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More4x
Switched four months ago to a minimal dose.
Moderate insomnia for two weeks + agitation, restlessness; the will to be active tempered by poor concentration and absence of ideas.
Time stands still and continuity of events or moment to...
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Written on March 20th, 2013
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ink82901
im unsure how to navagate this site yet. however i have posted i think.
im on another abilify support page could have been that one.
anyway im trying to come off abilify and some other phamacutical medications. they are hurting bad...
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Written on September 15th, 2012
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Run2bHappy
Okay. Here it goes. A week ago today I visited a psychiatrist for some cyclic depression and inappropriate fits of rage. I have dealt with this my entire life and I just now at 23 decided to seek treatment. Anyway, she prescribed me 2mg...
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Written on August 22nd, 2012
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ink82901
im getting some withdrawels right on time. hot flushes ,funny feeling in my chest panick..but mild.....yeah abilify i been through some of this before.its horrid
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Written on September 17th, 2012
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DrScoutFinch
I started taking Abilify two months ago and the following is my account of side effects/experiences directly related to the drug. No other parts of my lifestyle changed. I did not start, begin any new drugs. Did not alter any lifestyle...
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Written on June 12th, 2012
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tourettesmom
My 12 year old son has been on Abilify for a little over a year. His first year he gained 40 pounds which took him to 160 pounds. This was with a personal trainer 3 days a week, football and baseball activites. Following football...
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Written on April 4th, 2013
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Reina01
I stopped taking medication last summer. Now, winter is almost over, and I am taking Abilify again - because months ago, depression hit me hard and unexpectedly, and although I got over it eventually, the school couselor and I decided...
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Written on March 6th, 2010
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mariaurquiaga
I have been taking Abilify for four years and i was diagosed as having a severe depressive mood. Although i am sometimes depressed, i recentely lost my ex husband and my son does not talk to me very much, although i am very nice. I...
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Written on September 11th, 2011
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nitid
This shit is fucking expensive as hell. I have to take 5mg a day and for 20 pills, I had to pay $90 and insurance already covered some of it. Without insurance it wouldve been over $300. I cant really tell if its working or not because...
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Written on December 20th, 2010
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chickenkiev
I was prescribed a very low dose of abilify (2 mg) to help me with what the shrink called "junky thoughts" i am trying to use mind over matter but it's quite a struggle. i took myself off of my last meds lamictal about a year ago but i...
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Written on May 22nd, 2012
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keejstewart
I take abilify in conjunction with wellbutrin and prozac for depression. the wellbutrin and prozac were not working by themselves the abilify kicked in fairly quickly. and I felt like my old self - motivated and creative and...
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Written on November 3rd, 2011
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mikeogk
Please please please oh please dont take this poison it will do damage i couldnt speak mo than 7 months i dont like this shit im going to sue the shit o them
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Written on May 9th, 2012
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spacehyena
I USED to take Abilify, and in a rather small twice-daily dose.
It helped with my symptoms that I was taking it for, for a few weeks.
I began to stare off into space a lot more and standing awkwardly, often just standing still for long...
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Written on December 19th, 2011
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Reina01
Abilify scares me.
Perhaps a month or two ago, I started seeing a psychiatrist who prescribed the anti-depressant Paxil to me. I experienced nausea and weakness in my legs and arms, among other annoying symptoms, but they passed in...
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Written on May 1st, 2009
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Weigela
Amitriptyline (Elavil) is one of the first medications on the market for depression. The first 4 or 5 days may cause sedation and make you sleep but after you adjust to it, that will no longer be a problem. It is very inexpensive...
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Written on August 11th, 2012
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smorrow2012
Does anyone else or as anyone else taken abilify while pregnant im in my second trimester and since im now out of my first the doctor put me on abilify instead of my lamictal so my questions for any moms who have taken this could you...
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Written on December 16th, 2012
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SlowAutumnWind
I started taking Abilify about a month ago after and extreme bout of depression/paranoia landed me in a psychiatric hospital. I had seen the commercials on TV and so when the doctors suggested it I was willing to give it a shot.
The...
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Written on June 5th, 2010
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alisabella
This past summer was really terrible for me. I was having terrible hallucinations and my mood was fluctuating terribly. My doctor was changing my meds pretty much weekly and I got put on Abilify. At first it didn't seem so bad and it...
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Written on December 23rd, 2010
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ink82901
i had to back to 3.25 mgs of abilify. the panick got worse and became unmanagable. i do not want to get back on the benzo merry go round to control anxiety. i think this abilify withdrawel is going to take some time. one of my problems...
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Written on September 19th, 2012
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