Serious mood swings on Abilify 300mg?

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I’ve been experiencing mood swings for a while now, but I think that my condition recently worsened since I’ve lowered my dose of Abilify from 400 to 300mg

For the most part, I feel really depressed and really tired with sucidial thoughts sometimes, but sometimes I feel really euphoric, creative and really confident in myself, and mood swings can happen really fast.
For exemple, I was thinking about killing myself yesterday, then my mood suddenly brighten up in less than 5 minutes and I had on repeat a catchy song and then started to dance to it for 1h.

I can’t bear it anymore. Also Abilify is the only medication that I’m taking as for now because I’ve been diagnosed schizophrenic but my new pdoc think I was misdiagnosed, but hopefully, I’m seeing her tomorrow

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only side effect I get on Abilify is I sleep a lot, keeps my moods stable

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I’m on Abilify 300mg and have to take a mood stabilizer,

I think that’s pretty common.

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Sounds like mixed states - I get them all the time.
Discuss your medication options with your pdoc.
Maybe your doctor can increase your Abilify dose.

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Thanks for all of these quick replies. I swear, my life is like a nightmare since I’m experiencing those serious mood swings. I can’t go to college anymore, especially due to those depressed phases that make me unable to do things, that I want to do, but I can’t.
I’ll see with her if she can increase the dose again, and she will probably prescribe me a mood stabilized with that.

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300mg? Did you mean 30mg? 300 seems…excessive?

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injection I imagine

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Ah. That makes more sense.

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That’s it. I have an injectable monthly dose of Abilify. I should have mentioned it.

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Abilify 300 mg? Is it a once in a month injection ? I know Abilify 30 mg is maximum dose. Never heard of abilify dosage more than that.

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Mood stabilizer? Sz aff spectrum? Seems unusual.

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I get the 400 mg Abilify injection, never had the 300 mg. I don’t get mood swings, but then I take a mood stabilizer (Lamictal); I have schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type.

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Talk with your doctor about your concerns. I’m sorry you’re having to go through these things mood swings are the worst. Did you struggle with these issues before the abilify??

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So, saw my pdoc yesterday, and she gave me a mood stabilizer that I started in the same time. Overall, as for now, I feel a little bit more focused, less tired and more engaged to do things. But I feel “dull and dumb”.
She told me that my mood swings were probably related to the fact that I lowered my Abilify dosage because Abilify is also used as a mood stabilizer.

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I also had intense highs on abilify I had to stop it. It made me so manic I had white flashing lines in my eyes. Was hectic.

What mood stabaliser u taking?

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She gave me Dépamide, a less powerful version of the Depakote.

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