abilify for anxiety??????

i have a dx of ptsd and panic disorder... my panic attacks are triggered by stress... and i had a major crisis hit over new years... anyway my panic attacks/ anxiety were worse then i have ever experienced them... right now i am on no meds...except i have xanax and i can take it when the panic attacks start, but the joy of it all is .... i can't always predict when that will be... so my t was really insistent that i call my med doc and get in for an appointment to discuss meds...well he is in hawaii...so he emailed his nurse and wants me to take abilify... when i googled it... i found out it is an anti psychotic... and is used to treat bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia... neither of which are what i am being treated for... so my question is has anyone heard of using abilify for panic attacks? i have been playing telephone tag with my t.

Hi bchlyn

I was put on Abilify last week. Two weeks ago i got a dx of bipolar 1 with mixed episodes. My pdoc told me this med will help level off my mood swings. He said it will help with anxiety, but i wont feel the effects from that for at least a month or so. So, he put me back on clonozapem at 1mg 2x a day.

I also have depression, anxiety caused from ptsd.

I think you should call your doc back and demand something for anxiety. What i take is the generic for Klonopin(sp?), but i hear Ativan also is good too. Maybe see if your doc can get one of those for you.

I hope he gets back to you soon, so you can get some relief. Take good care until then.

chalmette

I take abilify for depression and anxiety. It is considered an off label use. It has helped me tremendously...plus, no weight gain or other nasty side effects.

thank you... taking any drugs really scares me..i really wanted to be done with the antidepressants... kind of feels like i am doing something wrong... that 2 years of working on these issues hasn't gotten me anywhere...thanks for the information...it has helped