If it works for you then Yay! You will be so happy you tried it. If it doesn't work for you or you don't like the side effects or it increases your anxiety then you can stop taking it. So it really is a great idea to try.

Abilify seems to be magic for some people and hell for others (I guess this may be true of most meds tho). Unfortunately for me it was hell. Definitely not the right med for me. My anxiety was truly out of control on it and I felt bored beyond bored painfully bored all of the time. But you know what. I stopped taking it and it all went away. I was originally told to take it at night but I could never sleep it was so activating for me so I switched to mornings. Just FYI in case you need to tweak things.

Go for it! You can do it! We Bipolars are some of the bravest strongest people on the planet and unfortunately we are invisible to most.

Ps. I'm totally jealous that you have such a supportive comforting mommy.