Caution, Before you take abilify - Schizophrenia Message Board

Delana1067 · 04-10-2003, 02:53 PM

I just went to my psy doctor today and told me that the allegric reaction that i had from abilify(about 2 weeks ago)was not a allergic reaction. I was the first in his practice to try it. Then after 15 of his clients had the same thing he told me that the drug makers where wrong in precribing 15mg as the start off dose. Its sends your system into shock and then you have a severe axienty attack.(rapid heartrate,Rash,breathing problems,fast pulse and heart rate.)He also told me not to take it at night becauseit causes you to get a rush of energy and may cause isomina. He wants me to take 3.25mg in the morning. Has anyone have the same reaction? Should I try it again? any comments? Please feel free to post anything + or - . Thank-you

Summit 71 · 05-05-2003, 02:10 AM

My mother who is schizophrenic also had a VERY, VERY BAD reaction to this medicine - including feeling hyperactive and insomnia, nausea, etc. She had to go to a hospital to be watched for 3 weeks while she got it out of her system...the doctors tried it first without really asking any of the family ahead of time. We were then told a great deal of patients have had alot of problems with it...I would say beware.

Delana1067 · 05-10-2003, 10:25 PM

I tryed the abilify. So far it seems to make me want to do things again. I always have to be doing something. My complaints are that i am restless. I dont know if thats my clomipramine or what....... any questions?

cbrown889 · 05-30-2004, 08:35 PM

I started taking Abilify in May and in October of the same year I started having panic attacks. The next year, in January, I reduced my dose from 15 mg to 10 mg and by March my panic attacks had basically stopped. I still have mild anxiety and, rarely, have panic-attack-like experiences, but very mild.
I thought that the panic was related to the high doses of vitamins that I was taking (I stopped taking them), but maybe it is due to the Abilify.
I'm curious: were the patients' reactions to the drug always immediate?

ace052298 · 06-13-2004, 09:51 PM

I have taken Abilify since January of 2004. I started off at 15mg and have never had a problem.

I was on Risperdal for about 7 years. I got started on it when it was a brand new medicine in 1995. Then about 2 years ago, I started to develop Tardive Disconitia (I thinik it's spelled that way). For anyone who doesn't know what that is, I started to develop body ticks and facial ticks.

They got me off of the Risperdal and put me on Zyprexa. I was on that for about 1 1/2 years. I gained about 50 pounds from that.

Then in January, my current doctor switched me from Zyprexa to Abilify, so I would lose the weight. I've lost about 40 pounds of what i gained since then. I haven't ever had a problem with Abilify.

BTW I'm diagnosed Scitzo-Affective. I'm taking Abilify, Tegretol, Lorazapam, and Zoloft. I haven't been as stable as I am right now in years. I'm 24.