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I've been on it short term. it helps slightly. but also causes restlessness.
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it can cause tardive dyskinesia, along with other problems over the long haul. it can also cause weight gain. personally, id say....if you -can- make a go of things w/o a tranquiizer/antipsychotic, then you should try to do so. ((personal opinion))
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u mean just an ssri med? that's it?
what about then long term? |
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and I hear people taking it either morning or night. is that true?
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I hope abilify is safe long term. I have been on it over a year.
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did u get restlessness from it all?
did it go away. |
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I took ability 5 mg as,a booster for my snri. No side effects. Took it for over a year before I stopped it because it started costing me a lot of $$$. My doc wasn't terribly happy to hear that but have done really well without it. Needed situations time but not anymore.
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I get muscle spasms in my arms and neck. I am suspecting it's the abilify but can't be positive.
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You can ask for an additional drug to counter this or you can try decreasing your dose. You may have to discontinue use in order to get rid of spasms completely. WC __________________ May we each fully claim the courage to live from our hearts, to allow Love, Faith and Hope to enLighten our paths. |
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Many people report dystonias and Tardive Dyskinesias with use. Please review the risks with your pdoc and/or pharmacist. I strongly recommend going over this with a pharmacist, as I find pdocs, for some reason, downplay potential risks. WC __________________ May we each fully claim the courage to live from our hearts, to allow Love, Faith and Hope to enLighten our paths. |
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the "atypicals" are big business. shrinks, for their part, like to act as if they've got safe, effective, modern treatments. those factors combined = the 'atypicals' are being sprayed on people like crazy, and long term problems have popped up and are popping up.
-any- major tranquilizer/antipsychotic can cause TD, even clozapine. the assumption was that the 'atypicals' would be far safer than the old drugs. it now seems... it really depends. low to moderate doses of thorazine, perphenazine, etc. actually compare fairly well to standard doses of the 'atypicals,' at least in terms of tolerability and TD. -some- of the 'atypicals' do seem to do better in managing depression than the older drugs, and they don't seem to cause low mood (dysphoria) as often. so...its really a question of personal susceptibility, what's being treated, the other drugs on board, and the individual tranquilizer in question. abilify -can- (and does) cause TD, but the risk may be lower than risperidone. my former shrink claimed that abilify is safer in all respects (including TD) than seroquel or zyprexa, but...a) shrinks lie b) surprisingly, a lot of doctors (especially shrinks) do -not- read the literature once they're in practice, so its also limited to what they see and the conclusions they come to, as individuals. personally, i take high dose antioxidants and b-vitamins (Orthomolecular) to help w/ overall health and also reduce the risks from psych treatment. TD, in particular, may happen in part because of free radicals/oxidative stress, caused by the tranquilizers. high dose antioxidants help neutralize the oxidative stress, improving tolerability and reducing the risk of TD (hopefully...fingers crossed on this one). hope this helps. :-) |
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I wanted to bump this thread..
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hi. i take abilify, full dose, and lamictal.
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I don't believe Abilify has been around long enough to have long term studies done. I could be wrong though FWIW.
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I've been on it for a few years now and nothing has happened to me, but I'm definitely worried. I don't think this med has done anything for me so I don't really see the point of taking it still. I will talk to my psychiatrist about this (I'm seeing him in less than ten days)
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I noticed increased appetite being on it... NOT SURE WHY?
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None of this stuff is "safe long term". None of it. Table salt isn't safe long term.
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because i take abilify, ive actually done some Google-ing, and...
blah. at a certain level, its just a neuroleptic that happens to be somewhat more tolerable in many respects...for a subset of people/"patients." Brain imaging and such has been mixed...see, over time, antipsychotics tend to cause the brain to become more sensitive to dopamine...so, long term, you see people needing higher doses of tranquilizers, additional drugs, psychotic symptoms get worse or pop up for the 1st time, etc. Abilify -might- be somewhat better, over the long haul about that...but, then again, the tendency is for people to be on multiple psych drugs at the same time. 10mgs/Abilify long term might be safer than, say, Zyprexa...but what if there's an antidepressant and anti-seizure drugs in the mix, too? stimulants? akathisia seems common with abilify, which is worrisome for me. i dont have it now, but some people report tardive akathisia, even without tardive dyskinesia or other obvious movement disorders. I think part of the problem is that many shrinks jump to suppress akathisia, with propranolol or benzodiazepines, and keep the offending tranquilizer in place. OK short term, can be disastrous long term. so there you go. oh, and Abilify is actually very potent, so the 20 and 30mgs doses are often over kill, when one sees the brain imaging studies. and yet...20 and 30mgs doses are quite common, especially in Bipolar I and Schizoaffective labelled-people. For whatever reason, once the problems are bad enough to be labeled "Schizophrenia," the psych people go for seroquel, risperidone, etc. I don't get it. hope this helps. |
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