I’ve been 15 years on the same medication.
It causes increased appetite and weight gain
It’s about my 5th antipsychotic but after 15 years of severe on and off illness I found the right one
I’ve been told that they would like to get me down to a maintenance dose. 50mg is maintainable and I take 75
3 years ago they added low dose abilify
If I swapped over to abilify altogether (gradually with supervision) is that a weight neutral drug for you!?
When I was on Abilify I didn’t really gain weight. Well I gained a bit but it felt like my natural weight. I ate and ate and still didn’t get too fat. But I did walk a lot and was very active. The only down side for certain people is sexual dysfunction and boredom. Also Abilify can cause addictive personality in certain people. That’s why I quit it.