That happened to me too on Ability. I cut it down to a quarter of a pill and kept telling my doctor about how it was making me feel manic and he was saying there was no way it could do that but as soon as I took it I felt so energetic and like an engine was roaring inside. Eventually I lost my job and ended up in the hospital. I was exercising and meditating too.

The doctor says I would have been manic regardless of the Abilify and that may be true but I think it made it ten times worse. I would say to do what you think is best for you. If Ability isn't right for you, then you need to switch. I know if wasn't right for me and I kept taking it when I needed to go off a lot sooner. Good luck and I hope you don't have the same experience I did! I just wanted to tell you what happened to me in hopes that you could prevent the same thing from happening.