Abilify for Schizophrenia User Reviews (Page 2)

• Lou
• April 2, 2020

"I'm on Abilify and no longer hearing voices but I still see people who aren't there. Even while on the highest dose of this medication 400mg injection.. I also feel like a zombie most of the time. I'm too tired even to go grocery shopping at times. I'm myself again but I'm not quite the same. I've gained weight 30 plus pounds and I've been on the drug for 3 years. I tried going off of it to 300 and the side effects were my moodiness returned... Sometimes I question if my diagnosis was correct or they are just pushing this drug out to anyone who claims they are depressed."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 1, 2012

"I have recently been placed on Abilify 20mg for early onset schizophrenia. Previously I was on Amisulpride which made me very tired and gave me problems with sexual dysfunction, Abilify has provided me with a symptom free solution."

• Survi...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 7, 2022

"I see and hear things when I’m completely clean sober and not taking my medication. I take Abilify 5mg now in addition to another prescription Cymbalta 30mg. Started off years back at Abilify 10 mg in addition to Cymbalta 60 mg. Abilify is the reason I can lead a normal life without hearing other auditory voices and seeing holographic figures. Please at least give Abilify a try if you share these symptoms. I have heard from other people that share my symptoms that Abilify works for them too! Always in addition to another prescription as I understand it. I wish you all the best in your journey to find peace. Keep hope alive! You can do this and be happy if Abilify works for you too. Everyone is different so be willing to try and you’ll find the prescription that works for you too. Abilify is amazing for many!"

• momie
• July 27, 2013

"My now 23 yr old son has been on Abilify since may 2012. Initially on Clozapine but way too zonked. His history is recreational cannabis use caused a psychotic break. Not smoking now or intending to. Hospitalized and medicated. They were surprised and pleased at how quickly he regained his self awareness, home in 2 weeks but recommended at least 6 months meds to forestall relapse. He feels very detached from us and himself, on 10 mgs still. He is nervous of relapse especially since told one of the symptoms of a recurrence would be inability to sleep. Meds reduced in December. "

• Huyst...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 3, 2017

"Excellent medication! When I was first on Abilify I hated it. At first the doctors put me on 10mg which I hated because the dose was too high ( thinking about it now) . Then my doctor raised it to 20mg which was just making me even more emotionless. So I switched back to risperidone consta (injection), but I've always hated risperidone consta, so I thought my life was over. But then I noticed I had a full pack of abilify left over from before. So I decided to take just small dose of Abilify along side the risperidone consta, and guess what? The Abilify is great at such a small dose. It completely blocks the side effects of risperidone and I can live a greater life now. So I take Abilify and have risperidone injection every 2weeks."

• seniha
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 28, 2020

"I took this drug a few years ago and felt like rubbish! My anxiety came back, I lost confidence and my eyes were rolling up. I hated this drug! But now I know every drug works differently with people so this may be good for someone else but for me it was rubbish as!"

• Anonymous
• March 25, 2016

"Within 1 week of taking 1 tablet , my auditory hallucinations had nearly disappeared and then increased the amount to 1 1/2 tablets and was and am amazed this product. Its giving me my life back again......"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 3, 2017

"I was taking a lot of pills, some of which weren't working for me. Of course what works for the guy next to me might not work for me and vice-versa because our genetic make up is different. I have been taking this drug for about 3ish years and well I didn't noticed a difference until about 2 months ago when I raised the dosage by 5mg a day. I was on other antipsychotics as well as antidepressants and stuff for bipolar disorder. I'm on 400mg injection of abilify monthly as well as 5mg pill form a day still to this day. When I raised the dosage the voices stopped. They usually come back in some environments like at work, the gym or even when I get stressed but the voices and abnormal thoughts dimmed down dramatically I feel almost normal.."

• anna
• March 25, 2010

"I've been on Abilify for about two months. So far I've found it to be weight neutral. At first I felt faint a lot but much less now. I also had tremors at first and difficulty speaking with a lot of tiredness but all that has passed. In all it helps my psychotic symptoms and delusions, not 100% but its good enough. I would recommend it to anyone its prescribed."

• Jerry
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 18, 2021

"I take this medication for the condition paranoid schizophrenia, all I can say is that it’s been good for me over the past 7+ years. Only issues I have with it is the dependency and compulsive side effects."

• Zia
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 26, 2022

"I am on this new medication for two months now for auditory hallucinations , before this I was using Risperidone 2mg. This medicine has improved my style of living a lot. Before using Risperidone I used to be very lazy, after switching to Abilify my laziness turned into more activeness, now I go to gym regularly and walk 10Km's a day, but there is one problem which I have not been able to manage that is, Abilify has caused me sleep disturbance which is not going away, it has been two months now I couldn't sleep properly."

• psych...
• July 24, 2009

"This medication over a years period began to make me become well, not cured. I noticed it beginning in 2008. I was isolated since 1991 in my apartment. Now I'm riding the bus. I don't believe the abilify did this by itself. I helped it along."

• Death...
• April 15, 2012

"Worst experience of my life. Stuck in mental ward, oral administration at first. Unusual sensation and altered perception of internal space were the immediate experienced effects. Later injections. Developed tics that refuse to subside. Perceived loss of cognitive ability. "

• abc
• July 4, 2012

"My treatment for first episode psychosis started with olanzapine (Zyprexa). It was working really well but was leading to side effects amongst which weight gain was the most significant amongst them. So, eventually aripiprazole was started and I am on it for a while. It seems to be a good medicine with very few side effects and it has worked really well."

• Mothe...
• September 27, 2009

"This medication has helped my son a great deal. He developed schizophrenia when he was 16.5 years old. He came forward with his symptoms at age 18 and has been on Abilify for three years. Thanks for the medication. I wish they would get a generic form of it. $700.00 a month is huge for a thirty day dose."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 5, 2012

"Switched to Abilify from a high dose of Risperdal. Weight gain much less of an issue with Abilify, but drowsiness, depression and lethargy are a problem. Does not help with any negative symptoms. Abilify maintains a mental state with minimal psychotic symptoms for me, but also causes lactation and motivational problems."

• Diabe...
• November 19, 2009

"My mom who was on Prolixn for years was put on Abilify in 2005 and was on it until 2007. She became more needy and more annoying, but wasn't having the psychotic symptoms as bad. The mental health center who was regulating her medication never checked her blood sugar, only blood pressure. She took a random blood test at a Walmart store and found her blood sugar was way out of control. She comes from a family with no history of diabetes, and she did drink soda or eat high sugar foods. She stopped taking the Abilify cold turkey which caused her to rebound into severe schizophrenic episodes. No one could reason with her."

• Casper
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 13, 2019

"I've been on Abilify now for 6 years for schizophrenia and at first it worked but now I was up to 10 mg and hallucinating visual and audible, severe muscle cramping all over my body, my legs and feet never stopped moving, I couldn't eat but I'm really small bites because I couldn't swallow, it removed my sex drive I'm a sex addict, it changed me in every way possible. I went cold turkey 2 weeks ago and I feel alive again all the side effects have all but disappeared. I won't go back to it or any other psychotic drug."

• Trapp...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 5, 2021

"It was not a nice time being on Abilify, I was psychotic before starting it and it did nothing to stop the demons in my head even temporarily. It also gave me a lot of anxiety or I don't know if it is anxiety just a very nervous jittery feeling like my body is leaving my mind or something so difficult to explain. IT sucks not effective for psychosis."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 14, 2018

"Not myself on this medication. Feel lethargic. Plus symptoms of depression have gotten worse and so as to being more paranoid. Feel emotionless and zombified after 2 months of taking it. Will never take this medication again"

• Anon
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 28, 2019

"It was okay. Lost 5 pounds the first week I was on it. My period also came back. My only problem was that it made it hard to stay asleep. I would fall asleep, wake up and do the same thing over and over."

• Howis...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 7, 2020

"Whilst being forced to take this drug Abilify, on several occasions maybe around 10 or so times, mid stream during urinating my stream would suddenly stop and ejaculation would flow out and this is also very painful. This stopped happening when I stopped taking the drug."

• Dreamer
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 10, 2020

"This drug is okay for Psychosis but it can make me tired at times and sometimes I cannot sleep. I have insomnia from it. It takes away the bad thought but can make me have OCD like thought patterns and ruminating thoughts. I have been having odd side affects from it as well like blurred vision needing to look up all the time and sensitivity to light in my eyes. I feel more tired on it then I do off of it. My dose I take 400mg monthly and these are the side affects I am getting off of it."

• Nutella
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 14, 2022

"I just got prescribed this yesterday and I took it today thinking it will be a great drug compared to the Zyprexa I came off of a few months ago. BOY was I wrong!!! This medication was GODAWFUL!! 20 minutes after I took it I started feeling insanely tired then that turned into extreme sleepiness and drowsiness, I became weak, I had severe akathisia, was insanely angry and irritable, I had hallucinations , vomiting and diarrhea. I quit cold Turkey. Most of the side effects wore off even though I took a nap but I still feel tired like I need to nap. Never again 0/10. I took this in 2012 when I was 13 but I don’t remember it being this awful. Terrible medication"

• pete
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 22, 2019

"My father was taking this drug because the pharmacy had a shortage of navane. This drug caused him to have a mental breakdown which caused him to have to be admitted into the psychiatric division of a hospital. His schizphrenia is much worse on abilify and it fails to treat the symptoms of his disorder."