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Feb 10, 2013, 05:30 PM
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I started abilify about 5 days ago at 2 mg. My doctor told me to take it in the morning because it can cause insomnia at night. Well it made me really sedated during the daytime so the next day I took it at night and had insomnia. So for the past couple days I have been trying to figure out a time to take it so that I don't get groggy during the day and am able to sleep at night. I have to stay alert until midnight for my job so it is hard finding the right time. I asked the pharmacist today and she said I could be having the side effects of sedation and insomnia. The thing is I feel great mentally and it is really helping my depression. I am going to call my doc tommorrow but I was wanting to see if anyone else had experience with this. Do you think it is possible to take 1 mg twice a day and that might help? Thanks
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 ~JD~
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Feb 10, 2013, 09:11 PM
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I was told to take it every night since antipsychotics are known to have sedative effects, however Abilify commonly causes insomnia. I realized that it was hurting my sleep more than helping so I stopped. Long story short, I had the exact same reaction. You should ask about getting switched to Seroquel or Zyprexa.
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