Aristada and Hallucinations: What Users Say

• Mei...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 23, 2024

For Schizophrenia "I had my first case of auditory and visual hallucinations when I was 26 and wasn't sure what I was experiencing. It quickly went downhill from there when the hallucinations would interfere with my ability to sleep, creating a spiraling cycle for me. I was finally hospitalized and given Aristada Initio and Aristada Lauroxil in the hospital. I get one 882 mg injection monthly, it does taper in effectiveness after a two-week period. I then supplement during that two-week period with 10 mg of Abilify oral medicine daily. Abilify and Aristada gave me back my common sense and my pride and keep my schizophrenia symptoms at bay. I would not be stable without this medicine."

• Dai...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 18, 2019

For Schizophrenia "Successful on Abilify Maintena 300 mg for 5 years, except flat affect, anxiety, and inhibition. Switched to Aristada, hoping to help negative symptoms. First month thought it was a miracle drug... was able to smile, feel more emotion, go to the gym daily (on Abilify, I felt fear going alone). Started feeling agitated slowly, then psychosis started on/off, then full inpatient hospitalization for 2 weeks. Returning to Abilify. Why won’t NIMH reinvest in improved research? Find what was helping in Aristada and remove what wasn’t! I felt so close to feeling normal, but psychosis can take my life away!!!"

• eri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 11, 2020

For Schizophrenia "I have schizoaffective disorder, and THC makes me hallucinate. I heard CBD doesn't do that, so I really want to try this. Do I have to have a card or something?"