[J_MCD]

Not exactly sure where to post this. I have an unsettling feeling similar to a sneeze that won't come out, but it feels like I am soon going to have a breakdown. My new medication(Abilify 15mg) has made some hallucinations dampen/disappear but it has given me a very bad feeling like something bad is going to happen soon.

Maybe if anyone else has had this it would be nice to hear about, if I made my post clear enough.

[ZehR]

I get that general feeling where something bad is going to happen when I'm a bit paranoid. I think the highest dosage that you can go is around 40mg so just try to calm yourself until the dosage gets increased I'd say.

I take Abilify in the morning because it has a sort of stimulating effect unlike risperidone or seroquel at low dose. This should probably go away during the first 4 or what ever weeks.

You might also be getting Akathisia, "A syndrome characterized by unpleasant sensations of inner restlessness that manifests itself with an inability to sit still or remain motionless". "Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) may cause akathisia". I doubt that it is akatheisia because you are on a low dose compared to the highest possible dosage but It could be.

[J_MCD]

Thank you!
I'm pretty sensitive to medication, but I haven't felt anything from this yet that I would think is a side effect.
I'll wait it out and see.

[Tnao]

I'm on abilify too and at first it made me really restless but as time went on I've calmed down a bit. Actually makes me a bit tired now but at the start it gave me loads of energy and I always wanted to be doing something. I am on 20mg and i want it decreased but i doubt I'll be allowed to decrease yet. I hope the feeling that something bad will happen will go away and i'm sure it will once your body gets used to it.

[J_MCD]

Thanks-- Yes, I hope that feeling will go away too.
I hope you get to decrease your medication soon!

[Tnao]

Thank you. I'm sure we'll be fine; abilify is not a bad ap I've been on a lot worse.

[ickydog2006]

I've had that feeling before but I'm not sure I've ever attributed it to the meds, it just seems to come and go for me sometimes.

Do you mean the mental sensation that something is going to happen, or the physical sensation that you are about to sneeze??? I've had the former, though never considered it a medication effect, but not the latter (except for actual sneezes).

I took aripirazole/Abilify from 2-20mg. At low doses I found it activating and took it in the morning. Between 6-8mg I got akathisia and felt AWFUL But at 10mg it went away and the med became sedating for me and I switched it to night time. In the UK 30mg is the highest you can go on-label (i.e. following prescribing guidelines) though idk about the US or Canada.

And welcome to PC J_MCD

*Willow*