I’ve been posting a lot on the personal effects of Abilify.
Instead of spamming the forum with a million Abilify posts, I thought I’d make a thread on all matters related to this popular antipsychotic, Abilify.
People’s experiences with this drug, negative and positive and various info and tidbits all welcome.
I know I’ve said it in all your threads however abilify was a miracle for awhile it really was no need for antidepressants no anxiety meds nothing but then I got older and it lost it’s magic
It’s been about 15 days on 2mg and this drug is still activating.
I’ve been doing a lot more for myself and in the house without feeling manic anymore.
But yeah it sometimes feels as if I’ve consumed 10 cups of strong coffe!
My experience with it is this:
When I first got on it I had some insomnia. That’s about it. It kept me stable for many years.
The only other symptoms that I may have attributed to it is anhedonia and avolition. I cant say for sure it was all med related though, as you know some negs can be attributable to sz itself…
I think most APs can contribute to secondary negs so I dont place particular blame with this drug in particular.
So anyway, I guess my conclusion is that the only real side effect specific to the AP that I noticed was initial insomnia that passed eventually. It worked well for me for years as far as psychosis goes.
Edit: It is only when I started messing with below minimum doses that it failed me.
Yeah I’m having some insomnia averaging around 5 hours a night
But it’s better now than it was before when I got 3 hours of sleep.
Maybe I have to adjust to it
i think abilify has worked better on my paranoia than haldol…i am also sleeping less, 7hrs vs 12hrs. i still have paranoia because im taking it alone and its a low dose, but less than when i was taking haldol alone, and when i mixed abilify with haldol it was great.
Which dose were you on @AwesomeFisherman?
Which dose are you on now @irrelevant?
only 5mg, which i know isnt high enough, it takes the edge off tho and works as well as haldol 6mg did. combined they felt like abilify 10mg. and i felt pretty good. im weaning off tho cause i dont wanna go to a doctor again. but i may end up caving to the torture and going to one anyway.
15mg no other meds absolutely a miracle for about 3 years then it sorta caused me to have facial tics and I quit cold turkey ended up in the hospital and it took a long time for me to get put on haldol which was another miracle for me
I may ask my doctor if I could up the dose from 2mg to 5mg
5 gives me no side effects…u might wanna try it. i actually feel a little less like a zombie than when i was just on haldol.
I’m glad it’s working for you @irrelevant
Did you start off with 2mg?
sorta i guess. i had 5 mg pills and i cut em in half for a few days then started taking the whole 5.
Made my muscles stiff.
Did you stop taking it @Natron?
Yes, was in it for 2 days
Oh I’m sorry 15555555
its been good for me! started taking it a few years ago and havent looked back
That’s great @POET
May I ask what dose are you on?