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 | Bipolar | Severe akathesia! The restlessness drove me up a wall. I also experienced word loss, short-term memory loss, stiff muscles and joints, tremors in my left hand (I'm left-handed), raised body temperature, weight gain (15 pounds in 4 months), no sex drive, increased breast size with milk coming out of them, fatigue during the day and sleeplessness at night. I took Abilify before I want to bed. I have tried almost every dose: 30mg, 20mg, 10mg, 5mg and 2mg. At 5mg and above I experienced euphoria that made me feel like I could probably jump off of a building for fun and be o.k. At doses below 5mg I still experienced all of the side effects (except for the euphoria)and became extremely irritable and hostile, but otherwise I had no emotions. | To be fair, my paranoia went away. This was the only medication I was taking. | F | 45 | 4 years | 4/23/2009 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | Brain fog, Stiff muscles, inability to ever sit still or relax, | Abilify caused me to not be able to relax my muscles and I was always uncomfortable. I had a hard time sleeping at night. Wasn't what I expected. I had to go off of it becuase my grades in school started to drop. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 4/17/2009 | 5 | Mixed bipolar | I have been on Abilify for 2 years with no side effects. It has stabalized my mood along with Tegretal and Pristiq. While my antidepressant often stops working or has to be adjusted in the dose, the Abilify 10 mg has worked for me. I take all my meds at bedtime and sleep well, have no appetite increase or weight gain(terrible wt. gain on Depakote that I have since lost), no nausea, dizziness, or vivid dreams. For me it's a life saver and I'm able to continue to work at a high functioning capacity. | F | 60 | 2 years | 4/16/2009 | 4 | Suicidal thoughts | My mouth is dry and i've noticed i'm not hungry but my muscles ached terribly for the first two weeks. | I'm glad I didn't listen to the scary potential side effects. On abilify I feel even but I still feel emotions only I dont think about how much I hate myself anymore. I'm surprised at how this has worked so far. | F | 35 | 2 months | 4/16/2009 | 3 | depression, over fatigue & stress | at first my husband take zyprexa but his doctor changed it to abilify due to gaining his weight. after a week i notice that my husband became restless and move or walk like a robot, though he can sleep he always tell me that he tired very easy as well his muscles. his craving more than before so his cholesterol became higher. so i decided to stop taking abilify and i noticed that my husband movement became normal. | M | 33 | 13 days | 4/16/2009 | 3 | aggression & phycotic eppisodes | Tiredness, sleeplessness, extreme fluid retention. pain in the left side of neck | My son has DownSyndrome and a level of Autism, he has also been diagonised as having Psyschotic eppisodes, He gets very aggressive He has been on Risperdal(disasterous). Zyprexa(worked on the outbursts, but huge weight gain,and the threat of him developing Diabetes) He's been on Abilify now fo thirteen days but I'm getting very concerned about side effects, So I'm now considering stopping the drug, It has helped keep him calm, but at what risk to his health,We are running out of options for him | M | 18 | 13 days | 4/15/2009 | 3 | bi polar /anxiety | jittery restlesness cant sleep | i am also taking lamectal and added abilify to help with continued depression the depression has subsided but the jitteryness and lack of sleep are annoying and i am not sure i can deal with it makes working hard when i keep feeling these "twitches" inside my body am going to speak to my DR about changing to another med i am not impressed with abilify | F | 29 | 7 days | 4/14/2009 | 3 | Depression/bi polar/anxeity | Restless yet tired all day cant relax have to keep moving but so exhausted,panic/anxiety attacks,blurred vision,night binging,constantly hungry,strange dreams,some what hallucinating like twisting an spinning, ONLY ON 5MG been on it for about 2 weeks now... | F | 22 | 15 days | 4/13/2009 | 3 | Bipolar ##, PMDD | rash on my face, feet and toes swelled, headaches, bruises, my whole body was sensitve to touch and ached all over | started at 5 mg and went to 15mg. Helped with my moods | F | 12 | 30 days | 4/12/2009 | 5 | mind racing, bi polar | none | completely made me a different person, I felt normal after 20 years of struggling with depression and paranoia. I also use this with celexa which works for me too | M | 37 | 1 months | 4/7/2009 | 3 | Resistant Depression/Anxiety | 15 lbs weight gain. Restlessness. Chronic insomnia. Night binging (and subsequent purging to curb weight gain). | Ironically, this drug (5 mg to 2 mg with 150 mg of Wellbutrin XR and 20 mg of Adderral XR) helped my self-confidence in social situations by minimizing my anxiety and shutting off my self-critic -- despite shattering my self-image (as a result of relentless weight gain). At my best, I didn't care. I shopped nonstop -- because I was constantly gaining weight (in reality) and my clothes no longer fit me. In my case, my doctor did not listen to my threshold for weight gain. In two years, I gained 20 lbs with various antidepressants. Desperate to gain some resemblance of myself back, I began purging. In the eight months that I have been (on/off) the Abilify, I have vacillated from hypomanic (on) to hopelessly depressed (off). In fact, the spiraling phase upon quitting the drug (without compliance) has translated to increased anxiety (and dependence on Xanax) and debilitating depression. I do not recommend this drug to young women whose self-image is inextricably related to their appearance in anyway. | F | 33 | 8 months | 4/1/2009 | 3 | Depression | Speedy manic feeling, shakiness, feeling like I couldn't sit still, a little nausea in the beginning, craving for sweets at night, WEIGHT GAIN. | I was already taking Prozac for depression but still having depression symptoms, so the Dr. prescribed Abilify to supplement the Prozac. In the beginning, this medicine really helped to pull me out of the funk that I was in. I felt energized, productive, and like my overall attitude was very much improved. After a couple or 3 weeks, however, I noticed that I was gaining weight at an alarming rate. In the 2 months that I took this drug, (at a low dose of 1mg/day) I gained over 15 lbs! I also felt strangely like shopping and spending money all of the time, almost like I was having a manic episode. All in all, I felt much less depressed, but stopped taking for fear of becoming REALLY overweight. Note: after I stopped this drug, I felt more depressed than ever and almost suicidal. If you stop, you should probably taper off gradually! | F | 45 | 2 months | 3/29/2009 | 5 | pediatric anxiety/possible bipolar | nausea & headache for the first few days. Also, tired during the day for 1st week. otherwise, none. | This medication has worked wonderfully for my daughter. She has been on it 3 weeks and for the first time in her life I heard she had a "wonderful" week at school. The side effects are most definately tolerable and my daughter says this medication changed her life. Parents-don't be afraid to try it. I know everything on this site sounds bad, but it has been a Godsend to my family. | F | 8 | 3 weeks | 3/20/2009 | 3 | Post Tramatic Syndrome & OCD | I wake up several times in the night and am not able to go back to sleep usually for an hour or so. I have never had this problem in the past. I have also been very restless and am not able to stay focused on one task for two long. I have to be doing something that is keeping me very busy. I have also noticed increased anxiety with this medication. | M | 36 | 1 months | 3/15/2009 | 2 | adjunct to depression therapy | I am incredibly sleepy. I can not function in this state. | F | 23 | 2 days | 3/12/2009 | 4 | psychotic episode | filling a little dizzy the first day | after 2 years from my first episode I had to change from solian to abilify due to sides effects(waight gain ).So far it helps me | F | 40 | 6 days | 3/5/2009 | 5 | manic/psychotic episode | restlessness at first, waking up several times in night | Switched to it from risperidone, 4 months after a manic/psychotic episode. I was depressed on the risperidone but depression lifted on aripiprazole (an antidepressant was also added). Didn't have the demotivation and lethargy I experienced on risperidone. | M | 24 | 9 months | 2/24/2009 | 3 | autism bipolar | painful erection of penis | My 6 year old son never had a problem with erections until taking Abilify. Then it happened all the time and was very painful. The doctors would not believe me that this was happening - even though it is rare side effect. His behaviour settled down on the abilify; but we have not seen an increase in bad behaviour since taking him off the med. | M | 6 | 3 months | 2/21/2009 | 1 | Bi-Polar | Could not sit still. Felt confused. When I say I couldn't sit still I mean it. This drug had me jittery, and it was the worst feeling I have ever had in my life. Sit down to watch TV, standing up thirty seconds later. To come off the drug was worse then the side effects of the drug while taking it. | Be very careful of this drug, it is very powerful, and it takes a good month to get it out of your system. | M | 38 | 4 months | 2/21/2009 | 1 | Depression | I went from being moderately depressed, to feeling suicidal within 2 weeks. Acute anxiety and paranoia followed. | This is a very dangerous drug. | F | 41 | 16 days | 2/20/2009 |