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Old Jul 15, 2015, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ElsaMars View Post
I have a love/hate relationship with ability. It made my paranoid delusions calm to an acceptable level, but caused a huge weight gain (about 30lbs). I became depressed from the weight gain because it caused horrible pain (I have fibro and arthritis) so I stopped taking my meds. I dropped 15lbs in a month without trying. But my symptoms are returning so I started taking it again. I hate this.
Same here. Abilify calms me down and stops me from yelling and screaming. But it causes me to gain weight, and I am beginning to pack on the pounds again, which is terrible. Then again, I've been eating the wrong foods so there you go.