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 | Borderline personality disorder | Headache. Slight weight gain. Fatigue and muscle weakness. Foggy headed. Panic attacks and anxiety. Restlessness. | It helps with the impulsiveness, irritability, and rage. However, with the increased dosage, there's a huge increase in anxiety. | F | 39 | 2 months 10 mg | 10/12/2015 | 1 | psycosis | Hair shedding, skin burning, skin change in texture, sjs like sensation, no energy, sweating, wirhdrawn, eyes went funny, bad vision, burning eyes, black finger nails, feet skin and hands wrinkled, arms dieing in night, tremors, hair loss thinning, talking weird, saying weird things, acting like a loof, lashing out on the walls, feeling like i was dieing | Took for a week resolved whats left of my penis was able to achieve erections again after risperdal use but came down with so many new effects its a waste of time and nearly killed me it has ingredients of omeprazole in to which im allergic to and is what got me into all this trouble I thought i had sjs as skin was peeling and wrinkling its been hell for me skin was burning and my eyes still burn im now house bound and i was becoming agressive and have lashed out on the walls i could not even talk properly avoid this crap it will kill you | M | 24 | 7 days 2 | 10/2/2015 | 1 | MDD | Permanent Parkinsonisn Syndrome | Tremors started in legs after 1-week on 2mg/day. Increased dosage to 4mg causing increased tremors to legs and hands. Discontinued med after 3-weeks. No improvement in depression. 18-months later I continue to have tremors in legs and mildly in hands. Complete eval from Neurologist including spinal tap- Diagnosis, apparently permanent Parkinsonisn Syndrome. | F | 56 | 3 weeks 4mg 1X day | 9/30/2015 | 2 | Depression mood disorders | Extremely tired no energy lack motivation.... Zombie like state. Increased appetite | F | 17 | 7 months 7.5 1X day | 9/13/2015 | 1 | Depression | Severe suicidal ideation, no control over any of my emotions, rage, suicide attempt. | I had to be hospitalised for a suicide attempt after I started taking this. I had not been having any suicidal ideation beforehand and as soon as the drug was out of my system, I felt calm again. Please be careful if you start this medicine and have a friend check in with you regularly. | M | 29 | 3 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 8/15/2015 | 3 | To calm thoughts down | Tired all the time, worn out, no motivation/don't want to do anything, feel more scared to do things and increased social anxiety, feel wired and anxious all the time, even in my room, where I used to feel safe. Nausea, acid reflux. Some people stare at me like I'm weird in public. | I was given this to help me calm down my thoughts. I have social phobia and I don't think it's helped this at all; it may have made it worse. When I go out to restaurants, I feel more wired, and it's not a pleasant feeling, but it's hard to describe. I do notice some benefits, like I'm not walking around like a wounded, hurting animal anymore, and when I see things that used to make me feel jealous or hurt (like couples or friends together, or women with babies) it no longer has such a hurtful impact on me. I don't know what to do with this medicine, b/c I notice benefits, but the increased uncomfortable feeling is kind of hard to deal with, and the worst thing is that some other people look at me like something's wrong with me. This has happened at the past 2 restaurants I went to; two different older men looked at me like there was something wrong with me. I am on the fence with this drug; I think I should give it more time to see how I adjust, but the uncomfortable, wired, anxious-like feeling I get from it can be embarrassing for me, especially when other people look at me like there's something wrong with me. It's a feeling where I feel like I'm kind of crawling out of my skin. | F | 32 | 6 days 2 mg 1X day | 8/9/2015 | 1 | psycosis | Heart issues, bad vision, tiredness | Took for 7 days now feel awful it only helped my penis area feel better after heavy risperdal use | M | 24 | 7 days 2 MG | 8/7/2015 | 1 | depression | emotional flatness, no motivation, poor concentration, couldn't converse with people easily--couldn't find words in order to express myself, increased appetite, weight gain, metabolic syndrome which includes high cholesterol, skin reddening and peeling on face, hair loss, numbness in hands a lot during sleep--it would wake me up | Thank God I was able to get off this drug after 2 1/2 years by weaning very slowly, over the space of 2 yrs. I had to wean very slowly since I had been on 30 mgs for 2 1/2 yrs. & had tried to get off it & failed other times before. I am now completely off for 6 mths. & treat herbally which has been very successful. While on this med I knew I had to stop it or my life was over. I'm so thankful I'm done with it & have never looked back. This drug has many, many more cons than pros & should be banned. I believe it will definitely be off the market & sooner than later. Very dangerous drug especially for older people. | F | 56 | 2 years 30 mg 1X day | 7/27/2015 | 4 | For paranoia and depression. | Anxiety doesn't go away. However this medication really helps obsessive compulsive disorder. You have to take other drugs concomitantly with it. | Very good for paranoia and mood but doesn't help anxiety. | M | 1 months 400 mgs | 7/17/2015 | 1 | Anxiety, Anorexia Nervosa | I woke up every hour the first night I took it because I couldn't make myself lie still, and woke up with severe vomiting at 5am. Every day that I took it was the same, so my psychiatrist called it quits. It was a nightmare experience | Abilify freaking sucks | F | 17 | 1 weeks 5mg | 6/23/2015 | 4 | Depression and Fibromyalgia | Agitated, restless, talkative. | Even with such a small dose I feel better. I have more energy and interest in life. My Fibro seems better too! | F | 65 | 2 weeks 2mg 1X day | 6/16/2015 | 1 | Depression anxiety and ptsd | I have the most horrible uncomfortable feeling i cant sit in places i found to be my sanctuary. Anxiety and depression has not gotten any better. | F | 26 | 10 days 10mg | 6/14/2015 | 3 | Depression | Weight gain 40 ibs and high blood sugar and high cholesterol | I decided after four years it was time to go off this drug. I started by decreasing to 2 mg for one month, then 1 mg for one months and then off.I have had lots of muscle and joint pain since getting to one mg but getting better. NOthing else at this point .I am off a total of five days now. I am actually waking up from this drug. | F | 53 | 4 years 3mg 1X day | 6/11/2015 | 2 | depression | this drug made me eat like a fat cow. I would have breakfast, and then be eating an hour later. And it went on and on all day. Even with Topamax, I still ate about 8000 calories a day. Needless to say, I ballooned out. DO NOT listen to anyone who says it's weight neutral. PFFFFT! | Not about Abilify, but shrinks need to be more honest about side effects of medicine. Eating 12 times a day and having severe tarditive dyskinesia will make your original condition look like bliss. Stop treating everything with a pill. Let people live their lives. | F | 28 | 1 years 15 | 6/1/2015 | 1 | OCD; adjunct to Zoloft | At first I had no side effects or benefits from the drug, so my doctor had me titrate up to 6 mg a day, over a period of about a month. I was only on 6 mg for about a day before I ran out of medication, so I went two days without any Abilify at all, and then went back on 6 mg. Within half a day of restarting the drug, I was more anxious and panicky than I've ever experienced, and that's saying something. I was paranoid and developed massive social anxiety issues almost immediately, thinking everyone was constantly discussing how weird I was, reanalyzing conversations I had and feeling incredibly embarrassed at everything I said. I started having non-stop insatiable What-Ifs that were totally implausible, but were so terrible to me that I wanted to jump out a window just to distract myself from the unstoppable stress and doubt. I read afterward that Abilify has a very long half life - about 3 days. It's been about 6 days since I stopped the drug and the anxiety is not much better. I can | Abilify is scarier than any drug I've been prescribed. If your life isn't already at rock bottom, I'd be very wary of risking this drug, especially with so many others saying the same sort of thing. | F | 30 | 30 days 6 mg 1X day | 5/28/2015 | 1 | Depression, been through many meds | Upon first dosage I experienced a lot of strange things, including akathisia. This feeling increased up and up over the period of 50 days while I "tested the waters" to give this med a good run before throwing it in the junk pile with so many others. This feeling of restlessness has persisted for 14 months AND COUNTING after discontinuing. It has been the most devestating thing of my life. THIS DRUG SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL. BE AFRAID. I took dozens of psyc meds including seroquel by the handful for 10 years and nothing that bad ever came of it. Is this permanent? I don't know, but you do NOT want to live through these horrors in hopes of a good treatment. Let me be your warning. DON'T DO IT. | M | 27 | 50 days 5mg+Prozac 1X day | 5/13/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | Extreme nausea, Vomiting, Increased appetite, Dizziness | My family said it greatly improved my mood and reduced my impulsive urges to spend money and act without thinking. I could not tell a difference but everyone around me said it was working so I stuck with it but I started getting extreme nausea to the point I felt like a pregnant woman with all day morning sickness. It sucked because it made me severly hungry, like I could never get enough food but I ignored the extra hunger and still cut myself off when I knew I was full. But everytime I ate, if I did not throw up I would have a lingering nausea that lasted all day to the point that I actually had to make myself throw up in order to feel better. The sickness would not go away until I vomited so if it didn't happen on its own, I would force myself to. Not good, I am not bulemic. Also noticed weight gain even with constant vomiting. Puking that much should never result in weight GAIN. Also caused crippling dizziness, had to lay down throughout the day or I felt like I was going to faint. So I stopped taking it. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 40mg 1X day | 5/6/2015 | 2 | Psychosis | Insomnia, shaking, drowsy, flat mood | After trying ability tablets I would wake-up at night sweating with only 4 hrs sleep. Felt too drowsy to drive & felt giddy. | F | 28 | 4 days 10mg 1X day | 4/28/2015 | 1 | OCD | severe nausea complete loss of appetite started barely being able to eat at all chest pains zombielike lack of energy | Terrible drug | M | 21 | 28 days 20mg 1X day | 4/28/2015 | 1 | depression | diarrhea, higher dose had uncontrollable body movements | took for 7 yrs in combination with 150 mg effexor. no real change, just coasted along. stopped last year. now have additional problems, like forgetfulness, racing thoughts, confusion. at least the diarrhea stopped. | F | 51 | 5 mg 1X day | 4/27/2015 |