Abilify
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| Brand Name: | Abilify |
| Generic: | Aripiprazole |
| Availability: | Prescription |
| This drug was approved by the FDA in one form or another on: 2002-11-15 ,2004-12-10 ,2006-06-07 ,2006-09-20 , | |
| This drug is made in one form or another by the following companies: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | |
| This drug is available in the following forms: Injectables Oral Solutions Orally Disintegrating Tablets Tablets | |
| View the actual FDA approved label for this drug at the following links: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/021436s013,021713s008,021729s001lbl.pdf http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/021866lbl.pdf |
About Abilify
- Abilify is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs or unusual suspiciousness.
- Abilify is used to treat mixed or manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness than causes extreme mood swings.
Precautions for Abilify
- Abilify may impair judgment, thinking, or motor skills. You should be careful in operating machinery, including automobiles, until you know how Abilify affects you.
- It is important to avoid overheating and dehydration while taking Abilify. Abilify may make it harder to lower your body temperature.
Side Effects of Abilify
The following are the risks and potential side effects of Abilify therapy. However, this list is not complete.
- Increased chance of death in elderly persons. Elderly patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, such as Abilify, for dementia had a higher chance for death than patients who did not take the medicine. Abilify is not approved for dementia.
- A life-threatening nervous system problem called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). NMS can cause a high fever, stiff muscles, sweating, a fast or irregular heart beat, change in blood pressure, and confusion. NMS can affect your kidneys. NMS is a medical emergency. Call your healthcare professional right away if you experience these symptoms.
- A movement problem called tardive dyskinesia (TD). Call your healthcare professional right away if you get muscle movements that cannot be stopped.
- High blood sugar and diabetes. Patients with diabetes or who have a higher chance for diabetes should have their blood sugar checked often.
- Strokes have happened in older patients treated for mental illness from dementia. Abilify is not approved for this use.
- Other serious side effects with Abilify may include low blood pressure seen as dizziness, increased heart beat and possibly fainting; seizures; increased body temperature; and difficulty swallowing.
- The most common side effects may include headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting, constipation, anxiety, problems sleeping, lightheadedness (dizziness), sleepiness, restlessness and rash.
Who Should Not Take Abilify
Do NOT use Abilify if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in Abilify
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Interactions with Abilify
Because certain other medications can interact with Abilify review all medications that you are taking with your healthcare professional, including those that you take without a prescription.
Your healthcare professional may have to adjust your dose or watch you more closely if you take the following:
- blood pressure medicines
- ketoconazole
- quinidine
- carbamazepine
- fluoxetine or paroxetine
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Abilify.
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Abilify & sleepwalking and talking in your sleep
My son is 13 years old with a history of adhd and a traumatic brain injury. He was prescribed Abilify 15mg about 2 months ago. Since then I have noticed an increased restlessness while he is asleep, and he has began talking and walking in his sleep. This is a nightly occurance. I was wondering if any one else experienced these side effects with abilify? Thanks Nelda
Posted By Neljoy at Tue 18 May 2010, 10:52 PM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Abilify
I come to this site because I had some questions about abilify and found incredebly good insights from all of the wonderful sharing of your stories. I have being diagnosed from my Doctor as psychotic, I have had about 4 episodes in my life, first one when I was 23, they have all been caused because I have done a lot of different illigal drugs, them in combination with stressfull situations in my life have cause psychotic breakdowns. Last year I started seeing a Doctor who is very nice but I am not sure to want to follow all that he tells me, he prescribed to me first 3 medications, one of them seroquel, abilify and some other one that I cant remember. When I started taking this medicines I felt as if I had snored a bag of cokaine and would feel wrestlesness and could not stand still, when standing still will alternate standing on one foot to the other looking like a looney, I went on the internet and read all about the drugs that I was taking and found out that out of the 3 abilify was the one causing those feelings, at the time I was having the episode still so it was hard to cope also with such wrestlesness. I stopped taking abilify and the symtoms went away (the stwitching the legs etc etc) I have stayed on seroquel and have gained about 30 pounds which has made me very insecure and depressed because I am not used to be this fat (I also suffer from bulimia) no matter what I do I cannot loose the weight, also I feel tired and not so motivated to go to the gym cause when I did everyday I didnt see any difference. The doctor told me now that I should try to go back on abilify because seroquel slows down my metabolizm and the abilify will healp me to get it back up. I feel scared about the side effects but even thought that I have started to take 5mg today and will see how it holds, I have to go see him in two weeks and he will take the seroquel away and leave me on abilify. The thing that struck me as stupid from him was that when I asked him how long will I have to be on medication for, he answered that I have to be on it FOREVER, I stressed to him that the episodes I have have been drug related but he said it is chronic and shouldnt get off of it. I think is very irresponsible from him to make such an assumption and not even say ''Oh maybe we should try some time without it'' to see if it actually true or not. I have decided that I will take this pill (abilify) for a few months and then slowly take it away and see if I am alright or not, I have stopped smoking weed and will not touch any substance for the rest of my life, I am quite sure I will be fine and will not take the doctors word as the one and only possibility. I advice you all to take care and see different doctors when you feel something is not right, doctors are not Gods who know everything and a lot of the times they over prescribe medications and make HUGE mistakes. I will try the abilify and will write in about a month to tell you all if it has healped me with the weight issue (I have seen many comments about that) I wish you all the best with your problems and that you find the best answers and solutions for your selfs Alicia :) Ps: sorry for my many spelling mistakes
Posted By alicia at Thu 15 Apr 2010, 3:57 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Abilify
I come to this site because I had some questions about abilify and found incredebly good insights from all of the wonderful sharing of your stories. I have being diagnosed from my Doctor as psychotic, I have had about 4 episodes in my life, first one when I was 23, they have all been caused because I have done a lot of different illigal drugs, them in combination with stressfull situations in my life have cause psychotic breakdowns. Last year I started seeing a Doctor who is very nice but I am not sure to want to follow all that he tells me, he prescribed to me first 3 medications, one of them seroquel, abilify and some other one that I cant remember. When I started taking this medicines I felt as if I had snored a bag of cokaine and would feel wrestlesness and could not stand still, when standing still will alternate standing on one foot to the other looking like a looney, I went on the internet and read all about the drugs that I was taking and found out that out of the 3 abilify was the one causing those feelings, at the time I was having the episode still so it was hard to cope also with such wrestlesness. I stopped taking abilify and the symtoms went away (the stwitching the legs etc etc) I have stayed on seroquel and have gained about 30 pounds which has made me very insecure and depressed because I am not used to be this fat (I also suffer from bulimia) no matter what I do I cannot loose the weight, also I feel tired and not so motivated to go to the gym cause when I did everyday I didnt see any difference. The doctor told me now that I should try to go back on abilify because seroquel slows down my metabolizm and the abilify will healp me to get it back up. I feel scared about the side effects but even thought that I have started to take 5mg today and will see how it holds, I have to go see him in two weeks and he will take the seroquel away and live me on abilify. The thing that struck me as stupid from him was that when I asked him how long will I have to be on medication for, he answered that I have to be on it FOREVER, I stressed to him that the episodes I have have been drug related but he said it is chronic and shouldnt get off of it. I think is very irresponsible from him to make such an assumption and not even say ''Oh maybe we should try some time without it'' to see if it actually true or not. I have decided that I will take this pill (abilify) for a few months and then slowly take it away and see if I am alright or not, I have stopped smoking weed and will not touch any substance for the rest of my life, I am quite sure I will be fine and will not take the doctors word as the one and only possibility. I advice you all to take care and see different doctors when you feel something is not right, doctors are not Gods who know everything and a lot of the times they over prescribe medications and make HUGE mistakes. I will try the abilify and will right in about a month to tell you all if it has healped me with the weight issue (I have seen many comments about that) I wish you all the best with your problems and that you find the best answers and slutions for your selfs Alicia
Posted By alicia at Thu 15 Apr 2010, 3:53 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Is dosage correct for Abilify? Concerned about Side Effects.
Hello, I am glad I have access to such good resource as this community forum. My question is: Would it be a good starting dosage 5 mg in the morning and 5 mg at bedtime, this last, with Remeron=15 mg, as prescribed by pdoc ? It has been now 10 days since I started taking Abilify for Atypical Major Depression. Since yesterday (day 9) felt very anxious and restless, with a compulsive desire to be walking or simply, moving. I can't hold any thought in my head and have very negative thoughts during these last two days. Any insight will be much appreciated. Alex.
Posted By mofam at Tue 16 Mar 2010, 8:30 PM in Abilify || 0 Replies
What happens if you stop taking Abilify?
So my Girlfriend has been taking abilify for about 2 years now ( she is 22 ) and recently we got the idea that maybe she should stop taking it... since she was always falling asleep, everywhere. What would be the side effects if she stops taking it ?
Posted By Ryangee16 at Fri 26 Dec 2008, 1:46 PM in Abilify || 2 Replies
should I be taking this?
I currently take 70 mg of Vyvanse daily with 5 mg of Klonopin daily. my psychiatrist just added 5 mg of Abilify daily because she said it would help my racing thoughts and help me not get so easily distracted. i've been doing a lot of reading about Abilify and it seems ultimately to be a stimulant and calming kind if thing... well, I'm already taking amphetamines and benzodiazepams and I really don't feel like, from what I've read, that it will really do anything for me. the combination seems odd and I'm wondering if anyone else is taking abilify with that or a similar combinations of drugs and what you feel it does for you. I'd be REALLY interested to hear from you because I'm kinda freaked out about taking something classified as an antipsychotic and it seems to usually goes along with antidepressants and for people with bipolar disorders. I have ADHD (I'm 25) and severe anxiety... think abilify will do anything good here? ~ katie :)
Posted By tragicspacepixie at Fri 28 Nov 2008, 12:51 AM in Abilify || 1 Reply
Abilify,Cymbalta, and adderall
I've had several major depressive episodes since my teens. In my 50's now. I have taken at least three quarters of the antidepressants made. My best success in the past few years has been with cymbalta. It has kept me from going inot a deep depression; however I still was waking up in the morning with suicidal thoughts. I started taking abilify in July, 08; and this has been very helpful; with no side effects I can name. I started with 0.5mg of the liquid solution and am now taking 1.0 mg. I have obstrluctive sleep apnaea and even though I usea c-pap, I am stjill very fatigued during the day. I was first given provigil which I think is totally ineffective. I now take 5 to 10 mg of adderall a day, with one to three days off a week.
Posted By Richard at Tue 21 Oct 2008, 1:39 PM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Drain Bamage/ Brain Damage
Hello Lucky Abilfy Recipients, Yes, psychiatric medications suck (in general) and I am thinking that Abilify may need to change their name to Debilify. I am trying it out and am on day two. I have a history of closed head injury ( 14 years ago) , post traumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorder. I have pretty intense mood swings and have been occasionally diagnosed with bi-polar disorder by lazy government psychiatrists who don't seem to have time to listen to my history or look at my MRI's. So far on the "Abilify" I have noticed, drowsiness, difficulty reading, vivid dreams/nightmares and problems with coordination. I am only taking one mg. I have had some luck in the past with Ritalin which helped with concentration and had a calming effect. I don't think that it is great for regular long term use though and I haven't used it since college. It is too early to tell where this ride will take me but I am already tempted to jump off. My partner has noticed increased slowness and a new blunted affect ... ( which must be very attractive, I am sure.) I am extremely sensitive to medications and I hear this is common for people with head injuries. I have had some major bad reactions to meds in the past, especially anti-depressants which make me super-agro-agressive. (Paxil was HELL). I have had my greatest improvements with meditation as opposed to medication. I'll try to stick it out with Abilify for at least a week. I do feel "FLAT" and although that doesn't feel "good" it is a nice break since I am usually very volatile emotionally and I can be prone to some pretty intense rages (Once a week - to once per month, more often during Presidential elections). I hope that I don't have to become a zombie 7 days a week to avoid these stupid episodes. Keep Being Courageous and Beautiful, Lisa
Posted By Artlisa at Sun 14 Sep 2008, 4:58 PM in Abilify || 1 Reply
Abilify-Low dose very effective
I am Bipolar very mild. I began to take abilify daily and found that it made me extremely tired. Than my psychiatrist suggested that I try taking it once a week. I found that by taking 7.5 MG 1 a week that it has been highly effective in combating. Anxiety attacks. I used to wake up early in the morning and worry about every possible bad scenario that can happen. Abilify did away with that. By the way. I take Abilify 7.5mg 1 a week Zoloft 25MG Daily Wellbutrin 300mg XR I was taking Provigil but it became impossible to get it internationally and it's too expensive domestically, So I switched to Adrafinil the parent of Provigil which is legal in Europe and can be ordered from overseas but not FDA approved. I highly recommend Abilify but question your Psychiatrist about the dose. I suspect that for minor conditions the dosage that is being recommended is too high..
Posted By BP1 at Sun 27 Jul 2008, 10:47 PM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Abilify and Adderal XR Question
Hi, My 11yo son takes Depakote and Abilify. 1000mg Dep/7.5 Abilify. We have added back in 10mg of Adderal xr. Let me backtrack. We added the Adderal when he was still taking only 5mg of Abilify and it seemed to focus him during the school day and also help him control his need to physcially respond to stressful situations. The teachers, aide, family were all amazed at our 'new' boy. However, we increased the Abilify to 7.5 and now he's starting to react in an aggressive way to stress again. My question is...does anyone else take (or has taken) This combo? I would like to also replace the adderal with something that does not suppress the appetite. My son is small for his age and on growth hormone...so he has to eat and I'm afraid since the addition of Adderal he's losing weight. Thanks for any input.
Posted By redheadtwo at Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:19 PM in Abilify || 2 Replies
Abilify and Birthcontrol
Does anyone know if Abilify interacts with Oral Contraceptives such as Seasonale, to make the contraceptive less effective?
Posted By Unregistered at Sat 3 Dec 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Don't work
My wife (who has schizoaffective disorder) was on Zyprexa for quite awhile and was living a perfectly normal life. About 3 months ago her doctor switched all of her meds at once. She went from Zyprexa and Depakote to Abilify and Gabatril. Within one month she had deteriorated to the point that she had to be hospitalized. She was in for 24 days, with no improvement, even though the doctor kept upping the dosage. She was eventually released in worse condition that when she was admitted, and I and our two children have been living a nightmare ever since. She suffers from auditory, visual, and occasionally tactile hallucinations. She also has some very disturbing delusions. We have had to lock up everything in our home which might be dangerous. I don't know how long it takes a doctor to accept the fact that some medicines do not work for some people. People who are so worried about weight gain should be thankful that is their biggest concern, as for me and my children we would like to have this precious sweet woman back regardless of her weight. I have been taking care of my wife when her disease flared up for 20 years. Under the new HIPPA laws, that ability was taken away from me this last round of hospitalization. A spouse no longer has a right to know what is being done to or given thier spouse. Had I any say, she would already be back on Zyprexa. All I can say is, try it. If it hasn't made SIGNIFICANT improvements in one month, DEMAND your doctor switch you to something different. Yes, sleep disturbances are common. Yes, continued hallucinations and delusions continue. Also, there simply isn't any evidence that this drug doesn't cause long term severe problems. It was rushed through the approval process by it's lobbying supporters without any studies of long term usage, or even effects manifesting later from short term usage. If I had my way, this drug would be pulled from the market. Next step for us is to find a doctor that isn't working for the drug company.
Posted By Chris at Tue 18 Nov 2003, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Abilify coleslaw mess
I, too have extremely difficult to treat depression. I was on Abilify for a couple weeks and did well, but then in my typical manner I didn't put the lid on my pills. I put coleslaw from my lunch in my bag with my pills and melted my pills with coleslaw. All I could think was, "what the hell was I doing with coleslaw?". Luckily I get Abilify for $50 with insurance, but have to wait for June 3 for a refill. I was doing well with Abilify, much better than the othere circus of drugs I've been on. I almost committed suicide after one day on Cymbalta, and have been on some nasty drugs. Too many such as Neurontin just make me numb, and I can't stand that. Now I'm on Seroquel which has been very beneficial in preventing my morning suicidal feelings, and Lamictal which gives me good evenings only. I have rash from Lamictal because my liver is dumping bile into my system and need to go off it ASAP. As soon as I can refill the Abilify I will go back on it and off the Lamictal because Abilify seemed to have great potential without the hideous side effects that these types of drugs can have... God's blessings to everyone suffering through this.
Posted By Vivian at Thu 2 Jun 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Why I Hate Abilify...
I am a 21 year old who suffers from Bi Polar Type 1 and 2 (mixed episode) and I was recently put on Abilify, approximately two and half weeks ago in order to stable out my constant moods swings. I "used to" be manic about 50 to 60% of the time and have this abundance of energy on a very minimal amount of sleep (like 3-4 hours) and I would race around the house: folding laundry, exercising for hours on end, organizing my room, writing poetry, dancing and singing...in other words, I was always on the go!!! And then the other 40-50% of the time I would be this depressed, "down in the dumps", extremely emotional zombie... having unexpexcted emotional outburst and crying for no reasons at times, sometimes I would be very passive with my anger and then suddenly blow up at someone for something little that may have been irritating or hit a soft spot, make suicidal comments about how I don't want to live anymore (even though I do, just not like this), etc...the list could go on and on, but anyhow, even though I have been going through these emotional mood swings for about eleven years, it wasn't until I slit my wrist the beginning of this summer that my family decided I need more than individual therapy and medications. I had been on: zoloft, prozac, lamictal, trileptal, effexor and risperdal- none that worked out for me and so I got sent to McClean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts which is specifically a mental hospital and I had both individual and group therapy, along with feeling like a science experimented while my inpatient team there tested out different medications on me. The last one they put me on and sent me home with is Abilify, but not only has the Abilify reduced my manic episodes and cause me to sleep- but instead I feel drained out, oversensitive and sluggish all of the time and I have a loss of interest in the few things that I ordinarily have interest in. Does anyone know if these feelings will go away?
-tiff-
Posted By Tiffany at Sat 3 Dec 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 8 Replies
Is Abilify Right For Me?
14 years ago I was involved in a bad car wreck, I got a severe closed head injury, among other injuries, and I almost died. My head trauma effected my body and my moods a great deal. After trying a few different medicines, I'm now on Prozac for my depression, anxiety, and OCD, Lamictal for my mood swings, and Seroquel for my mood swings and my insomnia. In the past 2 years I've gained about 55 pounds and most of the time I feel like a zombie because I'm very tired, dizzy, and weak. I'm very depressed because of my weight gain and I seem to keep gaining weight. After a lot of research I've learned that some depression pills can cause you to gain weight and feel as if you're always hungry. I'm now seeing a new doctor who tells me that Seroquel is what caused a lot of my weight gain. She wants to try me on Abilify and stop the Seroquel. She says that the Abilify will give me more energy, but after reading all of your comments I'm scared to death that it will make my insomnia worse. I'm sure that Abilify, as with any drug, has it's good effects and it's bad effects, but I'm scared to death that it will make my insomnia worse and not help my moods and my depression enough, if any. I'm so tired of switching from one pill to another. The pills that I'm on now were working for me for awhile, but then they started not to help enough. Now my new doctor, a Psychiatrist, wants to try me on Abilify instead of Seroquel to help me lose weight and be more alert, but I'm scared to death that it will only give me bad side effects after reading all of your comments. Please give me some of your opinions on what I've just told you and what you'd do.
Posted By Serena at Thu 6 Sep 2007, 3:10 PM in Abilify || 2 Replies
abilify and sweats..
I read about the people here suffering from sweating. I have to wonder if my sweating isn't an extreme case with added hormones from just having a baby 6 weeks ago. I went just to the store and by the time I got into the store I was dripping and looked ridiculous as it's not hot here. I am so disgusted with this aspect of the drug.
However, when I awoke after the first morning of taking it, I sat up and actually felt super and alert for the first time in years. But then a turn for the worst after a few days of taking it, I am back to my ugly anxiety and panic worry ocd etc. It's gotta get better here, same thing with the sleep, makes you wanna drink a gallon of vodka to knock you out.. (don't do that.. ) but its certainly tough to feel like your only 1/2 way sleeping, I don't think I got a REM sleep in all the time on this med. Lexapro is my other med and I have to wonder if there is a better mixture of meds for me. hmmm? Anyone else have a comment for me please email me. Thanks
Posted By Unregistered at Wed 25 May 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 2 Replies
abilify
my 17 yr old son has been on abilify , for approx 3 weeks, he was on risperdal for about 2 yrs and gained alot of weight. he takes his pill in the morning and he seems to have no side effects, he has started to lose weight. he is adhd an has explosive anger syndrome, we have seen no change in behavior since coming off risperal. the abilify seems so far to be working well for him. he is a good student and you couldn't ask for a better behaved teenager. we have a doctors appt. saturday.the weight caused him to be self conscious, and he is already feeling better about himself.
Posted By dan at Sat 18 Oct 2003, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 6 Replies
How these meds I 've been taken works
I'm Lisa Willis and I'm 22-years old diagnosed with Bipolar type One with paranoia features and Chronic Fatigue. The Abilify really helps me from going in a manic episode where I get in serious trouble and other mixed moods where I'm both manic and depressed at the same time. I take other medications such as Adderall for the depression and Chronic fatigue part and Lexapro for the depression and anxiety part. I hate it when I don't take the adderall because I get these symptoms where I yawn, watery eyes, lethargy, not feeling refreshed whenever I wake up in the morning, and upset stomach. I think what caused me to have this condition was missing and lossed of a loved one, stress, and it runs in the family. Don't ever quit taking your medicine within a week otherwise the depression will kick back on you. Being on these medications, I feel alot better. I can concentrate and work alot better. When I was 5 years old, the doctor said that I was diagnosed with ADHD and I don't think that was ADHD. I think That was Bipolar Mania because there were other times my temper would last for one hour. And the symptoms where I go into a manic state are not gone.A child with ADD's temper only lasts for twenty Minutes. As I look back now I think my doctor misdiagnosed me because my brother was diagnosed with ADD and his symptoms have gone. He can work without his medication. He's twenty now. I developed depression when I was in seventh grade. I think all my life I had Bipolar the whole time. In eighth grade I would go in a normal state and then depressed state. Since I'm on these medications I don't feel depressed and stressed out anymore and that's a good thing! For the ones out there diagnosed with Bipolar, always and I mean always take your medications otherwise it will come back. If It wasn't for Lexapro, Abilify, and Adderall, I would be dead right now because I had the attempt to commit suicide last year.
Posted By Lisa Willis at Sat 3 Dec 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
Bipolar,GAD, and Chronic Fatigue
Hi!I'm Lisa. I'm 22 and diagnosed with bipolar type one, anxiety disorder and chronic fatigue. I take the abilify for the manic and mixed moods, Lexapro for the depression and anxiety part, and Adderall for chronic fatigue and depression part. My improvement of the symptoms have decreased ever since I've been on the medications. I'm doing alot better that what I went through before.I forgot all about this jerk that I used to date for eight months, and I can work long periods of time. The worst thing that the Abilify does to me in the after noon is restlessness and sleepiness at the same time.I take it at night. I take 12.5 mg of it. Before I was treated with these medications, I took a bottle of asprin and vodka because I was going through alot with my life. I think what caused me to have these conditions was stress, missing this guy I used to talk to, work problems, financial problems, school problems, looking back as the person I used to be, and I think Hypothyroidism. My grade in Calculus II sliped. I didn't care about college. I felt like my life was ruined and destroyed. I'm glad that I'm taking the Abilify because my moods don't change. As I think of it now, I don't want to change my medicine to other medicines that causes weight gain. I don't ever want to weight more that 115 pounds because I will flip! One point of time I didn't take the Abilify for a month and I was going high and low. I hated going into a depress state because whenever I do go in that state, I feel like I just want to die. My advice for people who have the same condition or the similar condition that I have, always take your meds everday. Don't think all because you're getting better on the meds and quit taking it and saying "OH, I feel fine with out the medicine." I am so glad my doctor put me on the Abilify. My grandma used to take Abilify for Schizophrenia, but no longer takes it. It caused her to have memory loss. She was hospitalized for two months. The issue is is that I'm turning 23 soon and I'm under Military Insurance and I will no longer be a dependent under that insurance. I really need to be on this medicine untill my treatment gets better. I need to know what kind of insurance would be best so I can continue taking the meds? Bluecross?
Posted By Lisa at Sat 3 Dec 2005, 12:00 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies
No Subject
My daughter has Autism and will start a study next week in Atlanta, she is 8 years old and this study is to see how well Abilify works for kids under 18. And for autistic kids with self injurious behavior. The FDA has not approved Abilify for kids. My child will be going to the office, once a week for the next 6 weeks, doing blood work each time. And she will be under close supervision for a year. I am excited to try the drug, my daughter is severly self abusive, with limited speech. I will let her take this under supervision, because if it helps her at all, it will be well worth it. And if it helps her and they do apporve it, it might help others like her.
Posted By tammie at Thu 13 Sep 2007, 11:20 AM in Abilify || 0 Replies