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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ABILIFY | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bi-polar | pacing, high blood sugar, foamy urine, severe thirst, fatigue, pancreatitis, kidney damage | Please stop taking the Abilify immediately. My husband was prescribed Abilify and it almost killed him. He was hospitalized with severe pancreatitis for 10 days and then on home care hooked up to ivs for another 2 weeks. He is now diabetic and needs to take insulin shots 4 times a day. He is on a very strict low-fat no-sugar diet and may never have even a sip of alcohol ever again. His pancreas is permanently damaged. We are very lucky he is alive. Abilify is evil. Please do not take it. It will kill you. | M | 30 | | 9/30/2009 | 5 | depression, OCD | more alert, motivated, racing thoughts greatly diminished, some nausea, no weight gain! | I was leery about taking this, others make it sound like a nightmare drug. I have no doubt that it affects some people badly, but for me, it made a huge difference. I do wonder if this will wear off after a few months, but so far 5 mg have allowed me to think clearly, get off the couch and accomplish things. No weight gain but dr has me on Metformin to regulate blood sugar and cravings, so that might be the trick there. Important for everyone to monitor their own reactions carefully, or ask family members to help, because every drug works differently for every person. YOU know best what helps YOU. | F | 45 | 2 months | 9/19/2009 | 3 | depression/ bipolar | flattening/apathy, word-finding problems, short-term memory loss, trouble concentrating, not able to articulate thoughts and feelings, muscle weakness. To be fair, it made me manic for the first month I took it, which was wonderful, and I say I'm not depressed now, but is apathy really that different from depression? | When trying to stop taking 5mg, severe akathasia that literally kept me from sleeping at all. I'm tapering, now on 2.5mg, but still fearful that I will have the same symptoms when I discontinue again. Feeling a little trapped. | M | 35 | 7 months | 9/17/2009 | 3 | Childhood Bipolar, ODD | WEIGHT GAIN, MUSCLE PAIN/STIFFNESS | My son has shown improvement in mood, decreased mood swings, more even temperament, however, he constantly complains about pain in his feet and legs. He describes as burning, stinging pain, mostly in his feet. We have observed more nasal stuffiness. He appears short of breath, at times, however, we are linking this to his weight gain (approx 12 lbs) and history of asthma. We are still observing and waiting to gauge any affect in cognitive abilities (school grades). Time will tell if the side effects are actually worth taking the medication. | M | 11 | 3 months | 9/16/2009 | 1 | Bipolar 2-PTSD | Eating abnormal amounts - lethargy - no libido - no personality - sweating | This shit, and yes I say this profanely because that's what it is. It made me more depressed than ever. Yes the headaches and voices went away. But it made me socially anxious , paranoid , ripped me of my self esteem and made me gain weight because all I did and wanted to do was eat. I am an athlete, model, and full time mom. I kissed my life goodbye when taking this shit. Desparate, I stopped taking it. Which made life even more worse. I wanted to kill myself so badly because I wanted the pain to go away. It's all in my head. Mind over matter. I'll be the moodswingin crazy gal I am than risk my life. Also causes muscle weakness. Lucky to be able to carry anything up a damn flight of stairs. All in all, just stay away!!! Spent the whole summer in bed sleeeeping getting fat and suicidal. Whack!!! | F | 25 | 2 months | 9/14/2009 | 1 | GAD/BPII/PTSD/OCD | Severe depression/out of touch | I was on Abilify for three weeks. I started with the 10 mg for two weeks and up to 25 the third week. On the 10 mg I started feeling "funny" and experiencing some side effects. By the third week I was self mutlilating (something I have not done in 15 yrs. I was so depressed I could not function at any level, very irritable and people just were too much to deal with. All I wanted to do was sleep and just disappear. My Therapist said it was like I did a 180 in two weeks and was so concerned she called my Psych. After seeing my Psych, she immediately took me off it and put me on Geodon...not sure if that is a possitive change or not. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 9/14/2009 | 3 | Bi Polar 2 | Akathesia, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, head aches | The Akathesia was awful. I would lie in bed thinking I was weak or flu-ish, but once in bed I could not get comfortable. My workouts decreased as I felt weak, dizzy, short of breath, lost balance while stretching. My face would sweat way more than normal. I could tell I was starting to gain weight and would pack on the pounds rapidly if I did not stop taking this. Since exercise is therpeutic for me, the abilify took that away from me. BUT it did help control my mood swings (by making me feel like an emotionless zombie) and the need to act out my irritability. However, inside I felt increasing anxiety and irritability. The side effects just aren't worth it. | F | 30 | 2 months | 9/8/2009 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | I have gained 20 pounds and am not eating any more than normal. The medicine definitely lifted my depression, but the weight gain now has me looking like a pig. And, it seemed to increase my libido. | Started off with 5 mg; now am down to 2.5... but, because of the weight gain, I am asking to get off of this medication. | F | 40 | 4 months | 9/5/2009 | 1 | anxiety | Akithesia | Do not take this med. I had severe akithesia whereby I had a constant feeling of having to 'move' It was exhausting and I thought it would never leave which made me feel even more panicked. It was the most scared I'd ever felt on a medicine. Before this I truly never paid attention to side effects on labels, now I do. | F | 38 | | 8/29/2009 | 4 | Bi-Polar | Akathisia, increased libido, insomnia | Loved it the first week until the Akathisia kicked in. Then I wanted to jump out the car while it was moving... Halfed my dosage, no help. Halfed the dosage again, no help. Now I am on 1/8 of the pill. Akathisia is gone, but increased libido went away. Still have insomnia taken care of by Ambien. | F | 46 | 1 years | 8/28/2009 | 5 | for incentive, to mk decisions | none except lots of hope, energy, lack of fear,loss of procrastination, able to make decisions, ability to focus just an all around zest for life with unlimited happiness | If your anti depressant or anti anxiety meds work but you still have no energy, ask your Dr to add Abilify. I had never heard of it but now instead of thinking of everything I need and want to do I am optimistic and bubbling with enthusiasm and energy. Now instead of reading all day long I am cleaning and doing hobbies, kyaking, running, dancing and marching with my grandchildren Whats next a sea plane ride and travel. Was just weeks ago I was close to Agoraphobia. If your meds only get you to the bottom of the mountain looking up and wishing you would, try Abilify, you will climb that mountain, maybe even run up it and then dance on the top!!! | F | 62 | 3 weeks | 8/23/2009 | 2 | bi polar 2 | weight gain, sugar cravings, excessive sleepiness, inability to exercise (no stamina, gasping for breath) | It helped with irritability (because nothing seemed to matter) but left me unable to live normally and my friends all asked if something was wrong because I was so quiet and getting more quiet with each passing day. Because the side effects were so crippling, I have stopped taking Abilify and switched to Geodon. | F | 60 | 4 months | 8/18/2009 | 1 | Bipolar I | Akathisia, loss of interest in life, Always sleepy, high anxiety, catatonia | Got really bad Akathisia after only 3 days on 10mg. Was taken during a bad manic/pschotic state so was forced to stay on it. Initially was bumped to 20mg which made me catatonic. Back to 10mg kept hallucinating. Added Cogentin, made Akathisia go away but severe anxiety came in it's palce along with lack of motivation and no interest in anything. Severe confusion followed. This sucked my will to live. The Akathisia was so severe I was suicidal. | M | 32 | 7 months | 8/17/2009 | 3 | depression; withdrawal aid | VERY rapid weight gain (10 lbs in a month!), constipation, swollen legs and feet, back pain | GOOD NEWS: This drug helped me in the horrible phase of discontinuing Cymbalta. I was no longer moody and nasty-tempered. BAD NEWS: the fact that my face is so puffy I now look like a fatter, older version of myself and I now have GOBS of fat in places I never gained weight before (back of arms, waist) proves this stuff is POISON. It may inhibit thyroid function, because I am not eating more than I usually do (in fact my appetite is less than normal--wierd!) yet I am piling on weight. The constipation, nausea and fatigue aren't fun either. And I look like CRAP: bloated, haggard, pale, and unhealthy. Phasing off this med asap! | F | 31 | 2 months | 8/14/2009 | 5 | depression | I have experience swelling of the calves. This may not be related to the Abilify, as I have had a kidney transplant. | My family has a history of serious depression to the point of being institutionalize. For many years now my brother and I have tried one drug after another. Nothing helped us 'open the curtains'. Two mg of Abilify each morning, after just a couple of days, has given us our lives back. This is a miracle drug for both my brother and my self. I must include, we have only been on this medicine for two or three weeks. | M | 60 | 18 days | 8/8/2009 | 5 | wellbutrin | somewhat more tired, some difficulty urinating.. | A Great help.. relieved pain in my shoulders and elbows.. and has rid me of most of my suicidal or weird thoughts and voices. | M | 57 | 25 days | 8/5/2009 | 4 | bi-polar 1 disorder | nausea, vomiting, insomnia | I am 5mg, for just about a week, first 2 days I was very hostile, last 4 days restless with insomnia and cant eat much. However I have energy, I get things done, I am back to being social which I was not for over a year and half. No fears of public and can focus to read, play games etc. My patience level is much better. Just would like to know when the insomnia and nausea will pass. | M | 41 | 1 weeks | 8/5/2009 | 2 | Possbile Bipolar 2 | Extreme sweating, extreme nausea, weird chest movement, insomnia | Been on Celexa for 10 years now, up and down in dose as lifes stresses went up and down... 40mg now for past 2 years. Doctor added abilify for possible Bipolar 2. I took at 7pm and within 2 hours I was sweating profusely and kept doing so for the next 24 hours, then it started to go away. I wasn't hot, I even cranked up the air conditioner, didn't help at all. I soaked my clothes and sheets. This caused some dehydration which didn't help the nausea. That was also extreme. I never actually vomited but still laid on the bathroom floor just in case. The first few bouts of it I could barely move. I was flushed and weak and trembling it was so bad. I also couldn't sleep, which I'd already been fighting insomnia the past few months. But this made it worse as I couldn't sleep more then 10-30 mins at a time. The constant sweating didn't help when trying to sleep. I'm not saying don't take this med. I dealt with bad nausea for weeks when I first started it, and also when I went without for over a week. Just wanted to share what happened to me | F | 32 | 1 days | 8/2/2009 | 5 | major depression/Bipolar | None really..Some initial insomnia but got better with time. Sexual sides are minimal and never a problem | A great medicine.It worked the 1st day I took it (5 mg)..I felt so much better..NOTHING has worked for me except Abilify and Parnate. People love to rant and rave when something is not working for them. Fine. But please don't tell other people to stay away from the drug because it doesn't work for you. If your having a hard time finding something that works, try this med. It works quickly so you'll know if it's for you without having to wait 2-4 weeks. | M | 49 | 60 days | 7/31/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Weight Gain | I was taking this medicine for about half a year and was recommended to not go off of it. In this six month period I gained 67 pounds. It also made it very hard to lose the weight afterward. Here I am almost two years later, and I am five pounds away from getting rid of the 67 I initially gained. Although the weight is gone, the stretch marks remain and still will. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE. | F | 22 | 6 months | 7/27/2009 |