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 |
| 3 | bipolar II - Depression - anorxia | killer headache - pain in my jaw - nausea - dizziness | Can't really say yet if I like this medicine. I've only been on it for four days - 5mg. Seems as though a lot of people have gained weight. Hopefully that won't happen to me - right now I am nauseous so I don't want to eat; which is good sort of - I've had an eating disorder for many, many years. Now I am worried about gaining weight. If I do - I am off this drug. Thanks for the heads up - because my Doc prescribed this med as opposed to seroquel. I am hoping that these side effects go away. | F | 50 | 4 days | 3/25/2008 | 1 | SUPPOSED BI POLAR AND DEPRESSION | I cant fall asleep or stay asleep when the abilify was added to the effexor a week ago. Anxious and Xanax wont take the edge off | AS I sit here crying at 5 am becasue I once again am sleep deprived, have gained weight from it and keep getting told its okay I want to scream its not!! I am goging to have my dr remove me from this drug. Its as some have said not worht the side effects. I lived through the nausa but the no sleep other than 3 hours a night is wearingme out. | M | 40 | 2 weeks | 3/25/2008 | 5 | Complex PTSD | thinking becomes dull, thick. Dizziness, a little tardive dyskinesia. | Used this drug for a year or so, then was able to ween off of it. Now it works well when I cannot slow my brain down in any other way. Sometimes I only need it for 3 days, sometimes for a month. I can always ween off of it again and have months that I am ok. Many times, it has kept me from having to go back to the hospital. I am grateful to have it. | M | 51 | 3 years | 3/16/2008 | 5 | BIPOLAR II - PTSD | mania, jaw clenching, consitpation, increased appetite for sweets, jittery, sleepy after taking, anxiety, | it has IMPROVED my mood 100%. Very LOW dose 2.5mg. Started at 10mg, then 5mg every other day, then 2.5 mgs. That works best. Perhaps these folks on higher doses need to lessen dose until it is manageable. I am on EFFEXOR+Abilify 2.5-was suicidal b4 for 2 years. Now in less than a week I was up, productive, working, getting things done I hadn't in months. Will monitor for weight gain--I already gained weight on Effexor! No need for more weight. | F | 46 | 14 days | 3/11/2008 | 5 | Schizophernia and Bipolar | Stiffness in muscles and joints and skipped heart beats, my doctor prescribed me 40 mg and the max is 30mg. | Learned that this medicine effects different people differently | F | 34 | 2.5 years | 3/7/2008 | 4 | Bipolar w/psychotic features | always hungry; some weight gain (would be more if I ate when I was hungry); not sure how to describe this, but the blahs; physical restlessness | My doctor is thinking about switching me to geodon because of my constant hunger, but is concerned about the extrapyramidal effects with that medication; I'm not sure how well this works for depression either. | F | 47 | 2 months | 2/29/2008 | 1 | Disasociative Identity Disorder | fatigue, headache, numbness, nausea, irritability, sleep disturbance, loss of vision, rash | I may be diagnosed with lupus or some other complication at this point. I had to stop taking the drug because of the side effects. | F | 23 | 4 months | 2/25/2008 | 1 | Bipolar | Fatigue, depression | I was taking 15mgs and could never stay awake. I would sleep for almost 12 hours and still fall asleep at work and in class. I had to drink 4-5 energy drinks a day just to make it and I STILL had difficulty staying awake. | F | 22 | 1 months | 2/23/2008 | 5 | bi polar disorder | some problem with bladder control (minor) | F | 52 | 1.5 years | 2/14/2008 | 1 | Bipolar II | So far, the side effects of this medication are some of the worst I've ever felt. I have had non-stop nausea, vomiting and a horrific headache since the medicine got into my system. I've only taken one dose and am reluctant to take another before first speaking to my doctor about my exteme side-effects. | Skin "crawling" and cannot get comfortable. | F | 30 | 1 days | 2/12/2008 | 5 | bi polar | sleepy | you doctor may not tell you this but if you are over weight or insulin resistant this medicine may cause you to become diabetic I am insulin resistant and for that reason I had to wean myself off of this the benefits were not worth having a future of diabetes | F | 28 | 9 months | 2/11/2008 | 4 | PTSD | Weight Gain | Helped with nightmares. Went to sleep within 1 hour of taking. Other than 20 lb. weight gain, this medicine was very effective. | F | 25 | 3 months | 2/3/2008 | 4 | Bipolar | none | Abilify has been a great help for me. I've been on it for two years now and I haven't had another bad episode since. I am beginning to become depressed again but we are going to take my dosage up.I definently recommend this medication. | M | 18 | 2 years | 1/31/2008 | 1 | DEPRESSION | WEIGHT GAIN AND SEVERE HUNGER ANXIETY UNABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN MY OWN SKIN JUST FEEL HORRIBLE-uNTIL I FOUND THIS PAGE, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY ZOLOFT NOT WORKING ANYMORE-I CUT DOWN MY DOSE OF 30MGS TO HALF THAT AND I FEEL SOMEWHAT BETTER. i SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND SEVERE PMS-THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH THE PMS BUT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE JUST NOT WORTH IT TO ME | F | 49 | 6 months | 1/31/2008 | 1 | Was switched from Rispiradol. | Our 16 year old son had gained a tremendous amount of weight taking Rispiradol and the Dr. switched him to Abilify. "Will do the same as Rispirasol for your son without the weight gain", the Doctor told us. Well, he STILL continued to gain weight (always hungry) (has gained 70 pounds in 9 months, and he was always small framed until beginning the Rispiradol). He became extremely restless and he would pace and not be able to sit still for more than 8 minutes at a time. His lying and disrespect intensified. It was as if we no longer knew our son. Now, two weeks after stopping the Abilify, our old son is re-emerging. It is a welcomed sight. | We will never allow him to be put on abilify again. | M | 16 | 2 months | 1/22/2008 | 2 | Anxiety & Depression | Strange restlessness; especially in arms and legs. No chair felt right. First few weeks: couldn't sit still !! Increase in anxiety & depression. Slight increase in weight which subsided after 5 weeks. | Quicker orgasms! | F | 40 | 6 weeks | 1/17/2008 | 3 | depression | 20lb. weight gain,sleep disrupted, fatique. | New info about weight gain caused by increased appetite will be published soon. My therapist knows someone who works for the co. and he said my psychopharmacologist didn't have the info because it hasn't been published yet. I was waking up several hours earlier than normal and went back to my regular schedule as soon as I stopped. | F | 50 | 4 months | 1/11/2008 | 1 | supposed bipolar | my son was 17 yrs old.He was on abilify for9 months with some progress with social issues.he gained 50 lbs.he went to bed at 10.30 and passed away in his sleep.this was the only med he was on.autopsy report could not determin a definate cause.we believe it had to be from the med. | M | 17 | 9 months | 1/9/2008 | 4 | Bi-Polar, ADHD | My seven year old son has been on this med for two weeks. He complains about a little pain, I am thinking muscle pain, he has had a sore inside his cheek that we treated with clove oil and hydrogen peroxide (went away), he has been a little sad on this med, a little whiny, but considering all he has been through, it seems like he is finally able to feel emotions whereas before he seemed very out of touch with reality and non-emotional (his dad abandoned him and we are in the middle of divorce, and my son has hardly registered emotionally, which might have been a blessing in disguise all this time, and I think part of his whininess is just his ability to finally feel the things he had not been able to feel before). | Now the good stuff, we tried this med first (physician sample), then Risperdal (actual prescription). The Risperdal had no effect on him, he was still racing around like a lunatic, and after seeing him on this drug, we decided this drug was far better. He can focus at school, listens to the teacher, was able to be included in his school Christmas pageant, the violence against others (classmates, his dad, myself) has stopped, and he is able to sit still for long periods, complete class work and homework, no longer destroys the house like he did before, the school is considering allowing him to rejoin his classmates in social activities (recess and PE, which he was held out of for most of the school year because of fighting and violence), and this saved him from being suspended for the second time. My son likes the drug, wants to take it, and gets a lot of satisfaction from being able to complete tasks and follow directions. He was in so much trouble before, and meds were a last resort f | M | 7 | 2 weeks | 1/7/2008 | 3 | depression, adhd, anxiety | 2mg every 2-4 days, per shrink. I have noticed that I have been happier the first day after taking it, each time, but then I get more moody or anxious as the pill wears off so I take another one which is about 2-3 days later. I sleep fine but not as hard anymore as I used to and I find myself more bored. I am more friendly to people though - most of the time. | I am still on the fence on this drug. I am not sure if it is because I am "thinking" it is working in a good way - or if it really is. This is one drug I am still waiting to see miracles happen but, honestly, I doubt it'll ever happen. I will continue to take the samples I received from the shrink and go from there..... | F | 38 | 30 days | 1/3/2008 |