| I just tried Abilify for about 3-4 weeks. I eased onto it and eased back off. I couldn't sleep--or if I could, it was broken up in a series of little 2 or 3 hour pieces. The problem is that I've now been off of even the little dose I finished with and I still can't sleep. I don't know if it's the anxiety and depression I usually have to deal with that's causing it, some last bit of the medicine in my body, or whether it's changed my sleep patterns for good. I have the impression from a couple of times waking up that the problem may be sleep apnea--which I now see somewhere that Abilify may cause to worsen. I sure hope this is temporary, because I'm getting very tired and very depressed. I'd be very, very careful with this stuff. Has anyone else had a similar experience after going off the stuff? I did have all the jazzed-up restlessness that others describe while on it, which is why I went off. |