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 |
| 2 | Bi-Polar - with Lithium | daytime tiredness, very loose bowel, weight gain and visual disturbances | M | 45 | 6 months 5mg | 1/28/2013 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | Mixed experience. Good mood stabilization- too good. Zombie syndrome. Lost interest in my former activities. Very narrow range of emotions. Lower doses not effective. HUGE WEIGHT GAIN. WARNING!!!!! More than 60 pounds in two years!!! I can't get it off now. I'm really angry because I've always been petite, now I'm larger wide than tall. I actually have to worry about developing diabetes now. | F | 48 | 2 years | 1/25/2013 | 1 | Bipolar 1, GAD, Panic disorder | This med i took quite a while ago, but one side effect stood out: TREMOR! Related to that I had difficulty writing and difficulties with fine motor activities. | Did not help my Bipolar 1 condition. | M | 54 | 1X day | 12/17/2012 | 1 | augmention for depression | Nausea, constipation, gas, extreme gastric pain and stomach cramps. I wished I would die instead of having to deal with the side effects. The side effects continued for days after stopping the drug. | If marijuana had all these side effects, it wouldn't be illegal because no one would want to take it - poison. | M | 60 | 19 days 2 mg 1X day | 12/9/2012 | 5 | Depression | Insomnia, obsessive working, dislike of alcohol. | I've tried every class of med (TCA, SSRI, novel, MAOI) and many of the better-known combos and Abilify is the only med to have thoroughly lifted my depression. It also seems to have significantly helped my IBS. | M | 37 | 60 days 2mg 1X day | 11/29/2012 | 2 | Bipolar and schizophrenia | Constantly throwing up, see cats and dogs everywhere, very delusional, anxiety through the roof, hard to fall asleep and to stay asleep (3-4 hours/night), and violently acting towards others. | F | 15 | 1 weeks .5 MG | 11/28/2012 | 1 | depression, anxiety | Anxiety was worse, very antsy and could not sit still. Stiff muscles, Vision was blurry, loss of appetite completely, would sleep till 4 am and then wake up. After i stopped taking medication for about 3 days developed uncontrollable rapid eye movements which was scary and had to take lorazepam to counteract symptoms. Eventually it went away as the drug worked its way out of my system. This is a very scary drug! Please be careful! | F | 37 | 1 months 2.5 | 11/25/2012 | 1 | Bipolar | Within 30 minutes of taking this I saw flashing lights progressed to very bad smells, agitation, heart not beating right. Only 5 hours layer had to lay down from extreme pain in legs, headache, ears popping, twitches in face. Could not sleep, got severe headache and felt like I had pneumonia with 4 bouts of hiccups, swollen eyes , could not use c-pap from nose running and drooling. 23 hours later I'm starting to feel better, still have slight headache was able to sleep a couple hours after 17 hours. I know this has helped other people, but I feel like I was severely poisioned , I don't want to even look at that pill again, I seriously thought about going to er but rode it out. I have taken thousands of pharmasuticals in my lifetime and have never had that reaction from taking just one pill, please be cautious and KNOW it affects people differently . I have other health conditions which may have contributed to my negative experience ie.. Ms, INS, Barrett's esophagus, sleep apnea, DDD and others...I' will never try this med again! | F | 47 | 1 days 5 mg | 11/17/2012 | 5 | Depression | F | 54 | 4 years 5mg | 11/2/2012 | 4 | Auditory Hallucinations | None | F | 22 | 1 years 2mg 1X day | 10/31/2012 | 1 | for 'schizophrenia' | weakness in the legs, Inability of keeping me upright due to lack of strenght in legs. extreme malaise and stomach pain. Difficulty in swallowing,as if the stomach weren't able to receive food. Want to vomiting but without passing to act. Loss of appetite. Headaches. all of this in the first three to four hours after ingestion of the tablet. As the day passes away I'm feeling better and better until I find myself a little better again. during the first hours after ingestion of the tablet i have to stand lying in the bed until I feel better, due to the fact that if i stand upright i feel a general malaise, headaches and a extreme malaise mainly in stomach, during this time, i can't eat anything. i have also loss of appetite for the rest of the day. | Poison. | M | 23 | 15 mg 1X day | 10/14/2012 | 4 | Bi Polar II, Depression, Paranoia | I needed to update my review for Abilify. I decided to try it again since I had great luck with it my first week of taking it last time. I did some research and talked to my doctor about taking it in really small doses since I'm really sensitive to medication and he was fine with it. So I got a pill cutter and carefully divided it into 8ths. By taking only an 8th at night, I had a great reduction in my depression. My only side effect has been a little bit of inner tension and some grogginess which only lasted the first week. My belief is that a big portion of the negative reviews on Abilify were those from people who had taken too much to begin with and couldn't take the side effects. I highly recommend talking to your doctor about taking it in small doses. Another positive is, for the first time in years I can drink caffeine with out getting anxiety. I've also noticed that I want to get out more and be social. One more thing to add, by taking it in this small of dose I'm not getting any intense food or carb cravings, in fact I think I am hungry less than before I started taking it. I'll see if that reflects on the scale. | M | 36 | .25mg 1X day | 10/13/2012 Patient History | 2 | bipolar disorder | I started taking abilify and my.mood had improved but was experiencing extreme hunger and indigestion. I just could not stop eating so my doctor started trileptal and it works great. Abilify is a good drug but i dont want to gain weight | F | 23 | 2 weeks 10 mg | 10/12/2012 | 2 | Mild Bi polar disorder | Weight gain caused by fatigue and being too tired to work out .i decided to quit cold turkey since everyday I'm on it I gainEd weight | M | 45 | 1 years 15 | 9/2/2012 | 4 | Severe depression, OCD | Initially, headache, anxiety with a "wired" feeling and constipation. All have subsided. | I was on Zoloft 100mg/day, but depression worsening and OCD symptoms totally out of control. This medication saved my life. I only wish I'd gone on it sooner, as my Doc wanted me to. I was just afraid of being on an antipsychotic med, but he told me the psychosis dosage of Abilify is 30 to 60mg/day or more. That made me feel a bit better about it... | F | 57 | 6 months 3.75mg 1X day | 8/20/2012 | 5 | Lack of energy | None | Worked very well with singular and ativan. | M | 55 | 5 days 2mg 1X day | 8/19/2012 | 3 | Depression /Anxiety | I can't take more then 2 mg because it makes my anxiety so much worse. I wish I could because at 5mg I don't feel depressed but have terrible joint pain, and anxiety. | F | 50 | 1 years 2 mg 1X day | 7/29/2012 | 1 | anxiety, iritability, anger | the most horrible agitation i felt in my life like a chemical brain torture,increased urination,increased heart rhytm,increased blood pressure, dizzy when standing up,disturbed sleep(and i had no problem sleeping in my life),under eye bags,blurred vision(cannot see clear more then 30 yards), light sensitivity( i had to wear sun glases always in mid winter. | altough the shrink gave abilify to me to calm my anxiety it made it 100 times worse and i developed phobias that i now laugh off. i have depression,gad,ocd for 7 years but that was the most horrible feeling i have ever experience. not to mention i was thinking to kill myself every minute. abilify can be a silver bullet work for some destroys others. your choice... | M | 25 | 30 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/22/2012 | 2 | Depression | Weight Gain | I have put on 20-lbs. as a result of adding Abilify to my Lexapro. I'm certain both drugs have the ability to cause weight gain. This is the only Negative with this medication. | M | 56 | 2 months 5 MG 1X day | 7/16/2012 | 2 | Anxiety with Aspergers Syndrome | Insomnia | Made Anxiety with OCD Worse, No Benefits whatsoever. | M | 23 | 14 days 5 mg 1X day | 7/15/2012 |