ABILIFY Reviews (ARIPIPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.7 (798 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ABILIFY with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ABILIFY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bilpolar | RESTLESS!! Doctor said technical term is "akastasia" pardon spelling. Wasnt even comfortable to drive. I have driven cross country etc. before this experience. Couldnt sit still, stand or ANYTHING for 5 mins. Thought I would crawl out of my skin. Was making me feel almost suicidal! TOOK TWO full weeks or more off my 15mg dose to feel "normal" again. | I was on this med for occasional manic episodes and rapid speech.....it made me feel completely whacked out. Have never felt so uncontrollably "odd" like that before. Was honestly a terrifying experience! | F | 30 | 4 weeks | 12/19/2007 | 1 | Bi Polar disorder | Even more depressed, irritated, can't concentrate, bladder problems, shaky legs and hands, swollen extremities, can't laugh (I love laughing- now seems like I have to retrain myself how to do it), painful joints/stiffness>(doesn't subside at all!), severely panicky, crying a lot, very sad, can't stop thinking about how horrible I feel mentally and physically. I'm even more paranoid/worried about what other's think about me than I was before taking Abilify. | Not for me. I'm glad to see that it works for some people. I was open minded and looking for help and whatever medicine works/worked, would be willing to try for sure..but not this one! | F | 46 | 2 days | 12/14/2007 | 1 | Clearness of thoughts, focusing | Severe restlessness at 15mg, some at 10mg. | It may have helped in some ways, but the increased restlessness is nuts. I can't stay still and can't relax. Also take Effexor twice a day. | M | 53 | 6 months | 11/5/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II | EXTREME mania, severe throat swelling starting within 24 hrs of first 2 mg dose, sweating, uncontrollable tremors, twitching, headache, tiredness, blurred vision, nausea, agitation, dizziness. I ended up in the hospital after 4 days on the drug. I was severely dehydrated. | I would NOT take this drug. Even if you are having few side effects now I would say it's extremely dangerous and not worth the risk. Especially do not give this drug to children! There are bound to be long term effects that are irreversible. I will have to see if my muscle aches, tremors and twitching will subside permanently. Not a good experience! | M | 25 | 4 days | 10/13/2007 | 1 | Depression | RESTLESSNESS RESTLESSNESS RESTLESSNESS, dizziness, tiredness, nausea, anxiety/panic, flu-like symptoms | My psychiatrist prescribed this medication for me to help the Prozac work more effectively, she said. I HATE this medication, and after three days of taking it I WILL NOT take anymore. I could cry- I've never felt in such a way in all my life. It was like the walls were closing in. EVERYTHING was too boring to hold my attention! All I could think of, and I mean ALL DAY, was how GOOD it would feel to just run around my neighborhood screaming at the top of my lungs. It was IMPOSSIBLE to get comfortable, and I felt panicky, as if I were going to suddenly run out of oxygen. It was horrible. I've never experienced such crippling side effects before from any medicine like this. | M | 18 | 3 days | 10/8/2007 | 1 | supposed bipolar disorder | Mental "fog," totally detached from everything, and severe--and continuing, even after 18 months off Abilify--movement problems akin to Restless Leg Syndrome. | Despite 30mg being the maximum dosage, my psychiatrist had me on 45mg, and did not listen when I told him about the side effects. So, after about a year on Abilify (as well as Seroquel and Lamictal) I took myself off the two neuroleptics. And yet I still have moment problems, increasing when tired or stressed, all this time later. | F | 26 | 1 years | 7/21/2007 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Tremors in arms hands. Two right fingers don't function normally. Restless legs. | The restless leg thing was bad. I felt like a hyper 5 year old. Tremors in arms and hands almost as bad as Katherine Hepburn. Two fingers on right hand don't function normally. Since I throw freight as a package handler, I'm useless at work. Also have the urinating issue, I wait until I HAVE TO GO, otherwise not much happens - unlike normal. Took 10 mg without Cymbalta, then with it again. I have stopped takeing Abilify on 6/30. It is now 7/5 and side effects haven't stopped. Tremor has actually worsened. | M | 36 | 5 days | 7/5/2007 | 1 | depression, irritabiity | extreme nausea, I took 1/2 of this pill and vomited all night, dry heaves, you name it. It was the most horrific experience, I will never,.. ever recommend this med, please beware! I was also prescribed a 30mg tablet a day, and in doing more research found out that is the highest dose! I think this nurse practitioner is a quack! | F | 49 | 1 days | 7/3/2007 | 1 | Cyclothymia | Intense pain with muscle stiffness. I might be diagnosed with Lupus now. I never had these problems before I took Abilify. | I still have to have more blood tests to determine what is going on with the muscle and joint pain that I am experiencing. I took 2.5 mgs. of Abilify for about a month and then felt like I was coming down with the flu. It turns out that it was a rare side effect from this medicine, so I stopped taking it. I am still in pain and it has been over 2 months since my last dose. I am convinced that whatever my blood work says that I have it came from taking this medicine. | F | 44 | 30 days | 4/23/2007 | 1 | bipolar disoder II, depression | I was vomiting the whole night after taking the first pill, the next day I was feeling sick that the only thing that I could do is just lying down in my bed; wasn't able to eat. I was feeling really sick, no drug made me fell that way | I took this medicine just for 1 day, and it was enough for me to decide that I wasn't taking it anymore. I was feeling really sick, just the same as when I was pregnant and having severe toxicosis , no drug made me fell that way. I'm going back to Depakote. | F | 21 | 1 days | 4/10/2007 | 1 | bi polar disorder | Started out on 5mg daily and over a period of 2 months was "upped" to 20mg. By the middle of the third month, I developed the most horrible feeling, like wanting to jump out of my own skin, could NOT get comfortable, caused restless leg syndrome to go totally bonkers, made me pace and feel horribly panicky ALL THE TIME! I had never in my life felt such an awful feeling! Raging insomnia accompanied the whole ordeal, as well as vision trouble, completely unable to write a sentence or write my own name, for that matter due to hand tremors (which I still have sometimes to this day), constant feeling that the "dying to get out of my own skin or run screaming like a madwoman" feeling would NEVER go away. It finally did, but golly did it ever take time. That's the only thing that will help with the akathisia (acathesia)...time. It took the same amount of time that I was on the drug, about 3 and a half months, for the feeling to finally start going away. | In all honesty, through bi polar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, severe panic disorder, visual and auditory psychosis at times, depression, etc., the ONLY time I ever truly even considered suicide was during the akathisia (acathesia) ordeal I went through, all due to the Abilify. You don't know what utter hell and torment is until you've gone through the nightmare of akathesia, which for me was completely due to taking Abilify! If it works for you, great, but be warned...try to stay on the smallest dosage that works for you...upping the dosage over a period of time can have this horrible effect on you too and I wouldn't wish the feeling Abilify caused me on my worst enemy! | F | 44 | 3.5 months | 3/29/2007 | 1 | anti pyschotic, not needed | this drug made me walk like a zombie, slur my speech, I couldn't use my hands and fingers - it was like I had a small stroke, I couldn't lay or sit down - relaxing was very unconfortable, very nervous, loss of concentration. | I din't need anti-psychotics and was prescribed and administered them illegally. I tried geodon, respirdal, and zyprexa too. The abilify was by far the worst! I was only taking 15mg., and I still had horrendous side effects! This is a terribly dangerous drug. I see no worth in any anti-psychotic or anti-depressant drugs, these drugs really mess with your mind and body. If you are having psychotic, bi-polar, depression, or whatever, and desire to take something. Only take small dosages of anything, 10mg. or less. These drugs can cause more harm than the disease! | 41 | 18 days | 3/12/2007 | 1 | bogus court ordered "delusional" | Chattering teeth, leg shaking | I am forced to take the medication | M | 42 | 6 months | 2/24/2007 | 1 | bi-polar | very tired, headache, pressure above eyes | taking 200 mg lamictal, took 1 mg abilify for one day, just that small amount had a negative effect. i'm exhausted. i was told things would go the other way, but i don't like this drug in description or feeling, so i'm not going to take it tomorrow. | F | 40 | 1 days | 2/22/2007 | 1 | schizoaffective and OCD | terrible shaking, teeth chatter, neck pain, inability to stay in my seat, kept falling asleep, waking up in middle of night, lip quivering, lights bothered my eyes really bad, loud sounds bothered me bad. | I wish it had worked. It really helped a lot with my illness. But the side effects were impossible to handle. I couldn't so much as eat dinner or read a book in any normal sense. I wanted to just crawl out of my skin. However, I must add that I take Paxil as well. However, Paxil has never caused me any problems. my friend (same condition) also takes paxil and abilify. both of us agreed that once we tried Abilify that mania was brought on. For the record, Paxil has never done that to either of us until we had Abilify. | M | 32 | 2 weeks | 2/4/2007 | 1 | Bipolar I disorder - manic episodes | Severe eye tremors, double vision, hypersomnia, anxiety attacks, muscle weakness, severe depression, cloudy thoughts, hypertension. | Side effects were very severe. I had to stop Abilify and increase my dosage of Lamictal. The side effects completely abated after three days except for eye tremors which lasted about a week, hypertension lasted about another two weeks and then just plummet to normal. Side effects first noticed at 10mg and then instantly severe at 15mg. | M | 24 | 8 weeks | 12/18/2006 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder II | Literally, I could not pee ! This drug was proscribed to "boost" the effects of other antidepressants, but did nothing at all aside from aggravate me. | Never would I take this medication again.....although, I have been told that I am like 1% of the 1% that have been recorded with this particular side effect. | M | 38 | 1 months | 11/13/2006 | 1 | Bipolar II (very mild) | Made me agitated while taking it. But worse was that anxiety became overwhelming when I got off of it. I stayed off for a month, but anxiety never got better. I really hate this drug. | M | 41 | 90 days | 8/29/2006 |