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 | BI POLAR I | Tired, less energy, lathargic, mouth is dry, jittery, cold sweats, etc. | If i take it in the day I feel tired all day, I take it at night around 8 eiother was around lunch I am so tired and sleep 3 hours and around 8-10 at night, when I take it at night I am almost on the verge of passing out and it gives me quite a rush and keeps me up. I was very energetic before, now I feel like not even moving. LOL if you can tell I had just tookin my meds or I would not even be typing this. Also I am ever so restless legs, getting comfortable etc. | M | 34 | 4 weeks | 12/26/2007 | 3 | Massive increase in hunger and weight gain. No other side effects | Abilify worked great to stop mood swings and sense of "What's the point?" and fearful thoughts. The doctor said the medication would make me lose weight but it didn't so I decided to stop it | F | 2 months | 12/25/2007 | 1 | Bilpolar | RESTLESS!! Doctor said technical term is "akastasia" pardon spelling. Wasnt even comfortable to drive. I have driven cross country etc. before this experience. Couldnt sit still, stand or ANYTHING for 5 mins. Thought I would crawl out of my skin. Was making me feel almost suicidal! TOOK TWO full weeks or more off my 15mg dose to feel "normal" again. | I was on this med for occasional manic episodes and rapid speech.....it made me feel completely whacked out. Have never felt so uncontrollably "odd" like that before. Was honestly a terrifying experience! | F | 30 | 4 weeks | 12/19/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | Extreme nausea like I've never had, unusually tired, constipation, and restlessness | Helps keep my mind clear though...good for that, but the nausea makes me too sick to move much | F | 30 | 24 days | 12/15/2007 | 4 | Bipolar/OCD | Grogginess in the morning | This drug has worked absolutely fantastic for me, I was so manic, my mind was always racing..."I have to buy this", "I have to do that"; And now I feel so peaceful. | F | 23 | 6 months | 12/14/2007 | 1 | Bi Polar disorder | Even more depressed, irritated, can't concentrate, bladder problems, shaky legs and hands, swollen extremities, can't laugh (I love laughing- now seems like I have to retrain myself how to do it), painful joints/stiffness>(doesn't subside at all!), severely panicky, crying a lot, very sad, can't stop thinking about how horrible I feel mentally and physically. I'm even more paranoid/worried about what other's think about me than I was before taking Abilify. | Not for me. I'm glad to see that it works for some people. I was open minded and looking for help and whatever medicine works/worked, would be willing to try for sure..but not this one! | F | 46 | 2 days | 12/14/2007 | 5 | complex PTSD | Thinking is thick and slow | I take abilify when my brain starts to go out of control and won't stop. It is step 4 in a 5 step management process. (Step 5 is back to the hospital.) I've tried most other atypical anti-psychotics and for me abilify is the gentlest and sturdiest way to get my brain to stop. Usually stay on it for a month after an episode and then go off of it and am ok for a few months. | F | 51 | 3 years | 12/11/2007 | 3 | bipolar and OCD | motor impairment, slight weight gain, EXTREME fatigue, EXTEREME thirst, akathisia (need to move; I can't sit still anymore), and I believe I am experiencing Tardive dyskinesia | This medication was okay at first, or at least better than risperdal (which overall made me gain well over 100 pounds, but abilify was not that drastic). It had greatly reduced my obsessive and intrusive thoughts but now it's just an annoyance. Most of my meds, including this one, have slowed down my entire body (thinking, reaction time, speech, etc.) which is the reason I have a learning disability. I'm SO tired! I do have sleep apnea but abilify just makes it worse. Tardive dyskinesia is a problem, too (involuntary movements such as: grimacing, tongue protrusion, rapid eye blinking, finger movements as if playing a guitar or piano, etc.) Tardive dyskinesia happens with antipsychotics like abilify and I do every single thing I listed there. It's also potentially irreversable. I'm just not the same as I once was. | M | 20 | 2 years | 12/11/2007 | 4 | stress disorder | restlessness tremors BOREDOM pacing vivid/scary dreams | i had to cut my dosage in half (15 mg to 7.5 mg) and the side effects lessoned..... it works but side effects are annoying | F | 14 | 1 months | 12/8/2007 | 5 | Schizoaffective- Bipolar Type | Was tired when I first started taking it but that subsided. Now after being on it for 4 years I'm starting to have Extra Pyramidal Symptoms in my Eyes (unusual eye movements). So I've had to lower my dose. | This drug saved my life. I was literally at rock bottom when I found abilify four years ago and it brought me out of the deepest darkness imaginable. It stopped my hallucinations, controlled my bipolar symptoms, and allowed me to get to the point of being able to go back to school. I'm terrified that I'll have to stop taking it because of the EPS. | F | 22 | 4 years | 11/27/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Hypomania | Hypomania, insomnia, blurred vision, nervousness, paraniod thoughts after 3 weeks of usage, unable to relax, confusion (could have been from lack of sleep). | The first week was great, very motivated on 10 MG. Week 2 began feeling confused, blurred vision, light sensitivity, nerviousness, yet still unable to stop moving. Third week 15mg, had to start taking Temazepam to get to sleep, still only 2-3 hrs of sleep a night. Still unable to stop moving. Finally called doc and weaned off in 3 days. Wonderful motivator, but unable to focus and sleep. The sleep deprivation and vision issues made this drug debilitating. Seemed to make my hypomania worse. Weaning off had delusional thoughts for a day or so. Defintely do not cold turkey off this med. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 11/27/2007 | 2 | bipolar | great med but it made me to restless | great med but it made me to restless | M | 39 | 40 days | 11/18/2007 | 4 | bipolar | restlessness | other than the restlessness its a great med | M | 39 | 35 days | 11/13/2007 | 3 | SCHIZO apparantly | wait gain, not thinking as much, tired, lazy, eyes twitching. | I have taken this medicine for sometime now and this medicine has made me lazy and tired all the time, making me put on weight. | M | 33 | 2 years | 11/12/2007 | 4 | Major depression | Vivid dreams, waking up in the middle of the night, blurred vision (but I'm on a cocktail of meds so I don't know if this is all due to the Abilify or the others) | I've had chronic depression my entire life. I was recently (last month) suicidal, and a few days after my psychiatrist prescribed 2.5mg a day, I was out of the suicidal haze and began to feel better. After adding Lamictal (in addition to the Lexapro I was already on), I feel a LOT better. | F | 21 | 1.5 months | 11/8/2007 | 1 | Clearness of thoughts, focusing | Severe restlessness at 15mg, some at 10mg. | It may have helped in some ways, but the increased restlessness is nuts. I can't stay still and can't relax. Also take Effexor twice a day. | M | 53 | 6 months | 11/5/2007 | 5 | pshycosis | restlessness,vomiting,nausea,weight loss! | very good helped me alot to bring me out of pshycosis | F | 28 | 1.5 years | 11/3/2007 | 5 | bipolar | none | this med saved my life | M | 39 | 13 days | 10/23/2007 | 4 | bi-polar, depression, ADHA | Weight gain, tired | My 12 year old son was prescribed this and it completely changed our life! I had my child back ... no more screaming rages, no more fights in school. This is a wonder drug! | M | 12 | 5 months | 10/16/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II | EXTREME mania, severe throat swelling starting within 24 hrs of first 2 mg dose, sweating, uncontrollable tremors, twitching, headache, tiredness, blurred vision, nausea, agitation, dizziness. I ended up in the hospital after 4 days on the drug. I was severely dehydrated. | I would NOT take this drug. Even if you are having few side effects now I would say it's extremely dangerous and not worth the risk. Especially do not give this drug to children! There are bound to be long term effects that are irreversible. I will have to see if my muscle aches, tremors and twitching will subside permanently. Not a good experience! | M | 25 | 4 days | 10/13/2007 |