of Abilify along with my Risperdal and other meds.
Although I’m not manic I’m more stimulated and energized…a tiny bit of anxiety so far but so far I’m coping.
I’m going to try real hard to stay on this drug.
It’s a lot safer than Risperdal
I’m on 200 mg seroquel xr and 2 mg abilify, tonight they want me to go to 5 mg abilify
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Are you going to remain on both APs?
Or are they going to switch you over to Abilify exclusively?
@Moon
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5mg just acts as an antidepressant not an antipsychotic. It may have mood stabilizer properties at that dose though.
Best of luck with it.
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I have had panic attacks before and took Abilify and it calmed me down. I dont think it causes mania, at first when I adjusted to it I thought it was causing mood swings but Im not sure if it was that or if it was because I kept stopping and starting it. I think the real problem is that I was having an existential dilemma with the label schizophrenia…if it was called something else I may have just kept taking the pills and not messed it up.
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They want to switch me over since it has less side effects and I tolerated it before.
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I don’t know @everhopeful
According to Bard, even 2mg has some antipsychotic properties but 10mg to 15mg of Abilify is where the antipsychotic properties start off at full power
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Shots fired! Shots fired!
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