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 | DEPRESSION & ANXIETY | Been on it 3 days, have not slept since I started it. Makes me edgy and mean. CONSTANT NAUSEA AND VOMITING. Feels like I have a wheel in my head spinning real fast. Cannot concentrate AT ALL. I am trying to give it a chance but I cannot take much more if the side effects do not subside soon !! I HAVE A HUGE HATE FOR LIFE SINCE BEING ON IT! | F | 35 | 3 days | 11/9/2008 | 5 | bipolar | loss of appetite. only need about 7 or 8 hrs of sleep but still feel well rested and have plenty of energy. | i love this med!! was on geodon and had TERRIBLE reaction. was immediately taken off and put on 10 mg of abilify. i feel great...don't even feel like i'm on medication and for the 1st time in years i feel like the old me =) | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 11/6/2008 | 2 | Bipolar, rapid cycling, mixed state | Loss of fine motor control due to shaking, especially hands, also some hair loss | I am very sensitive to medication, especially anti-psychotics, and can only tolerate small amounts; but I need them to level out my mood swings and break escalating episodes. Abilify did not work for me. The side effects have NOT gone away in the 6 months since I have stopped taking it. As an artist it's a real problem to be unable to draw a line that isn't wibbly. | F | 47 | 30 days | 10/31/2008 | 5 | pediatric bipolar | tired at night, and sometimes upset stomach. That's it! | Cost is huge, even with insurance. It is SO worth it b/c it has made 90% of our daughters symptoms go away. She is able to function normally; she has lots of friends, plays sports and aside from a little irritability at night; she is a typical 9 year old. | F | 9 | 2 months | 10/29/2008 | 2 | bipolar depression | inner restless, urge to move, couldn't sit still even to read | I think this med could have helped had I not been so restless. It also made me want to eat and smoke ALL the time to quell the restlessness. | F | 35 | 5 days | 10/27/2008 | 4 | psychosis/ocd | inner restlessness, tremors | This medicine did wonders for my voices and delusions but the side effects (tremors, inner restlessness) were too much to handle and I stopped taking this med and now I'm taking seroquel. | M | 19 | 2 months | 10/21/2008 | 3 | Bi-polar and anxiety | Tiredness, food cravings, WEIGHT GAIN whenever the dose is increased. | I started on 5mg now I am on 30mg due to this medication not having an positive effect on my bi-polar and anxiety levels. | F | 16 | 4 years | 10/21/2008 | 1 | Depression/anxiety | Significant restlessness (akathasia). It is a horrible feeling. So I stopped taking it. | M | 32 | 8 days | 10/18/2008 | 1 | Bipolar II/ Mood disorder | Extreme Akathisia! it was horrible! jittery all the time, I couldnt sit still, I had to move constantly, shaking all over and I couldnt sleep at all. It is the worst thing I have ever experienced! Plus I gained 5lbs in 1 week! Crying all the time, I bawled like a baby watching the Price is Right yesterday, bc a man won a car! Crazy!! This stuff is awful! | Its been 2 days since I quit taking it, and I am still shaky and unable to sleep. Yesterday I had to take 2 valiums, 1 and a half restoril, and 100mg of benadyl(recommend by my doc.) to try to calm me down and I was still in high gear. And after all those meds. to calm me down I was still hypomanic/ very hyper. I felt like I could have ran a marathon! I would def. not recommed trying Abilify, unless you want to feel like your going crazy.... | F | 22 | 6 days | 10/18/2008 | 5 | Bipolar disorder | Heightened libido, and that's all. I'm on 5mg qd. | Abilify has a half life of 3 days and so tends to build up in the system, and so pdocs inadvertently rx it at too high a dose. At too high a dose, it causes agitation, extreme restlessness, anxiety, etc. This has led to a lot of people begging off of it w/o giving it a fair trail. This is the best bipolar med I've ever been on, and I've been at this now for 6 years. It's looking more and more like I'm cured. I take 5mg coupled w/ 3mg of Invega and 100mg of Desipramine. I am happy, productive and participate fully in life. | M | 70 | 3 months | 10/16/2008 | 2 | Bipolar | Great at first, little sleepy, had some headaches but got used to it. Was only taking 2mg, moved up to 5mg and came down with a rash all over my arms and legs. Friends said my face looked puffy. Stopped taking it, rash went away within a week, started it up on 2mg again and my eye's swelled shut. I also retained water on this med, gained 7 pounds over a month | Loved how this drug made me feel at 2mg but the rash and puffiness just wasn't worth the trouble | F | 30 | 30 days | 10/15/2008 | 3 | depression | No side effects for the first 10 weeks. Around the 10th week I experienced two side effects that appeared almost simultaneously. The first side effect involved swelling of my parotid gland. This is a salivary gland that is located just in front of your ear and near the upper jaw. The day after I noticed this side effect, I began to experience acne-like clusters on my forehead and scalp. I'm usually pimple free, so the abilify seemed to be the likely cause. | Due to the side effects mentioned, I discontinued use. This was disappointing because the medication did seem to lessen my depression and it helped me increase energy and concentration. | F | 47 | 10 weeks | 10/14/2008 | 2 | Compulsive Skin Picking | Severe facial acne, clumsiness, muscle weakness, severe fatigue | Due to this medication for the first time in 10 years I was able to stop my skin picking. Then two months into the regime severe acne broke out on my face. 7 months later and I'm still dealing with it. The side affects aside I did have some unexpected results that I really liked. Although I wasn't taking the medication for my ADHD I found while on the medication I was extremely punctual and capable of tearing myself away from something I was focusing intensly on. I've been off the medication for several months now and have gone back to being chronically late and having periods of hyperfocus where I can't do anything else but the task in front of me. I wouldn't take it again, but some of the results were very impressive. | F | 24 | 3 months | 10/11/2008 | 3 | Bipolar Type I | Loss of appetite, weight loss, dizziness, tiredness, difficulty with some motor and cognitive skills. | I do love this drug because I've lost a ton of weight really quickly. I don't know if it will stay this way, but I can only eat small portions, if I can eat at all. Mind you, I'm not taking this medication in conjunction with anything else that would make me gain weight. I realize I've had some bizarre side effects, but the loss of motor control and dizziness have started to go away. | F | 25 | 45 days | 10/7/2008 | 2 | bipolar/schitzophrenia | restless, no appetite or sex drive, unable to focus or concentrate on anything, diarrhea. | Hate it and when I called doc about side effects she INCREASED dosage. Hope it wears off soon. My son says I look "zoned out." If this is supposed to help my manic episodes, I'd rather be manic. Up to 20 mg in 4 weeks. Ugh. | F | 45 | 4 weeks | 10/4/2008 | 2 | Bipolar 1 | My 72 year old mother was diagnosed with Bipolar 1...taking Abilify she is losing her ability to walk and sleep..she is currently on 5 mg...I want to ween her off..I don't like how combative she has become... | F | 72 | 5 weeks | 9/30/2008 | 5 | bipolar | None that I am aware of. | This drug (and I am only on 5mg now) gave me my life. I was completely unstable, foggy, rocking, in the black, sleeping depressive fragile anxious way, and then this drug came along and made everything all right. With therapy, I have resumed a normal life, work full time, and am basically doing well. Taking Abilify was the turning point. | F | 33 | 6 years | 9/27/2008 | 3 | Bipolar I | Loss of appetite (the very thought of most foods made me sick), sleepy, kind of depressed, a little weepy. | I don't think I've been on it long enough. I'm only on 5 mg, but I'm also on Klonopin and Lamictal, so it may be a mixture of the three that's causing this. I was really surprised with the loss of appetite. Normally, I get up in the morning and can't wait to eat breakfast. Lately, I wake up and just want coffee before I realize that I'm bored and have nothing I want to do at all. | F | 24 | 14 days | 9/24/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | extremem restlessness, nervousness, I couldn't sleep, would toss and turn. WHen I did sleep I woke up hour on the hour. I felt blah about everything. Increased appetite.I gained 10 pounds in one money. Trembling and shaking hands. | I started out on 5mg and upped to 10 mg. in two weeks. I started feeling better but then the side effects became too much. I literally couldn't stay still, no position was comfortable whether it be standing, sitting or laying down. Even after taking an Ambien I still couldn't sleep. I finally did after taking a clonazepam and Ambien together. | F | 30 | 5 weeks | 9/24/2008 | 5 | Schizophrenia, poor cognition | Really bad anxiety, homicidal thoughts. Some tics. | Really excellent medication, main reason I had to switch from Risperidone was my thinking was really messed up. But having switched to this my thinking is clear as, no problems on the schizophrenic side either. Fantastic medication. | M | 6 months | 9/13/2008 |