[Moose72]

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I started on 10 mg of Abilify Friday night. Yesterday and today I haven't been able to relax. I've been really tired or really wired! My psych. dr. called this afternoon to say its part of the Abilify ("feelings of restlessness") and to cut it in half for a week until I see her again. The effect is HORRIBLE. Just buzzing internally and not able to even concentrate on things other than "rote" things like driving, walking, eating... Sorry to say but the only thing that has calmed me down is some alcohol. I was hoping I'd get a script from her for an anti-anxiety med because this is worse than any anxiety I've ever had!

[ehrhar]

I take 5 mgs of Abilify. My doctor tried to increase dosage and I ended up with ikithesia (restlessness). I think the best advice is to do what your pdoc suggested, to half the dosage. I know how horrible you feel I paged my doctor at night because the feelings were so bad and he sent me to a 24 hour pharmacy to pick up script for inderol to counteract the feeling. Don't hesitate to contact doctors they work for you. I really hope you are not experiencing this too much longer. I couldn't even stand it for a night.

[StressCadet]

I haven't been on Abilify yet, but I had a similar reaction to Lamictal. Almost everyone else that I've heard about has had very positive reactions to Lamictal, but it made me very shakey. It sent my anxiety levels over the edge. I stuck with it for a couple of weeks using the starter kit. My pdoc backed me out of it, and we tried Seroquel instead. That works very well for me, but many others don't like it.

Just goes to show you how differently we all seem to react to our meds.