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| 4 | Am taking abilify for depression | Side effects were feeling like I was jumping out of my skin for the first week. Not jittery. It's like I had to move and move. I still have a little of that. I am on 20 mg of Abilify with 20 mg generic Celexa. | If you go through the "jumping out of skin" experience, my pharmacist recommended trying it for a week and it was his opinion that if that side effect didn't go away to stop it. It did mostly go away. I do notice a lack of feeling, or a lack of scruples. I don't know how else to say it. I am being brutally honest when I say if someone asked me to go to bed with them, I don't know how I'd say no. That is NOT my usual behavior. So I am really monitoring myself. It's a lack of something, a lack of good judgment? That could be the Celexa too. I don't know. If I take a new med, I really monitor my behavior and my mood. I'm just sort of "flat." I will be on this for 6 months. I hope the "lack of judgement" will go away as well. | F | 38 | 6 weeks | 1/19/2010 | 2 | Bipolar,GAD,Social Anxiety,ADHD | Weight gain(40 lbs), night sweats, difficulty breathing due to weight gain, extreme food cravings, constipation. I would rather be healthy & crazy than obese & sane! | After failed attempts with Effexor,Lexapro,Wellbutrin,Paxil, Xanax,and Cymbalta my Dr put me on Abilify with Zonegran and Adderall.I started on 7mg daily then increased to 15mg daily.It helped with my depression and my panic attacks subsided within 2 weeks.The food cravings were worse than those I had during my 2 pregnancies.I continued to eat healthy, exercise and fight the cravings.The weight gain was slow at first but I was always bloated especially my fingers to the point I couldn't bend them.I tried fluid pills, anti-bloat diets, fasting, diet pills,grandmas remedies,nothing worked.Eventually I gained 40 lbs and was the same weight I was when I had my daughter. I had already expanded 2 sizes and was busting out again AND I was eating healthy controlled portions!I became self conscious and severely depressed to the point I didn't want to leave the house.I was having other side effects at night I would wake up every hour with intense cravings for sweets.If cravings weren't keeping me awake I would wake drenched with sweat. Due to the extra baggage it was hard to catch my breath,I was getting lazy,and my energy was absolutely gone.I weened myself off for a month very carefully even that didn't prepare me for the hell I was to go through. My skin broke out in severe acne head to toe and I picked at it like a crackhead for a week the depression and panic attacks were ungodly.It's been 2 months since I quit Abilify the weight is slowly coming off and no more cravings. | F | 31 | 1 years | 1/14/2010 | 5 | anxiety and depression | increased hunger and increased energy | This is a wonder drug for me. I thought I was going do die due to severe depression and anxiety. I am taking cymalta but after about a year, it didn't work. My MD RX'd 5mg of abilify along with my cymbalta every day. In my opinion, it saved my life. I feel like I have a reason to live and starting to enjoy the things I used to, just after one week of starting the med. | F | 42 | 7 days | 1/13/2010 | 4 | Bipolar and anxiety | restlessness increased appetite inability to concentrate. Not sure if there are periods of anxiety or nervousness. No Mania | Works for mania. My pdoc says there is activation at low doses. My son started on 10 mg and takes 15 mgs. He also takes 900 mg of lithium and 10 mgs of Lexapro. | M | 10 | 6 months | 12/29/2009 | 3 | Depression | Weight gain and constant appetite, anxiety, inability to concentrate | Worked well for the depression, but the constant appetite and associated weight gain, along with anxiety at higher doses, was not worth it overall | F | 39 | 2.5 months | 12/22/2009 | 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 | anxiety and mood swings | increased heart rate that made my daughter pass out only after the 2nd day. | after first night of taking my daughter missed school the next day feeling nauseated and stomach cramps. That night she experienced indigestion/heartburn. She vomited. Sleepy but couldn't sleep. Feeling scared for no reason. Next day she passed out after being awake for 15 min. I got her up and she passed out a 2nd time. White as a ghost and cold. She doesn't remember any of it. Took her to e.r. and her heart rate was spiking when she stood up from a sitting/standing position. Blood work, bp, ct scan all came back good. Drs recommended to take her of the drug. I got home and looked up the side effects and all of these were listed. I can only say that we are glad we found out so quickly about this drug. | F | 12 | 2 days | 12/19/2009 | 2 | OCD, racing thoughts. | drowsiness, leg pains, akathisia... | it is a great drug to calm down mind... seems to be on a "holy peace"... but side effects are too strong, just for me. | M | 23 | 14 days | 12/18/2009 | 3 | bipolar | stopped after 14 months due to heart pulpitations, memory loss, trouble sleeping, slur speach due to excess syliva, after 12 months these things started. At the end he mentioned sores in mouth but I did not see them. | When my son started this drug I thought a miracle happened. It was amazing the self controll, focus, attention to details beyond what I had expected. There was an immediate reaction that was good. All the time I thought my son was intentionally behaving bad until he started this drug. With in 1 wk my son was displaying all of the good things I had been trying to teach him all along. This was very encouraging for him to act out good things and obey without a struggle. This really gave me hope until he was putting his shoe on one day and had it in his hand then asked me what was he doing? Then I noticed more his grades declining and could not repeat anything the moment before. His memory retention was -0-.So we have made changes to a different med. that is not giving any quick positive reaction yet. We will Keep trying. I am very uncomfortable giving a child this age any drug that is diagnosised by trial and error. | M | 8 | 14 months | 12/17/2009 | 2 | unipolar depression | nasal stuffiness, dyslexia, word finding problems, increased appetitite, change (worsening) of vision, weight gain and wanting to graze constantly, watering eyes, feel like gravity is heavier (I have to sit down to brush my teeth), very restless around people, visual hallucinations (things disappear then reappear right where I saw them last), trouble focusisng while driving --- weird. | I am taking 50 mg of lamictal concurrently with 7.5 mg abilify. Affect is flatter, less mood swings, but more non-reactive than anything. I'm not sure this is where I want to be. I have been able to get projects done that I had difficulty starting. Some days I have energy, some days I don't. I a fasting blood draw yesterday and haven't heard the results yet. Continuing to take abilify is a quandary -- do I feel worse or better if I factor in all the weird side effects? I will probably cut down on the dose since I really will be suicidal if I gain any more weight. | F | 51 | 30 days | 12/17/2009 | 3 | Bipolar | Some weight gain, some restlessness | My 14 yr old son has been on 2.5 mg of Abilify for 3 months now. He has gained 8lbs. so we are going to be watching this closely. It has helped him be able to concentrate, and definitely better in school, and social groups. Smoothed out the ups and downs. Previously was on trileptal and zoloft. | M | 14 | 90 days | 12/14/2009 | 1 | Post-opiate addiction depression | Cannot sit still, terrible anxiety after about 2 weeks, weight gain | This drug should be taken off the market. After about the 3rd day you will not be able to sit still, ever. It feels like there is something inside of you trying to get out. After about 2 weeks I started having severe anxiety attacks almost constantly and came very close to having to be committed/hospitalized. Smack your doctor if he recommends this. | M | 26 | | 12/13/2009 | 5 | Depression, bi polar, etc. | NONE, ...perhaps a little sleepy. I only take 5 mg per day. | I know I am lucky for this but I really haven't noticed any side effects. Abilify has been great in that for me it creates a kind of peace of mind by eliminating the aberrant thoughts and whatnot. I stop talking to myself so much, it helps me get out of my head so to speak... Based on my positive experience I would tell others to start with no more than 5 mg for the first month... | M | 42 | 3 years | 12/3/2009 | 2 | Anxiety/Depression/Bipolar | It was great made me finally happy but gave me TERRIBLE Akathisia. | M | 27 | 2 weeks | 12/2/2009 | 3 | bipolar | insatiable appetite. Gained 7 pounds in 4 weeks. | Worked well on stabilizing my mood. But already being overweight, my Doc said the rapid weight gain was unacceptable and switched me to lamictal. Geodon had been working well for me, but the side effect of clenching my left side...mainly leg and toes, leaving my toes red and swollen, led me to stop taking it. Depakote made me a zombie. | M | 56 | 28 days | 11/30/2009 | 5 | major depression | Vivid dreams otherwise a good addition to lexapro | greatly improved my mood and made me more active and interested in life. | M | 55 | 6 months | 11/26/2009 | 4 | autism spectrum disorder/ bipolar | Weight gain - up to 30lb | My daughter has had tremendous improvement in energy, concentration, and mood. Before taking Abilify she was on Geodon and had terrible akathisia. It also interfered with her ability to learn, and she had to withdraw from college courses to avoid failing. (She wound up finishing college with a B average, so you can see she's normally able to learn. ) Once she got off the Geodon, the irritability and stupidness went away but she became suicidal and self-injured. Since starting the Abilify she hasn't tried suicide even once. (Before that it was 14 times in six years.) I am grateful to the Abilify, but I wish she wasn't so hungry all the time. | F | 22 | 11 months | 11/25/2009 | 4 | recurrent major depression | Within the first 4 days I had experienced a great sense of relief of the depression. I had a burst of energy that is still there, my old self. I did experience about 3 days of severe headaches , migraines , but I weathered the storm and the headaches went away. I take Cymbalta 60.mg and now 2 mg abilify.I would stick with it since it works within 2 weeks.I sleep better, and am more focused. I do eat more but I think it's the winter and I needed to feel better from the headaches. Diet tomorrow! | F | 49 | 6 days | 11/23/2009 | 5 | Autism/ADHD/Bipolar | Muscle pain and sleepiness | My son started taking 10 MG about a year ago. He has made drastic improvements in his schoolwork and social skills. He is now making friends and getting good grades. Besides the leg pain and sleepiness at night it has been great. | M | 9 | 1.5 years | 11/19/2009 | 1 | bi polar | Weight gain within weeks. I felt bad enough w/o the extra pound a week.Went From 110 114 IN 3 Weeks. Very restless as well. I stopped taking my 10 abilify and continue with ambien and clonazepam | made me feel worse. I would rather deal on my own | F | 39 | 1 months | 11/15/2009 |