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 |
| 4 | Depression | Insomnia | I started taking this b/c my regular depression just wasn't doing the job. Now I take 2mg of abilify and 150mg of Effexor XR and I haven't felt this good in months. Absolutely no side effects from the abilify except difficulty staying asleep during the night. That's why I gave it a 4. It did exactly what it was supposed to do! Thank goodness!!!! | F | 31 | 20 days | 2/13/2009 | 4 | Bipolar and Schizophrenia | None that I can directly attribute to Abilify | I have been taking Abilify for over 2 years now. As a result, I can no longer remember what it felt like to not be on it or what it actually does for me when I take it. It is just another drug that I pop twice a day. 15mg twice a day for a total of 30mg. I do know that my hallucinations are very minimal from what they used to be. But I still hear voices and see things on occasion that are very disturbing. | M | 36 | 2 years | 2/5/2009 | 1 | depression | weight gain | I gained 35lbs in 6 months... it helped with my mood swings but when my psych told me it was why I was gaining weight, I went off it.... i hate it =( Now I'm left almost 40lbs overweight | F | 22 | 6 months | 2/5/2009 | 3 | depression | weight gain = 60 lbs in 1 yr, craving sweets, developed pre-diabetic condition, BANKRUPTED ME AS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE | I've suffered with intractable depression for decades and have been on just about every medication ever made. After years of working with an extremely competent, caring psychiatrist, he placed me on a 2 drug combination of 60mg/daily of Cymbalta and 15 mg/every other day of Abilify and, for the first time in a very long time, I do not experience the terrible lows which with I previously struggled. Now, if I could just lose the weight I gained.....I'd feel much, much better. Please do not construe this medication combination as a CURE. I AM better; BUT, I still struggle with depression...just not as often. | F | 50 | 4 years | 2/3/2009 | 5 | Depression | No perceptable side effects. This medicine stabelized me and provided some lift. I am taking it along with anafrinil and cymbalta. | M | 46 | 2 weeks | 2/1/2009 | 5 | depression/bipolar | weight gain | I gained some weight and told doc, he took me off and put me on Lamictal which just made me very cranky, angry, hated everyone. ( I took lamictal for 4 weeks then when off of it). Am now back on abilify and much better | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 2/1/2009 | 1 | bi polar-anxiety | my side effects were jaw discomfert, ticks all over body mostly face,worse anxiety,worse depression,loss of vision,head aches,mixed thinking,suicidal thoughts,loss sence of reality,and first six months in this med only slept 30 mins a night,and the first two months on this med i went from a weight of 250 to 180 and rarly ate anything. | when i was 8yrs old i was diagnost with bi polar and by age 18 i was put on this med by my old doctor who misdiagnost me with bi polar and after my 21st birthday i got a second opinion of my illness and they told me that i have an anxiety disorder and ptsd i have now been of this med for around 5 months and most of the side effects have worsend but my mental state has been entirely diffrent i feel like my self again and im accualy in a great place | M | 21 | 3 years | 1/30/2009 | 1 | Aspergers, depression, anxiety | My 10-year old son was put on abilify to quell his anxiety and depression. He has gained over 40# in 3-months, he beats his head, calls himself stupid and begs to go to God where the pain will be gone. We are in the process of weening him off this drug for good. | Scary...We were told it did not promote weight gain in children..yet our son gained 40#. Did nothing about his depression and anxiety and actually made him more manic and out of sorts...Did not work for our child. | M | 10 | 4 months | 1/30/2009 | 4 | Bipolar II | Mild insomnia | Despite the insomnia, this drug has given me more energy and helped with both depression and anxiety. | M | 40 | 1 months | 1/28/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | After two days on this stuff, I've got a terrible headache that won't quit and I feel like I need to vomit. | I'll give it a few more days until I see my doctor next week, but I'm not sure if this is worth it. Hopefully the side effects wear off. | F | 39 | 2 days | 1/26/2009 | 1 | Bipolar II, insomnia | This is one of the worst medications I have ever taken. I took 1 2.5 mg tab and started experiencing extreme anxiety and insomnia. This developed into a hypomanic state and I have been lucky to get 3 hours of sleep a day. I had to start taking Seroquel (which I also hate because it leaves me hung over) and I was able to sleep 6 hours. Now, I have to take Seroquel to get any sort of sleep. Also, benzos did not counteract any of my anxiety. | F | 34 | 2 days | 1/21/2009 | 4 | head banging | slight weight gain (now taking 1 mg per day with 25 mg Zoloft) When on 10 mg (in error)had severe muscle stiffness and zombie effect. | This has helped enormously-feel less anxiety, more cheerful and outgoing, can speak more slowly and clearly-and head banging only once mildly in 9 months (full moon). I have developmental disabilities and, probably, autism. | F | 63 | 9 months | 1/18/2009 | 3 | Severe Depression | Last year, I was started on 2mg and was very irritable...my doctor increased me to 4mg a day and the irritable feelings went away. However I have gained 50 lbs in one year. | Abilify in conjunction with fluexotine has helped my depression. However the weight gain is very discouraging...I am trying to lose the weight but it is very hard to on this medicine. | F | 23 | 1 years | 1/18/2009 | 1 | halucinations, anxiety | My 10 year old daughter has been on abillify for a year and she had gained weight. Also, her inner cheeks were sore as if she had began to bite them (unknowingly). She complains of stomach aches sometimes. Lately her cheeks, chin, and lips have swollen as a result, I am weening her off. I am looking for a natural alternative with minimum side effects because my daughter asked me why must she keep suffering. | F | 10 | 370 days | 1/16/2009 | 4 | Depression | Restlessness, can't sleep very well | I'm taking Cymbalta and Wellbutrin and still was in a fog or in low gear all the time. My psy thought Abilify would be a good catalyst for the two and it has worked great. No more fog, I want to do more and wake up getting going. The only issue is waking up too early; sometimes 3 and 4 am. | M | 50 | 30 days | 1/15/2009 | 1 | bipolar 2 -- hypomania | For the first 5 days I was incredibly organized and productive but this soon flipped (like taking amphetamines, really) into panic and confusion. By three days into the second week (with dosage doubled) I felt like I was crawling out of my own skin, could no longer think clearly, and was very confused and full of anger and frustration towards others, even though rationally I was aware that it was me, and not them, with the problem. I believe one has to take medication for a month or so for one's body to adjust and for side effects to fade, but after ten days I had to stop because I was so agitated and confused. I soon returned to my old self. A horrible experience, really. | Like taking amphetamines, with quick flip from productivity to confusion and anxiety. | F | 54 | 10 days | 1/14/2009 | 4 | Bipolar | First two days I was very irritated and quite edgy. However, I am starting to get used to it and it seems to be working great. Tried lithiam, depakote which worked great except for the terrible hair loss, so hoping this will stop the loss | F | 44 | 7 days | 1/11/2009 | 1 | this is for those who have experienced the horrifying effects of abilify. abilify ruined my life for quite sometime. the worst of my symptoms came on after a month of taking it (extreme anxiety, racing thoughts, nervousness, obsessing) and then when i came off of it the withdrawals were horrifying (suicidal and homicidal ideations, profound thoughts of suicide, pacing, nervousness, almost psychosis). drug management has never had any negative side effects for me. infact medications had been quite a sense of relief for my diagnosis. abilify worked oppositely as it is supposed to for me. i warn all of you to always be of understanding about the side effects medications you are taking. if i would have educated my self on the side effects i might not have been in the horrifying mess that i was in.....and i am still dealing with the grief of the aftermath. | read,read, read and understand the side effects of being on and coming off this medicine. | F | 35 | 31 days | 1/8/2009 | 4 | Minor depression, anxiety, and ADHD | Minor akathisia the first day. This subsided with clonazepam. Main side-effects are drowsiness, nausea, mild muscle weakness. Basically flu-like symptoms. For nausea, TRY GINGER PILLS!! Works perfect! | Feel less of a mental fog. Less depressed. A tiny bit more anxious, but wasn't expecting it to do much for anxiety. I have clonazepam for that. ADHD improved in only 3 days for sure. I realize 4 days is not enough time to gauge effects. I'll try to update later when I've been on it for longer. | M | 34 | 4 days | 1/5/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Nervousness, legs have to move all the time like RLS, glasses feel weird on my face take on and off and bother my nose never did before, agiatated, sleeplessness and tired and sleepy all day. | I stopped taking Abilify after a month as I would rather be sane and feel normal than live like this. Wife noticed anger and agitation were heightened and sleep interupted every hour to hour and a half. Woke up at 3-4 AM every day and could not fall back asleep. Need to try something different as can't take these side affects as worse than the symptoms for me. | M | 47 | 1 days | 1/4/2009 |