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Dec 26, 2014, 07:22 PM
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Does anyone who takes abilify experience weight gain? How does one manage their weight or lose weight when the cravings are crazy with abilify? Has anyone experienced blurred vision while on abilify?
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Dec 26, 2014, 10:18 PM
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Hello, Taylorlamelza1997. When I started with Abilify, I experienced some weight gain and blurred vision. Both the weight gain and blurred vision abated after approximately three months.
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Dec 27, 2014, 11:35 AM
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Wish I could help. I didn't want to "walk by" without commenting though. I asked to switch off Zyprexa due to weight gain and diabetes risk. So far with Abilify I have lost a bit of weight. Perhaps you could talk to a nutritionist and start some sort of regular exercise, if only walking daily? I don't know, I couldn't keep the weight off with Zyprexa.
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Dec 27, 2014, 12:58 PM
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Thanks for commenting. Well that's good to know regarding your ability experience. Yeah I'll try that or something. |
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Dec 28, 2014, 12:35 PM
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I just made a post regarding getting off this med for my own good. Yes, for me it caused 60 lbs weight gain.
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Dec 29, 2014, 10:58 AM
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I took it for a year and didn't have any side effects. But yes weight gain on AAP's is common. Blurred vision is listed as a side effect I believe but not very common.
For sure you need to have blood levels of sugar and triglycerides monitored. If you gained to much weight and couldn't get rid of it that would be a problem because it means it changed your metabolism and can raise blood sugars. People say there are other AAP's that don't have this problem. I think they all have the potential danger.
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Jan 02, 2015, 06:18 AM
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i have lost 50 pounds since starting abilify I love this stuff
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Jan 02, 2015, 06:19 AM
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I have put on 2 stone since psychiatric meds. Citalopram and quetiapine.
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Jan 02, 2015, 09:32 AM
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Abilify made me so jittery, I came off of it after two weeks. I had blurred vision, too. Very unsettling.
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#10
Jan 02, 2015, 09:52 AM
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I have a lot of physical restlessness on Abilify and I had initial weight gain and I still have blurred vision (since about last June). But it is helping a lot for what I'm taking it for, and the weight gain seems to have stopped to the point I think I may be able to lose weight, so I'm not looking to change meds now.
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