Good stories please, and what dosage helped with the voicesā¦?
I actually got an increase in physical strength when they put me on Abilify. I donāt know what dose I was on. It didnāt have a sedating effect on me. Of course that can vary from person to person. They had to take me off it because it got me a little too amped up.
Thanks Crimbly.
I have 25 mg. Voices are not gone. I become calm on Abilify. I got access to my brain more compared to Flupentixol I hade before.
I never heard voices. Abilify keeps me sane, Iām on the lowest therapeutic dose of 10mg. I do suffer from the anxiety side effect greatly. I used to take benzos to counteract this, now I take l-theanine instead (2 x 300mg doses in the day).
Itās supposed to be one of the safest APs metabolic wise, but your milage may vary.
Howās the l-theanine working for you?
I like Abilify much better than any of my previous apās. I have more energy and my mind seems clearer. Iām currently on 30 mg a day. I gained a LOT of weight on Clopixol and Olexar but my weight has remained constant ever since Iām on Abilify. I really want to loose weight and hopefully I can do it while Iām on Abilify.
Still working, Iām slightly concerned Iām becoming tolerant to it. Actually, Iāll update my benzo thread rather than derailing this one.
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I had to stop taking it. It increased positive sympthoms and gave me depression.
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What dose were you on?
It doesnt help me much at all. My voices are still loud and pretty constant. As far as hallucinations, it helps a little bit but I still feel like Iām dreaming sometimes when Iām fully awake. Im only at 5 mg though because Im only 16 and my doctor is afraid of weight loss/gain.
10mg is the minimum therapeutic dose for schizophrenia. I pig headedly tried doses of 5mg and 7.5mg and they just didnāt do the trick for me. So I guess ātheyā know what theyāre talking about when they say 10mg is minimum for schizophrenia.
Not me. Would include details but you said āpositive stories onlyā.
Abilify has been the best sz med Iāve been on, and also the worst. The oral version was the worst, while the shot has been the best so far. On the oral Abilify, I believe I was on like 20 mg but Iām not sure anymore, it was a long time ago, I paced all waking hours, the worst akathisia Iāve ever had, sitting still for even 2 seconds was unbearable(car rides were great cuz it was like a need to move instead of a need to walk, stoplights sucked though), so I just paced, all day every day for some weeks until the doctor took me off it. So over 4 years later when I had to switch meds for the 5th time she told me I was going to be on Abilify again, but said the shot could be totally different. And it was, no noticeable akathisia. The first time around I also had some sexual dysfunction and pretty bad muscle spasms, on the shot I donāt have those either. Iām on 2 other meds also, because 400mg is the maximum dose. And also when I started the pills I had terrible anxiety, too many panic attacks a day to count, which subsided in a week but it was just really bad and I was too psychotic to ask for benzos or something. When I got on the shot I had no anxiety even in the beginning. When they start you on the shot they give you pills at first, but they gave me a lower dose than the 20 mg which caused all the problems.
It stops my psychosis(abilify 5mg),I am much saner with it
I love Abilify I Am on the lowest dose which is 5 mg and have been for the past 13 years and counting and never had to change meds I did because of side effects several times but lived to regret it. Abilify keeps me sane and also calm and peaceful and collective. I take it along with Lexapro10mg those are the only two meds I take so I consider me Lucky.
not necessarily true I am on the lowest dose of 5 mg of Abilify and I am functioning just fine and I have Schizophrenia plus Bipolar and GAD been on that dose for years and Only once was I ever in a mental Hospital or had a mental breakdown against my wishes though and I wasnāt on Abilify then.
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