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Jul 18, 2018, 12:50 AM
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Has anyone else on the board experienced mania after taking Abilify?
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Jul 18, 2018, 01:05 AM
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The med did not make me manic, but I did shake terribly like I was in the advanced stages of parkinsons.
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Jul 18, 2018, 04:47 AM
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Jul 18, 2018, 05:43 AM
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No, I didn't. I didn't experience depression either. In fact, it didn't do a thing for me, and my pdoc took me off of it, despite their having a program giving out free Abilify at the time to low income patients, so I didn't have to pay for it.
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Jul 18, 2018, 07:10 AM
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yes I got hypo manic/manic while on abilify.
bizi
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Jul 18, 2018, 07:30 AM
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Nope. The stuff has been a life saver for me.
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Jul 18, 2018, 08:15 AM
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I experienced one of my worst manias after being on Abilify for about 3 months. I must also mention that at the time I was also on Lamictal, which after a number of trials clearly showed was activating for me. The question is, was it solely the Lamictal that made me gradually full blown manic with psychosis, with Abilify just being ineffective at preventing mania? Or were both activating? I don't know the answer. In any case, I have never taken Abilify since, which also gave me akathisia. I am taking a small dose 100 mg of Lamictal, but with a large dose of Tegretol XR and Seroquel XR. My psychiatrist never increases my Lamictal dose beyond 100 mg. I've taken that low dose with Tegretol XR and Seroquel XR for about 8 years now.
Last edited by Anonymous46341; Jul 18, 2018 at 08:27 AM. |
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Jul 18, 2018, 08:30 AM
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I had a terrible mixed episode from abilify and celebs. Maybe the abilify didn’t cause it but it didn’t stop it either. Rexulti also made me hypomanic.
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Jul 18, 2018, 09:11 AM
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Not for me, but it's been scientifically proven to be possible. Check out this case study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877620/ |
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Jul 18, 2018, 03:48 PM
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It didn't do anything for me. I was on it twice; once for major depression and once for bipolar.
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Jul 18, 2018, 06:19 PM
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First time on it, it made me suicidal. Second time, it made me manic
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Jul 18, 2018, 08:14 PM
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This thread is an excellent example of how one medication can affect people so differently.
I was on Abilify for about 2 months. It didn't seem to do anything, one way or the other. So I went off of it. |
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Jul 19, 2018, 06:30 AM
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It either made me manic or it didn't stop the mania. However, I'm convinced it's the former, I was only on 2.5mg and that dose is commonly used as an adjunct antidepressant for MDD. I kinda wanna try it again, I feel like if I tried maybe 10mg or more it might be a different story.
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Jul 19, 2018, 06:41 AM
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It gave me brain zaps at any dose. I heard the sizzle in my ears and bright sparks in my mind with headaches. Abilify and Latuda are 2 drugs that I refuse to take anymore.
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Jul 19, 2018, 05:44 PM
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I experienced the "zaps" you refer to on both Latuda and Abilify. But, Abilify was the only one that caused mania for me. |
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