[MusicLover82]

Question for ladies (men, you've been warned!! This is TMI for you. Now's your chance to close this out and not read!).

After starting Abilify, has your menstrual cycle been a lot heavier? I used to have really light periods with no problems. Now I'm bleeding through even super plus tampons. I had a minor accident at work today, but thankfully I was wearing black pants and I was about to leave.

It's not bad enough to stop Abilify, but I will make my pdoc aware of the side effect. The heaviness only seems to last about 2 days or so, no longer than that. I do plan to start taking an iron supplement just in case.

[Flutterby11]

Originally Posted by MusicLover82

Question for ladies (men, you've been warned!! This is TMI for you. Now's your chance to close this out and not read!).

After starting Abilify, has your menstrual cycle been a lot heavier? I used to have really light periods with no problems. Now I'm bleeding through even super plus tampons. I had a minor accident at work today, but thankfully I was wearing black pants and I was about to leave.

It's not bad enough to stop Abilify, but I will make my pdoc aware of the side effect. The heaviness only seems to last about 2 days or so, no longer than that. I do plan to start taking an iron supplement just in case.

i did have changes after i started taking it but i have all ways had a heavy period thanks to my PCOS so i cant say for sure that the abilify did anything as far as that goes mostly it was just the timing of mine that changed.

[MobiusPsyche]

Not that I have noticed but I'm nearing menopause so have really light (sometimes nearly nonexistent) periods. Something to mention to your pdoc though.

Not heavier. Mine is just irregular.

So I'm the same as Flutterby

[Moose72]

I didn't take abilify for long but I had heavy periods and got the mirena IUD to lighten my periods. You might think about that.