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Originally Posted by Miswimmy1
Is Abilify a medication like an ADHD med that is proven to enhance everyone's performance regardless of whether they have ADHD?
I used to be on Abilify for severe anxiety related outbursts and I've been off it for over a year. Recently, my pdoc and ex-therapist brought up the possibility of me having a bipolar disorder. Abilify worked for me when I was on it before. I was wondering if the fact that it worked for me is confirmation that I have some sort of mood disorder?
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No abilify is not like an ADHD med. Quite different. ADHD meds are amphetamines and abilify is an atypical antipsychotic.
Whether you have a mood disorder or not depends very much on your symptoms. What symptoms did abilify help with??? It is meant to treat psychotic features of mental illness. It is also used as an augmenter for depression. If you are bi polar they should put you on a mood stabilizer but would maybe also use an antipsychotic if you have psychotic features.
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