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| 1 | My grandmother was given this drug. At the age of 84 she was functioning quite well, working out, living at home, and cognitively normal. Within a month of taking this drug, she became exteremly ill. She could barely move off the sofa. She completely "lost her mind" and became extremely paranoid and agressive. She had no idea where she was and her memory was gone. She wouldn't eat and she could barely move. After coming off, the physical symptoms rapidly got better, but the mental symptoms have not improved very much. This drug COMPLETELY changed her. I think she should have NEVER been given that drug. Please, DO NOT TAKE. | F | 84 | 1 months 1X day | 3/13/2012 | 1 | Dad (82)was taking it for dementia | This drug killed him! He threw up all night and next day,was unable to swallow,his dementia got much worse, and over a month long period he lost 40 pounds! The stupid doctor said he was psychotic but we found out later dementia can have a paranoid component. Dad was never bipolar! He went downhill and quit eating, etc., and finally died--night and day difference for the worse after the pill. We found out later this drug should not be used for people with dementia. Parade magazine has been ads sayi\ng don't use in the elderly and esp. those with dementia! Don't take this if you're older or have dementia. | M | 82 | 1 days | 7/21/2008 | 1 | major pyscotic depression | Wasput on Kolonapin,Effexor XR and 5mg Abilify when I had a pyscotic break.dry mouth,wieght gain 35lb,low white blood count had blood transfusion,breathing issues,akthisia could not sit still,swallowing issues,could not turn head and increased anxiety. Dr. just keep upping the dose Abilify 10mg taken Efexor and put on Celexa. Dr. keep saying side effects were caused by my stroke swallowing and stiff muscels. At 15mg of Abilify anxiety was so high and I could not turnhead or swallow taken off now have tardive dykinsesia After trying Geodon one week and Pristiq for six weeks | I has a stroke in Aug.2002. I would cry for no reason and could not stop. This went on for a few months the family Dr. put me Effexor and seamed to help, but had to keep increasing was up to 360mg and stopped working after 3yrs. Tried Cymbolta but raised blood preasure 30 points Trazadone made me limp as a noodle and all I did was sleep. Tried Welburtrin worked of a year then stopped then one morning woke up and had mistaten belief and unusual suspiciouness. Started on Seraquil and started seeing thing and hearing voices.Could not sleep and started talking nonstop for three days. Became violent and was put in the hospital Now I have tardive dyskinesia, eye blinking and mouth moving and grunting only stops when I sleep. Stay away if elderly female 67% chance of TD if you fall in this catagory We did not know this. | F | 81 | 3 years 5mg-15mg 1X day | 3/17/2010 | 1 | bi polar and I didn't have bi polar | tried too comit suside.diabetus,depression.contapation.loss of bladder functions. did't cry or laugh in 2 years, just a horrible pill,no human being should take this pill, I am 78 years old. It could have killed me. Now I HAVE A BRAIN AND CAN CRY AND LAUGH.hOPE I CAN GET mY iNSURANCE COM TO gET rID OF THIS dR. | F | 78 | 1 years | 9/21/2013 | 1 | Pyschosis | The delusions and hallucinations increased and became more vivid. Very restless, aggressive and irritable. One night my mother climbed out a ground floor window to "rescue" me as she thought I was being attacked. It was a struggle to get the psychiatrist to take my mother off the Abilify as they wanted to give it another week to see if the delusions decreased. | F | 78 | 17 days 5mg 1X day | 9/19/2014 | 1 | hyper diagnosed schizophrenia | Lethargy, confusion, poor motor control, disorganized thinking, irregular heartbeat. | This is another drug prescribed without my knowledge for my Mother. I honestly thought she had progressive Dementia that began a year ago. What a horrible MD, what a horrible 'nursing home'. I received a call from an area hospital informing me Mom was there for a stroke assessment, luckily there was no occurrence. She was there since 3 am, no one told me anything, NO ONE, and I am legal POA. Abilify IS NOT APPROVED for any Dementia related issues, ESPECIALLY women who are 60+ years old, it increases risk of STROKE! My Mom also has A-FIB for God's sake! WHY IS THIS DRUG BEING USED IN OUR NURSING HOMES!? My God, at 78 years old why screw up someone's mind? I expressed this sentiment to the Director of Nursing at this 'facility', she said THE BENEFITS ARE WORTH THE RISK. Nurse Ratched indeed, one of many. Tragic. | F | 78 | 1 years 15 MG | 8/1/2018 | 1 | Anxiety | Tardive dyskinesia , loss of memory, confusion, night mares, tremors , suicidal thoughts. | It is poison. Avoid it at all costs | M | 73 | 17 days 10mg | 11/22/2019 | 1 | Depression | Worked well for 6 months, then terrible negative thoughts, anxiety, dread Would not recommend | Very scary | M | 73 | 18 months 5 mg | 4/11/2018 | 2 | Bipolar 1 | My 72 year old mother was diagnosed with Bipolar 1...taking Abilify she is losing her ability to walk and sleep..she is currently on 5 mg...I want to ween her off..I don't like how combative she has become... | F | 72 | 5 weeks | 9/30/2008 | 5 | Bipolar disorder | Heightened libido, and that's all. I'm on 5mg qd. | Abilify has a half life of 3 days and so tends to build up in the system, and so pdocs inadvertently rx it at too high a dose. At too high a dose, it causes agitation, extreme restlessness, anxiety, etc. This has led to a lot of people begging off of it w/o giving it a fair trail. This is the best bipolar med I've ever been on, and I've been at this now for 6 years. It's looking more and more like I'm cured. I take 5mg coupled w/ 3mg of Invega and 100mg of Desipramine. I am happy, productive and participate fully in life. | M | 70 | 3 months | 10/16/2008 | 1 | depression | insatiable hunger and weight gain; lack of energy and loss of interest in activities I used to enjoy | There must be a better med. somewhere than this without the undesirable side effects (the commercial doesn't refer to it but it should emphasize you become a zombie). My personal recommendation is get a DOG and get out of the house!! | M | 70 | 5 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 3/25/2011 | 5 | Major, refractory, depression | M | 67 | 5.0 mg 1X day | 6/23/2010 Patient History | 1 | Bipolar 1 | Worst anxiety i ever had, tachycardia, high blood sugar, I'm not diabetic.unable to sleep no matter what I took. Simply unable to function. | I couldn't believe it was this new med i was taking. Stopped it and in 3 days was better. Like a chemical ect. I don't recommend it. | F | 66 | 2 weeks | 11/27/2018 | 1 | Mood s | Tiredness extremely heavy legs incotinence of urine | Wouldn't give to my worst enemy | F | 66 | 4 weeks 30 | 4/16/2016 | 4 | Depression and Fibromyalgia | Agitated, restless, talkative. | Even with such a small dose I feel better. I have more energy and interest in life. My Fibro seems better too! | F | 65 | 2 weeks 2mg 1X day | 6/16/2015 | 3 | bipolar diagnosis after 25 yr lupus | extreme weight gain combination of depekote and ablilify and trazadone for sleep severe depression and then slight stroke eight years ago. Lupus flair ups causes pain and not able to sleep i do not think i should have to take ablify medication for all these years, but want to decrease to 15 mg instead of 30 mg. i went off the drug 18 months ago and ended up anxiety and panic striken and had to go to a week of health care around the clock to get back on medecine and then they added depekote because i was dizzy. during that stay at the help center i evened out but they added a sleeping pill. I have no desire to do anything and if i let my mind get busy i start a lot of projects that make other family member crazy so it is best for me to take several naps a day and stay calm. I eat compulsivley with out stopping to think about chewing and walk to the kithen to get a bite of food and would go back often if someone did not remind me not too.I do things in a hurry and shower half heart | has any one taken abilify as long as i have? over 2 years maybe three. and has any one mixed depekote that i have never had a seizure but they think this will control my bipolar actions. I think after my stroke and losing smell for 8 years.I visited a chiropractor last year and got my smell back, made my life a little better. But i also take plaqenell, generic when my lupus flairs up and i have not had to take it the last three months. but someone said that they take celebrex for their lupus and i have always taken plaqeunell for the last 20 years when i have a flair up and i usually take it for three months untill symptoms subside. but i think when i went off the ablify on my own because of weight gain and being tired all the time is when it was really a bad week. I was not rational at all and very anxious. enough that i wanted to go to institution and not ever come back home. Said i would never go off the med again unless under a doctor that understood lupus and i was under 24 | F | 65 | 3 days | 11/8/2006 | 1 | Major Depression, PTSD | Weight gain, insomnia, tremors, muscle spasms in legs (tardive dyskinesia/benign muscular fibrillation?) | I originally commented on 12/21/09 (see below) and, at that time, had only recognized insomnia as a negative side effect. But after 3 months I realized that the fact that I had gained 15 pounds and was ravenously hungry all day was probably another side effect. Then I began noticing severe tremors in my right hand and muscle spasms in my legs (which still continue, although lessening, 6 months after discontinuing use). So I stopped taking it, because I have a great fear of type II diabetes. I did not realize until later that the muscle problems were also probably related to my use of Abilify. I would recommend that anyone taking Abilify pay very, very close attention to side effects from the first day. I admit that it lessens depression, but for me, the cost in negative side effects was much too high. | M | 65 | 3 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 5 | Major Depression, PTSD | Insomnia, but only compared to previous behavior of sleeping 10-12 hours per day. | It really works! | M | 64 | 1 months | 12/21/2009 | 1 | to help with antidepressant | abilify made me absolutlely go numb. i lost my metabolism. i could not get off the bed. i could not function. at all. still cant, been off for 1 yr. | i would never prescribe abilify to anyone ever. it should not be on market. | F | 64 | 4 days 2mg 1X day | 12/7/2015 | 4 | head banging | slight weight gain (now taking 1 mg per day with 25 mg Zoloft) When on 10 mg (in error)had severe muscle stiffness and zombie effect. | This has helped enormously-feel less anxiety, more cheerful and outgoing, can speak more slowly and clearly-and head banging only once mildly in 9 months (full moon). I have developmental disabilities and, probably, autism. | F | 63 | 9 months | 1/18/2009 |
ABILIFY (ARIPIPRAZOLE): Aripiprazole is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome, and irritability associated with autistic disorder). It may also be used in combination with other medication to treat depression. Aripiprazole is known as an antipsychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters). This medication can decrease hallucinations and improve your concentration. It helps you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less nervous, and take a more active part in everyday life. Aripiprazole can treat severe mood swings and decrease how often mood swings occur. FDA Approval Date: 2002-11-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)