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 |
| 1 | adhd and mood swingd | My son has been taking this medicine for about four months at first he was taking 5mg and it didn't seem to do much once the Dr upped his dosages to 10mg I seen a huge change he went from active to extremely tired falling asleep in class on the toliet or just randonly. His attitude changed too. He became very calm after taking it at first but after a few hours he would lose it hitting himself and others. Yelling and was very impatient. His appetite changed too he went from barely eating to wanting to eat all the time and now he doesn't eat much at all. For about the last two months he has been super constipated and throws up randomly at night. But has no recollection Of what happened like he does it when he's sleeping. This med definitely is scaring me specially now that I read coming off of it can cause even more problems I feel bad for putting my son on it for the first place. | M | 6 | 4 months 10mg | 4/17/2015 | 4 | Severe depression | For the first week or so I experienced nausea and dizziness, but that went away. My depression lifted within a few weeks. I could function again! I became much more social, and I was able to focus on my studies. However, I gained 20 pounds within two months. Yikes! After that, the rate of weight gain slowed down to about 2-3 pounds more per month. The weight gain triggered binge/purge cycles, and eventually I stopped taking it because I couldn't deal with the insatiable hunger. After I stopped taking it, I became suicidal again. | The med made me gain weight, but it totally helped my depression!!! That being said, even AFTER I stopped the med, I wasn't able to lose the weight I gained no matter how much I dieted or exercised. It's like my metabolism had completely changed. | F | 20 | 9 months 5 mg | 4/16/2015 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | After taking Cymbalta 60mg for some time with limited results, my psychiatrist recommended that I add Abilify to the mix. After doing so, I noticed a marked improvement. It was as if I had been lifted out of my funk for the first time in quite some time. I recommend this drug. As far as the weight gain everyone complains about, I have a solution: Do not eat so much. This medication cannot cause you to gain weight per se; consuming more calories can, however. You must monitor what you eat, and you must exercise. Besides, doing so, along with drinking plenty of water will, I believe, mitigate any other unwanted side effects. | M | 47 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 4/14/2015 | 1 | Bipolar disorder suicidal thouights | left hand no feeling wouldnt work, immediately went off the drug and regained most strength in hand, seeing Dr. soon | Lost appetite completely while on it, hallucinated a bit , cut down to 5mg, felt much better, but the stroke like symptoms of loss use of the left hand made me discontinue it. I am 58 years old. Do not recommend. | F | 58 | 6 days 10mg 1X day | 4/3/2015 | 5 | bipolar disorder | Weight gain...30 pounds | F | 41 | 3 years 10mg | 3/23/2015 | 3 | depression; anxiety | 40 lb weight gain | M | 56 | 2 years 7 1X day | 3/18/2015 | 4 | For 'voices' | None. | I find this drug very helpful :) helps suppress my visual hallucinations. And my 'voices' | F | 29 | 1 years 20 | 3/15/2015 | 1 | Bpd bi-polor & PTSD | Sick dizzy sleepy | I have border line personality disorder, bi-polor and post traumatic stress disorder. Doctor put me on ability and I have never felt so shitty in my life! I no it's supposed to bring my highs low and my lows high but this has took me off my feet! All I have done all day is sleep I have no energy and feel sick and light headed! Feel very chilled out but I don't like the feeling off it! Not gonna take them anymore | F | 27 | 1 days 1 5mg | 3/11/2015 | 4 | Delusional disorder | It made me have anxiety. I put on weight and slept a lot. Felt like my personality was suppressed. | After 20 years of symptoms I had a change of diagnosis and new meds. Now I have been med free for a year. I rarely have paranoid thoughts and they don't escalate to psychosis. The side effects were worth it. | F | 43 | 3 years 15mg 1X day | 2/24/2015 | 4 | Add-on to Effexor. Stubborn depres | I feel a little hyper and slightly impatient/irritable. | After Just 5 days on Abilify, I seemed to have snapped out of a long and very stubborn depression/anixiety disorder. All I can say is "Wow!" and I hope it continues. I feel like my brain suddenly returned to its normal feelings about life and found its energy again, after dragging around for years. I hope not to experience any other symptoms - my dose is pretty low, but it sounds like problems occur as you go up in dosage. | F | 56 | 5 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 2/16/2015 | 1 | Bi-polar | Caused severe aggression. | M | 12 | 1 days 1mg | 2/9/2015 | 1 | Depression | HORRIBLE anxiety, panic attacks, felt like I was going crazy. Worst anxiety in my life. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 7.5 | 2/6/2015 | 1 | manic depression | I had the worse experience of my entire life because of this drug. I became a zombie and full of the worst anxiety I have ever felt in my life. I have had anxiety many times but this was 100 fold. I kept poking at my skin to see if I was still alive and I wanted to die. I developed claustrophobia which something I never had before. I have never been affected by cloudy or rainy weather. I had a closed in feeling and wanted it to go away. I couldn't sleep even though I was also prescribed Klonopin. I had this intense need to have loud music on constantly or else I would be consumed in fright. I was intensely scared and thought I had gone over the edge. It took me a few days to realize it was because of Abilfy. I took myself off of it after 1 week and gradually over the next week I returned to my "normal" self. This drug took me from hell and removing it took me back. | F | 60 | 7 days 15 MG 1X day | 1/15/2015 | 5 | Multiple psych issus | a little weight gain @ 1st, easily controlled when you pay attention | It is wonderful for me. "Head meds" since age 16 -age 60 now, found one that works after all the years of being a "guinea pig" on drug, after drug... | F | 60 | 5 years 2.5mg 2X day | 1/3/2015 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | The only side effect I've had on this drug is about 20 pound weight gain, which I've have maintained for the length I've been on abilify. | This medication saved my life, I have tried to come off abilify a few times, only to go into a depression and anxiety. I feel I can live a normal life on this drug. | F | 44 | 6 years 5 mg 1X day | 1/3/2015 | 5 | as an add on to Prozac | No side effects. | Adding abilify to prozac has really changed my whole like in just 6 weeks. No weight, just feel peaceful and happy. I was able to get a great job and get up every morning anxious to start the day. Love, love the med. | F | 55 | 6 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 1/3/2015 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Weight loss | Abilify saved my life. I don't feel down for no reason at all any more, it just levels me out to exactly where I'm supposed to be in order make it through life. I've made the mistake a few times in the past 3 years of going off it and within 2 weeks my moods are out of control and I'm paralyzed with paranoia. When I'm taking Abilify all of that goes away. I'm very fortunate to have found this drug. | F | 23 | 3 years 5 MG 1X day | 11/30/2014 | 3 | bi-polar, depression | When I first went on abilify they put me on 5 mgs and I was racing mentally and physically couldn't sit still or sleep. Cut it to 2.5 per doctor instructions and that seems to work. I don't think I am bi-polar at all but that's what they keep trying to say. I am 48 and never had wild mood swings and still don't. I have no high highs and no low lows so it puzzles me how this was the diagnosis. But it helping me with what I'm going through right now. | F | 48 | 2 weeks 2.5 1X day | 11/30/2014 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | Extreme increase in appetite, some dizzyness upon standing. | F | 27 | 1 years 10 | 11/14/2014 | 2 | Depression and anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN. Horrible wieght gain. Also, Did not help with spiraling thought, which for me, lead to depression. | F | 18 | 5 months 10 MG 1X day | 11/13/2014 |