User Reviews for Abilify oral

I started abilify two weeks ago for depression and aggressive outburst. It has worked for me. The downside of it for me is hallucinations and impulses spending which has calm down. I am able to start my day without feeling down or tired. It has also brought me out of my numb state with the help of celexa. After being on multiple antidepressants I feel my psychiatrist finally got it right.

Great for depression, but it made me have a compulsive need to eat and shop. It took away my suicidal thoughts and anger. I gained 30lbs over the course of 6 months

I felt a positive affect of level headiness with in 24-48 hours. My racing thought stopped. The feeling of tenseness stopped. I did have some akathisia on 10mg. So I Just backed down to 5 mg.

I was prescribed this in the hospital for bipolar depression. It took a couple days to kick in, but when it did, my anxiety immediately worsened to unbearable levels. I couldn't stop blinking and I felt a constant sense of dread. I had trouble working and sleeping. I couldn't even stop it immediately; I had to ween off of it for about two weeks. This could potentially be extremely beneficial, but caution is needed.

gained weight, tiredness, but it works for psycosis

This is the worse Med ever. I dont even know why any Dr. Would script this is 2023. Hair loss weight gain 80lbs sever body and hip aches lack of concentration this drug should be banned for life

This medicine has changed my life. It literally fixed my ADD/ADHD, I could feel my head level for the first time in my adult life. I highly recommend the round pills not the football like kind. Round doesnt make me gain weight bc of constant hunger but football kind did.

I never had issues with anxiety until I took this crap. still having anxiety even after months of not taking.

Worked really well for like 2 months then I got restlessness and couldn't stop moving so bad I couldn't barely drive my car because I was was just exploding with movement and having suicidal thoughts. Read online that it could of been permanent, that would of ruined my life, thankfully I've been off of it and it has slowly went away.

I am a bipolar woman who has been battling depression and anxiety most of her life. Adding ability to the mix aided me tremendously.

This medication was a game changer. Prescribed for aggressive out bursts, anxiety, agitation and mood dysregulation/meltdowns associated with Autism. My son says it gives him "more thinking time" and he is able to think things through before he becomes overwhelmed and reactive. Used in addition to a low dose antidepressant. No side effects.

I took 1 dose. I then began to go insane for probably a 24 hour period of anxiety and panic like the world has never seen. A horse tranquilizer couldn't calm me down. It was horrible and so was Caplyta. They both mess with the same brain chemicals dopamine and serotonin. Also Caplyta caused interrupted breathing during sleep. My son thought I was going to die. He told me the next day he checked on me in the middle of the night and I wasn't breathing and then I was. I can't get around very well so he checks on me.Read More Read Less

I took this medicine for 2.5 years after having hallucinations, hearing stuff, extreme paranoia and extreme raging episodes. It didn't help at all in the beginning but somewhere in the middle it helped a bit and then it stopped helping lol. Im diagnosed with borderline personality disorder which can give "psychotic" symptoms due to extreme emotions so i guess they thought it would help my extreme raging episodes, which it didn't. I got taken off the medicine about 6 months ago due to 2 physical illnesses i have, one being pcos. Nth really changed but i hardcore hallucinated and heard stuff this one night, more than usual. But that could be bc i was in an extreme physical stress state bc i got broken up with. In conclusion, its useless ??Read More Read Less

My 7 year old took this medication for 2 days and is neck started to bother him at school. The teacher dismissed him by the time me got home it was really hurting bad. I took him to the ER. but the time me got there he was dropped face on one side hard to talk and drooling and in pain. Never again will we take this.

I've been on abilify before and recently went on it again. I've noticed people in reviews talking about being restless and I did experience some of that this second time but my Dr put me on a low dose of propranolol to counter it and that fixed it. Abilify really helps my depression and OCD. I can think clearer and it makes me more calm. I have major depression with psychotic tendencies and it helps with my hallucinations and paranoia as well. :) I do want to eat a lot but I learned the first time to pack little healthy snacks and drink plenty of water and it helps curb it some,plus exercise. Read More Read Less

I was on the Abilify injection monthly for like 4 years. It made me put on so weight that I had never gained in my lifetime. It has steroids in it. I finally got off of in summer of 2020.

I never wanted to be on these meds and they have made me more suicidal and they have not helped. they make me feel tired all the time. it feels like my eyes are coming out of my head sometimes. i just dont feel real and this med makes me feel 10 times worse

It made me paranoid, cry for no reason, very anxious and have weird scary thoughts

I was put on this medication when i was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and anorexia. I started on 1mg and went up to 10mg. I stayed on 10mg for a year and that was the worst year of my life. I struggled with binge eating - gained 60lbs in under a year, spent money recklessly, felt suicidal but didnt have the energy to act on it, was tired, had no motivation to do things and became very impulsive with self harm. The day i chose to stop taking it is what i think of the best day of my life. After i stopped taking it, i was told by the pyschatrist that 40% of people he prescribes it to has had an issue with compulsive/impulsive behaviours such as binge eating, gambling, excessive spending. If it works for you im glad, but please be aware of it. If you experience any behaviours that are not normal to you, talk to your dr about it and mention that you are on this drug. Read More Read Less

Terrible medication, always causes episodes and I had terrible anxiety with it. I feel like this medication almost got me killed. Never taking this medication again.