[fleebus]

So, I was on Abilify for awhile and stopped taking it because I gained a bunch of weight - then I had horrible anxiety and restless legs/arms. So, I went back on it. Recently, I was fed up with the weight gain so I stopped again for a month and last night the restless legs came back (but I lost 10 pounds in a month - first time I could lose weight since I started taking this crap. I had Gabapentin from before and took it with half a mg of Abilify last night and slept like a baby for the first time in a month....this Abilify is nasty stuff. It digs in like a tick. How can I taper off of it in such a way that it won't cause these problems? My psych doc doesn't want me off of it but I don't need it and its really full of problems, not to mention it zones me out. I was taking 0.5 mg daily.

Thanks!

Tapering incorrectly.

[SadPam]

Hi Fleebus, you're right, Abilify IS nasty stuff and I'm furious with my psychiatrist for ever having prescribed it for me! I, too, gained alot of weight which only made me MORE depressed. I thought it was helping me at first but then seemed to suddenly stop working. I'd suggest you start taking 1/2 of your usual dose for a couple of weeks, then take a 1/2 dose every other day, then every third day until they are banished forever from your life. Wishing you the best, good luck!

[fleebus]

Thanks much for the great advice, I'll go slow as you say. Why don't they tell you this stuff when you start taking it - it's crazy! And I use that word judiciously lol.

[marcoleap]

Hi Fleebus--Did you end up tapering off of the Abilify?