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 |
| 5 | Bipolar II | Sleepiness, which impoved with time. | This medication is very effective in controlling mania. My outbursts have stopped, which has saved my job. | M | 47 | 8 months | 7/8/2008 | 5 | Bipolar II | Acne, occasional fatigue and leg cramps in the first couple of weeks, has since gone away - still have occasional pimples. | Love this medicine. It's the only Bipolar med that has helped me along with Topamax. I have tried almost every med out there and everything had so many side effects or just made me loopy or made me pass out all day. This combo has kept me stable with little to no side effects. I'm so thankful for Abilify. | F | 29 | 1 years | 7/6/2008 | 5 | schizoaffective or biploar | none | This drug made many improvements in my day to day life. I was constantly suicidal, hearing voices, and overall extremly depressed, etc... prior to starting this medication. Now if I can find someone willing to hire a schizo, I'd be all set. | M | 36 | 2 years | 6/16/2008 | 5 | bipolar mania and psychosis | Emotionally disconnected taking 25 mgs. a day. | M | 31 | 2 years | 6/12/2008 | 5 | PTSD; depression; rapid cycling | Some blurred vision; muscle stiffness and fatigue | I am extremely medication resistant and after trying virtually ever psych drug on the market with no success, Abilify has been a life saver. It works for me on a low dose (4mg) and has improved and stabilized my moods and quality of sleep. A great drug if it works for you. Try lowering dosage or starting on a really low dose if side effects are too much. | M | 45 | 4 weeks | 4/16/2008 | 5 | Complex PTSD | thinking becomes dull, thick. Dizziness, a little tardive dyskinesia. | Used this drug for a year or so, then was able to ween off of it. Now it works well when I cannot slow my brain down in any other way. Sometimes I only need it for 3 days, sometimes for a month. I can always ween off of it again and have months that I am ok. Many times, it has kept me from having to go back to the hospital. I am grateful to have it. | M | 51 | 3 years | 3/16/2008 | 5 | BIPOLAR II - PTSD | mania, jaw clenching, consitpation, increased appetite for sweets, jittery, sleepy after taking, anxiety, | it has IMPROVED my mood 100%. Very LOW dose 2.5mg. Started at 10mg, then 5mg every other day, then 2.5 mgs. That works best. Perhaps these folks on higher doses need to lessen dose until it is manageable. I am on EFFEXOR+Abilify 2.5-was suicidal b4 for 2 years. Now in less than a week I was up, productive, working, getting things done I hadn't in months. Will monitor for weight gain--I already gained weight on Effexor! No need for more weight. | F | 46 | 14 days | 3/11/2008 | 5 | Schizophernia and Bipolar | Stiffness in muscles and joints and skipped heart beats, my doctor prescribed me 40 mg and the max is 30mg. | Learned that this medicine effects different people differently | F | 34 | 2.5 years | 3/7/2008 | 5 | bi polar disorder | some problem with bladder control (minor) | F | 52 | 1.5 years | 2/14/2008 | 5 | bi polar | sleepy | you doctor may not tell you this but if you are over weight or insulin resistant this medicine may cause you to become diabetic I am insulin resistant and for that reason I had to wean myself off of this the benefits were not worth having a future of diabetes | F | 28 | 9 months | 2/11/2008 | 5 | complex PTSD | Thinking is thick and slow | I take abilify when my brain starts to go out of control and won't stop. It is step 4 in a 5 step management process. (Step 5 is back to the hospital.) I've tried most other atypical anti-psychotics and for me abilify is the gentlest and sturdiest way to get my brain to stop. Usually stay on it for a month after an episode and then go off of it and am ok for a few months. | F | 51 | 3 years | 12/11/2007 | 5 | Schizoaffective- Bipolar Type | Was tired when I first started taking it but that subsided. Now after being on it for 4 years I'm starting to have Extra Pyramidal Symptoms in my Eyes (unusual eye movements). So I've had to lower my dose. | This drug saved my life. I was literally at rock bottom when I found abilify four years ago and it brought me out of the deepest darkness imaginable. It stopped my hallucinations, controlled my bipolar symptoms, and allowed me to get to the point of being able to go back to school. I'm terrified that I'll have to stop taking it because of the EPS. | F | 22 | 4 years | 11/27/2007 | 5 | pshycosis | restlessness,vomiting,nausea,weight loss! | very good helped me alot to bring me out of pshycosis | F | 28 | 1.5 years | 11/3/2007 | 5 | bipolar | none | this med saved my life | M | 39 | 13 days | 10/23/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | constipation, incresed energy, suppressed appetite. | i love it! on 5mg for past 2 weeks. I used to sleep 10 hrs a day before meds, and now I'm wide awake after 5 hrs. I have so much energy right now. I had taken Depakote, which was awful, I slept 12+ hrs a day, and still felt drowsy. Lost 5 lbs in past 2 weeks. | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 10/12/2007 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Fatigue, but it's fine since I take it at night and it helps me sleep. | EXCELLENT! So far, so good! I have more energy and motivation than I have ever had. I also have little to NO obsessive thoughts, practically NO racing thoughts, and my mood has been greatly improved. I can't say enought about how great this medication has been for me. I actually feel normal!! | F | 34 | 9 days | 10/3/2007 | 5 | bipolar w/ anxiety, hallucinations | some tummy upset when starting the meds but otherwise none so far. | Abilify was a miracle for my 8 yr old. After 4 years of searching for something that would help with his panic attacks, terror, anxiety, audio and visual hallucinations and frustration/aggression as well as his hyperactivity he was ultimately prescribed abilify 7.25 mg. This was a miracle drug for us and alone has solved all of his issues. I'm so happy my son feels as he says "calm and happy" and isn't afraid of simple things like rain and leaving the house. He has been on it for 2 months now and the change is so dramatic. I'm one of those who tried so hard not to put my son on medication but he is a different child now, happy and no longer unable to function. As another mother here said, it gave him his life back. | M | 8 | 2 months | 8/22/2007 | 5 | BPII, BPD | In the beginning I had some "wooziness," but that passed quickly. Overall, I've had no real side-effects. | It has helped tremendously with my moods and I am able to take it during the day, which is a great thing (I don't tolerate medications well, and most tend to make me very sleepy). | F | 26 | 3 months | 8/15/2007 | 5 | BIpoalr disorder | The main side effect is not being able to sleep for very long, but I also have more energy and get more things done. | I have taken almost every depression drug out there, and thought that I was just supposed to feel detached or apathetic. Abilify has been a miracle for me. I have a sense of humor again, lots of energy and the negative critical side of me is GONE. | M | 35 | 30 days | 8/12/2007 | 5 | schizophrenia | this drug is going to be similiar to the drug named BIFEPRUNOX(chemical name)coming out soon maybe end of 07 or 1st quarter of 08 it has a good side effect profile NO WEIGHT GAIN NO INCREASE IN PROLACTIN LEVELS NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON BLOOD LIPIDS NO ADVERSE AFFECTS ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS NO QTc PROLONGATION | i will be taking my ABILIFY at 15mg until this drug called BIFEPRUNOX becomes available I hope soon! | M | 29 | 13 years | 5/30/2007 |