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 |
| 3 | major depression | Very drowsy all day, anxiety | F | 21 | 3 weeks 20mg | 11/29/2011 | 5 | major depression | major weight gain, has slowed me down a bit, but I'm not bothered by it - I still move too fast anyway | best drug I've ever been prescribed - lifted my depression when used as an add-on and stopped the racing thoughts that I always had and thought were normal | F | 39 | 2 years 7.5 mg 1X day | 11/16/2011 | 1 | bipolar 2 | feeling of "drunk driving", blurred vision.. insomnia, but then extremely tired all day.. restless.. complete loss of concentration. eye twitching. my mood improved.. but side effects were too bad. | I finally stopped when I was too scared to drive and had a few total breakdowns at work and literally couldn't work or do my school work.. i lost ALL concentration and then went to see another pdoc for ADD/ADHD.. i stopped taking abilify but the eye twitching never stopped.. in fact, ive had random muscle spasms/contractions that have spread all over my body and become more constant as time goes on.. i have been off abilify for almost 2 months.... i feel my nerves sparking under the tip of my nose like theyve gone haywire.. the muscles in my legs, knees, feet, neck, EVERYWHERE... spasm ALL day long.. making it horribly hard for me to sleep now and some days more than others make it hard to focus.. going back to my doctor again later this month to see if theres possibly ANYTHING that can be done to help.. | F | 25 | 1 months 1X day | 11/14/2011 | 3 | possible borderline personality? | slurred speech, unsteady, acting like drunk | I took it in the morning but it made me tired. I'm only on 1/2 a pill because I'm so sensitive to these type of meds. Then I tried it before bed but thought it kept me up. I go go go all day doing things until I'm wiped out and in pain. I forget to take it at night so took it this morning and felt like I was drunk being obnoxious and crying easily. | F | 62 | 11 days 1 mg 1X day | 11/11/2011 | 1 | deppression | shaking twitching over emotional | F | 23 | 60 days 30 1X day | 11/3/2011 | 5 | schizophrenia | restlessness, insomnia | switched from clozaril to abilify because i had gained a significant amount of weight on the clozaril and was literally obese, drooling, and stupid. when i switched 9 months ago for a little over a week got less than 2hrs of sleep a night. went through many sleep medications (regular ambien 10mg, trazadone, lorazepam 2mg) all of which helped somewhat, adding an hour or two until I was prescribed ambien cr 12.5mg. getting 6 to 7 hours of sleep, lost over 50 lbs and feel much more like myself. This drug worked wonders for me after the side effects were treated. | M | 29 | 9 months 20 1X day | 11/1/2011 | 4 | depression | The biggest side effects I have had are weight gain, and insomnia, and sleepiness. | This drug has given me my life back. It took getting to 5mg for the depression tolift and stay lifted. I started at 2 mg ,and the depression lifted in three days, but didn't stay lifted, so we slowly kept increasing . I am so glad my doctor suggested this med. There are side effects, but I will tolerate them because the depression was horrible. The other side effect I have is gettign up early , around 7 am ,which I like . Give it a try, and start the dose low if your sensitive to medication. | F | 49 | 4 months 5 1X day | 10/27/2011 | 1 | bipolar | rapid heart rate. tremors in my hands similar to that of alcohol withdraw. fatigue. feeling washed out emotionally and disconnected from life. highly increased sexual desire. nausea, often awakening to feelings like morning sickness. decreased reflexes/reaction time. increased anxiety. increased paranoia. | This is an awful, awful drug as are most antipyschotics. For 2 years we played with the abilify dose ranging from 5-15mg. We tried adding other drugs and removing other drugs all to make one drug work and combat the unpleasant side effects. Finally settled for abilify 10 mg plus clonazapam. In the end, doctors push these drugs and won't even toy with the idea that maybe with proper therapy in mild cases of mental disorders, one can thrive without meds. I finally pulled myself off and continue to keep it secret from pro-drug persons. Little if any withdraw. I still go to therapy, I am thriving much better in therapy without meds. I suggest trying this if at all possible instead of meds. You can always go back to meds if this isn't working. | F | 32 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/18/2011 | 4 | Bipolar/anxiety/migraines | Dizziness, no appetite | I already feel better, even though it's only been 9 days. My mind is more clear and I have less racing thoughts. | F | 45 | 9 days 5 MG 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 1 | Psychosis | 2 days on 10 mg, then 5 days on 5 mg. Accentuation of existing feelings of being drained, even on 5 mg. I couldn't even sit on a park bench - reclined - a lady was very concerned - asked if I was OK, if there was anything she could do. Lack of life force - near lack of ability to even look after myself. | I wondered about starting off on 2.5 mg to give my system the chance to get used to the side effects, but the psychiatrist said this was "no dose". Thought I would try anyway, and double the dose after a couple of weeks, but after reading these other comments, I don't think I'll bother. | F | 50 | 7 days 5 mg 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 3 | Rages | Daughter had severe muscle and leg pains. D/C after 5 days. "First cause no Harm" is what I follow for my child. The ABILIFY user sheet that came with the drug, the sheet said to report immediately to the doctor about the side effects. I did. | F | 8 | 5 days 5 mg 1X day | 10/12/2011 | 2 | depression | restlessness despite being very tired | This medication was not for me. The first day was fine and made me feel better with more energy, but in the following days, I became unable to sit still. I would be so tired, but I had to move. I still take Abilify occasionally when I feel very low, but only for one day. | F | 50 | 1 weeks 2.5 1X day | 10/6/2011 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | My daughter has experienced bouts of depression whilst taking these meds, tiredness very sleepy all the time, has no energy anymore, lost all motivation always mopey now and moaning, whingeing, very irritable, extreme hunger that is beyond ridiculous, not happy with any part of what this medication has done to my daughter except her violence and anger has almost completly gone. but fear that the pro'c do not outweigh the cons here, my daughter just isnt happy ever anymore very sad for me as her mother to watch am considering weaning her off these meds as soon as i have discussed with her pysciatrist. | Tried Risperdone first (short term 3 months) did absolute wonders = apart from extreme weight gain. cannot go back to this apparently as have been told it is a short term drug only. | F | 12 | 10 months 10mg 2X day | 10/1/2011 | 1 | autism | We complained with the psychiatrist about the medication risperdal, because even after two years we didn't see much improvement with it and my son was always much more nervous with than without risperdal. The psychiatrist recommended to change to abilify and that was much worse. My son didn't want to sleep anymore and was very disturbed and cried a lot. The psychiatrist insisted to continue and recommended to combine abilify with seroquel. Seroquel should in theory bring his sleep back. Not so in practice. | Life was hell for father and son during abilify medication time. I am very pleased I took my son off it. As a father of an autist, I would like to take the drug to try and understand what it does, however as I permanently need to take care of my son, I can't afford the risk. It is a scary drug. I can't recommend it. | M | 7 | 2 months 10 mg 1X day | 9/27/2011 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | At higher doses, heart palpitations, anxiety, blurry vision, tooth decay, muscle tics, restlessness. | I am sticking with the lowest dose (2.5mg) which has made big changes for me (less depression, more even moods and energy). I've tried higher doses and the difference was negligible but the side effects were much more of a problem. | F | 49 | 3 years 2.5-7.5 1X day | 9/23/2011 | 1 | schizophrenia | tiredness, weight gain. The side effects have gottwen so bad that I was forced to quit the medication against dr.'s advice, out of fear of death due to weight gain. | I will admit that I am somewhat biased: I am absolute opposed, moral grounds, on the use of any mind-altering drugs for any purpose. Also, due to my years of negative experiences with psychiatry, my viewpoints tend somewhat toward the antipsychiatry side. I am in no way connected with the Church of Scientology. | M | 47 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 1 | Major depression | so sleepy, hiccups, anxiety, can't breathe deeply, major hunger, very warm | Hiccups were terrible, especially since I interract with the public. Slowed down so much, my manager told me to kick into gear which had never been a problem before.I am so hungry I want to eat everything I see. I'm also on Prozac but I needed an add on, think I'll ask for Wellbutrin again. | F | 62 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/19/2011 | 1 | depression/anxiety | severe muscle weakness, tremors that have yet to stop 2 months in, not sleeping, pacing | M | 44 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 9/19/2011 | 1 | depression and anxiety | I had terrible side effects to abilify, my reflex started getting slow and slow, i could not move fast, i started acting slow, had difficulty driving and working. My doctor said i was having parkison like symptons, so i stopped and now i am back to normal. | F | 39 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 9/18/2011 | 1 | Depression | Tremor, anxiety, chest heaviness & pain, severe fatique, dizziness, loss of motivation, loss of libido, stroke-like episodes, weight gain, blurred vision, rapidly changing body temperature | This drug turns you into a mindless numb zombie while effectively attacking your nervous system creating serious life-threatening side-effects. The pill pusher that prescribed this poison to me refused to answer my phone calls while I was having a stroke which resulted in a frightening trip to the emergency room. The ER doctors had no idea how to treat me so I was essentially ejected from the premises. This drug will KILL you. I had no choice but to go completely off this drug cold turkey because my doctor totally abandoned me and still refuses to talk to me. I've been off Abilify for a week and I'm still feeling its harmful effects. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. This POISON will ruin your life. | M | 28 | 2 months 5 mg 1X day | 9/10/2011 |