[Valerieanne77]

So I have had trouble sleeping in the past 4 days. This week started really stressful with adding a class (freshman in college) 2 weeks late and had to overload my braid by a huge bout of reading!! Also when I started a abilify 2mg in the morning a couple weeks ago I had the same issue come but I take it at night now and have for like 8 days. I'm a also on pristiq 100mg and just started buspar 15mg today. I am wondering what could be the cause of the insomnia? Do I switch the abilify back to morning?

[Valerieanne77]

Taking abilify at night seemed to be working well. But now I'm questioning.

[Valerieanne77]

Can abilify switch like that? Making you have to reverse the time you take the pill?

[pegasus]

Hello Valerieanne77, welcome to Psych Central.

These medications can take a while to get into your system, it can take a month or more for them to work properly. I would follow the instructions your doctor gave you. You can read up on the various medications here >>> Psych Central Reviews - Medications I would also suggest reading the patient information leaflet that should be in the packet. You could also try asking your questions about medication here >>> Psychiatric Medications Sleep is very important, if you are going for a few days without sleep, then you really need to go back to your doctor for a medication to help you sleep, one of the 'Z' medications such as zopiclone.