Abilify - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

mike s · 02-10-2007, 08:47 AM

Hi everyone, I'm not Bi-Polar but have major depression & anxiety. My Psych. just switched me to Cymbalta 60mg.( the anti-deps. weren't helping ). Could you please share your experiences w/this med. Is this a high dose ? Side effects ? Thanks, Mike

mudhound · 02-10-2007, 10:23 AM

The thing we hated most about this med was that it just barllywored for my wife.
It's a shame. Otherwise, we hear that it is a great med.

tsohl · 02-10-2007, 10:26 AM

Hi Mike,

I am a bit confused why you titled your thread "abilify?" You say you have just been prescribed 60 mg cymbalta, which is a SNRI anti-depressant. It comes in 20, 30 and 60 mg. and is mainly used for depression and anxiety. It usually takes anywhere from a week to a month to know whether it is working for you. I think most people tolerate cymbalta quite well.

Abilify is a fairly new anti-psychotic and is used to control mania.

You might want to post on the anxiety or depression board. You might get more response on one of those boards.

Good luck to you.
Tsohl

mike s · 02-10-2007, 11:55 AM

I'm so sorry, my mistake. The med. is Abilify. I have no idea why I typed Cymbalta.

tsohl · 02-10-2007, 12:29 PM

Ok. I was just confused!

My 25-year old son is the one in our family that is bipolar 1. He has been on just about every medication, including abilify. Some people do really well on it, and others do not. There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground, at least among those people I know or have heard of!

My son fell into the group that couldn't take it. Of all the meds he was given, this is the only one he stopped on his own without even consulting his doctor. He literally couldn't stand it after only a couple days...felt like his skin was crawling, and that he was going to jump out of it.

However, there are lots of people on this board right now that take it and haven't had any problems....hopefully they will respond to you with their experiences.