ABILIFY Reviews (ARIPIPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.7 (798 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ABILIFY with similar:
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| 5 | schizo personality disorder | I LOVE ABILIFY!! It is my favorite antipsychotic. Side effects range from mild tiredness and hunger spells to insomnia at bed time. But that helps with Ambien CR which my doc loves to prescribe like candy to me! Abilify helps tremendously with voices and does not give me the akathisia movement disorder like the "dones" risperidone and ziprasidone antipsychotic do 100% of the time. | This medicine is a mild antipsychotic when it comes to side effects when compared to other antipsychotics. I would recommend ABILIFY (aripiprazole) over the other atypical antipsychotics any day. | M | 29 | 6 years | 7/23/2009 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Couldn't stop moving, couldn't sleep. Paranoid, anxious. | This is hell. | M | 18 | 4 weeks | 7/22/2009 | 1 | major life long depression | I had a STROKE after 9 days on this awful medicine. I've been on wellbutrin for years and started to feel a deeper depression than normal. My psychiatrist put me on Abilify as a boost. Within 3 days I became very confused and very tired. It was the weekend, on Monday I called the doctor. He said it was the side effects and would clear up, that I had only been on it 6 days. On Thursday, I called and told him that I was stopping it. In addition to the confusion, I was having a hard time talking. He said the side effects would probably be gone by my appointment. They got worse! I couldn't remember how to use my utensils, my toothbrush etc. I couldn't spell or write, was mixing up the phone number even if I was looking at it. Monday, he still felt that it was side effects but at my insistence he sent me right to a neurologist, who ran me through a number of tests. He agreed that it was side effects. If I wasn't better in 3 weeks, he'd do a CAT scan. After 1 week insisted on the scan and lo | I was 62 years old and do not have dementia. My doctor did not consider me elderly. At what age does the drug company consider elderly? My doctor said that this shouldn't have happened. I am better but not back to the way I was before Abilify and the stroke. After 13 months I don't feel that I am getting any better and I honestly feel the problems I am still having are permanent. But it could have been worse, I wasn't paralyzed! Even with the computer, this write up has taken me 2 1/2 hours to compose. | F | 63 | 9 days | 7/15/2009 | 2 | Some psychotic disorder | Akathisia. Insomnia. | Tried Abilify for a while and was hoping the initial akathisia and insomnia would go away, but after a month there was no change, so I gave it up. | M | 34 | 1 months | 7/14/2009 | 1 | depression | I had bad nausea and vomiting. Very bad acne. Super drowsy. | It didn't even help with my condition. I have been trying it out for about 4-5 weeks and the side effects are horrible. I was still the same person I was before takin Abilify if not worse. | F | 21 | 5 weeks | 7/10/2009 | 2 | Depression | Nausea, vomiting, anxiety, restlessness | Only took 2.5mg and had horrible first day so I decided not to continue taking it. | F | 33 | 1 days | 7/9/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Explosive headaches, sexual dysfunction, blurry vision, muscle stiffness, indigestion, nausea, loss of concentration and memory impairment | I am a heart patient and have also experienced sky high BP. I have no idea why this drug would even have been prescribed to me. I agree it is a poison. | M | 51 | 1 months | 7/5/2009 | 4 | Pediatric BP rapid cycling | tired, sleepy, | 9 yr old boy, started on 10 mg then increased to 15 mg. Takes 900mg lithium and 15 mg Abilify. Takes all at night due to sleepiness. Is a bit far away during the day on the 15 mg. Hardly any mania or outbursts. No complaints of inner restlessness. No weight gain. Appetite is normal. | M | 9 | 1 months | 7/3/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Miserable, horrible drug: extreme fatigue, bloated face, mental sluggishness and confusion. | NO theraputic effects whatsoever for me. Useless. I took it for about 6 months in 2003 and was taken off it by my psych. at my sister's urging. She came to see me at Christmas and was shocked at what she found. I was not even aware of how bad it was until I was taken off it. | F | 41 | 6 months | 7/3/2009 | 1 | BiPolar II | Severe headache, tooth pain, muscle aches, depression, lethargy, trouble sleeping, jaw pain. | Called doctor and she said I had an allergic reaction to Abilify and to discontinue use immediately. If you have any of the symptoms listed above, contact your doctor ASAP. | F | 35 | 1 days | 7/1/2009 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder | I initially experienced Akathesia, Nystagmus and sleepiness. Then my dosage was recently upped from 20 mgs to 25 mgs due to break through depression, after that I did feel some nausea. Other than those few side effects I've felt fine on Abilify. I would recommend Abilify to others who are being carefully monitored by their Psychiatrist. I just happen to have an excellent Dr., which does make a difference. | I take Abilify along with Divalproex Sodium ER 1250 mgs for migraines, Clonazepam, Cogentin 1 mg for Akathesia, 2 grs of Armour Thyroid for Hypothyroidism. | F | 47 | 5 years | 6/28/2009 | 1 | deppresion and anxiaty | facial tics, my daughter eyes are moving without control. Her tongue is heavy like if she is drunk, she gained 30 pounds. This medication is a poison I will not give it to my daughter anymore. | F | 16 | 2 years | 6/23/2009 | 3 | anxiety/pmdd/depression | I have tried all the SSRI's and am currently taking Cymbalta 60 mg daily. I was told that abilify helps so many people in my situation but so far the side effects have been miserable. Yes, I am more mellow and not as irritable, but I have a constant headache/eye pain (like a migraine), I cannot sleep and I'm nauseous. I'm reading all these other comments and I'm terrified of gaining weight, so I think I'm going to stop. | F | 39 | 3 days | 6/21/2009 | 1 | misdiagnosed | SEVERE AKETHISIA- I had to walk out of the class room daily and skip class because I COULD NOT SIT STILL TO SAVE MY LIFE i felt like something was inside me trying to come out...my mind could NOT control my body, SEVERE WEIGHT GAIN ..and I used to always be thin) made me OBSESSED with food...I would do anything to get to food and i would eat and eat and eat uncontrolably. Never have I been suicidal, but I wanted to die just to get rid of the akethisia it was LIVING HELL. I have permanent side effects... i'm way slower in the head...memory loss...stuttering... I would lie down and not be able to get out of bed I was SO tired at times. | POISON! google AKETHISIA and read the hell it could bring you and your loved ones. DO NOT TAKE ANTI-PSYCHOTICS ... they WILL make you CRAZY so they can keep giving you more pills when you complain about the side effects they will more than likely tell you it's symptoms of something else and just put you on more medication that will permanently damage your brain and life. I can't believe they give this to people knowing what harm it can do. | F | 19 | 6 weeks | 6/18/2009 | 2 | Major Depression | weight gain, fatigue/tiredness/drowsiness, loss of concentation | I have ADD and even though I am on Adderall the abilify counteracted it and I had a lot of trouble focusing in school. I am tired all the time getting 12 hours of sleep a night and still taking a 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon. It did help with my depression but recently I have been having suicidal thoughts. I also gained 15 pounds in just a few weeks. | F | 20 | 2 months | 6/15/2009 | 4 | Schizophrenia | Problems with my legs. Sometimes they are restless, other times I can't feel them. I go to the gym a lot and have found I cannot perform as well with my legs. There are no problems with my other body parts. Blurry vision Random changes to my tone of voice Feeling sick (this went after a couple of days) | Works well so far. My symptoms are not as bad, I just hope the side effects stop | M | 26 | 2 weeks | 6/8/2009 | 1 | schizoaffective | I gained 55 pounds in the 3 months i was on abilify! i have been thin my whole life now i no longer have a functioning metabolism. and am unable to loose all the weight | F | 26 | 3 months | 6/8/2009 | 2 | Anxiety | Hallucinations, seeing spots (colored), toothaches (the whole right side of my mouth) I know this because when I stopped taking, it was way improved. Headaches, angry outbursts, very very tired 24/7. | Did help the anxiety. However, I couldn't tolerate the side effects I listed. It seemed each day was worse than the day before. | F | 35 | 1 months | 6/7/2009 | 1 | Depression | Insanity. I know that sounds wierd, crazy or whatever, but that is the closest word I know to describe it. For three days I went into a world where I couldn't understand what was going on aroung me. I would start to speak, the words were clear in my head, but gibberish would come out. I was terrified for much of the time, curled in a ball, feeling I was about to die at any second. | This drug is now advertised as an add on supplement to anti-depressants. This is crazy! It's an anti-psychotic! It has a side affect profile that if fully revealed to patients would sent them running for the nearest exit. | M | 28 | 4 days | 6/7/2009 | 1 | wrongly diagnosed | So, I am posting this message mainly to help others with their emotional/psychological struggles. I would like to give people who have been put on anti-psychotics some pointers and guidance that might help. I was on abilify for six years and regret it completely. | Honestly, Abilify works wonders for some people and for many others I can make matters worse. I have a strong desire to help others so they hopefully don't have to go through what I went through to get to a state of well being. Everything is anonymous!! E-mail me if you would like some help with your situation. Especially if you feel like you are just stuck. | M | 23 | 6 years | 6/7/2009 |