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My son is 11 yr old, has ADHD/ODDand IED and they also say border line asperger syndrom. He started off with strattera, then switch to stimulants ritalin, and vynasse. Stimulants was horrible for him became very violent. He was on strattera and rispedorol and all he did was wake up eat and sleep. The medication was effecting his motor skills, his reaction time was very slow, like his reaction in the game was horrible, and he had alot of twitching and tics...

My 13 year old daughter has ADHD and ODD and is unmanageable in her moods and impulsivity at home. She has tried many medications that don’t do much. She is also in therapy. She is currently on Latina and it isn’t helping much. Any advice on medications that may help my daughters mood and attention in school without causing major weight gain?

I have been on low dose of abilify since jan 09...

s like a release and the defiancy comes out and always ends up getting sent to his room almost nightly and then is very apologetic but 10 minutes later back to being defiant and disrespectful. We know he tries very hard to use coping skills, but once he gets to a certain level of his anger, he doesn't know how to rationalize his thoughts whatsoever and takes things to the extreme, but always comes down off of it and is very apologetic.

I dont know if this is anxiety or not,,,,I had a mri onmy brain and a couple days later i was sitting in my chair and this falling jerky feeling came over me and i reached out to like grab something it lasted a few secs and thenmy head felt funny and i was so scared////alsowhen i walkits like imwalking inslow motion and i feel likeim gonna fall over ,on sittinig on high stools i feel like im gonna falloff could this be a new kind of anxiety,,,i have had anxiety since 1990 and have been on bezos

Hi, I suffer from severe social anxiety and public speaking, my doctor in Manila prescribed me Abilify and Sertraline. Did anyone use these medicine for social/public anxiety and does it help?

My son is 5yrs old and has adhd and odd. He is on Ritalin as well as Abilify. The Ritalin helps him be calm but he is constantly throwing temper tantrums at school. They are so bad I have to pick him up early almost everyday. Is there something else that I could do to help this issue?

You mention Abilify and Geodon, are they somewhat equivalent? If I remember (my wife's meds) Abilitgy costs about $15 a pill enough to give someone anxiety (I posted on the subject a couple of weeks back but at the moment don't clearly recall it was Abilitfy). Or to help with weight loss as one can't afford food any longer. Is the Geodon less expensive and also less of a weight gain issue?

Abilify is terrible if you have a high heart rate already. That'll probably send the odd insomiatic person through the roof. I take 10mg with 250/500mg depakote. It's advised only to be taken in the morning after breakfest.and to do so light exercise or meditation to help burn down that excessive energy as your mind and body tries to draw focus earlier on the day rather then later. I admittedly had to take zoplicone for like 2 months when i first got put on abilify.

What you experience may be quite different from what everyone has posted. You might take Abilify and find that you have no side effects and it helps you and you will continue to take it. You might find that you get side effects that you can't tolerate and then you will quit it. The only way to find out is by trying it.

I am on 90 mg of Cymbalta and just started 15 mg of Abilify for depression. My doctor has titrated me up on the Abilify gradually. My question is for anyone who take 15 mg of Abilify for depression. Have you experienced any side effects? When you're depressed and trying to get your medications right it just isn't fun. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Don't know what the doc is thinking here, and by that I mean the doc who responded to your question. For one thing, he never asked about using anti-depressants if you're truly bi-polar. Now, if this is just the oh so popular bipolar 2 or 3 or 100 that pharmaceutical companies invented, then okay, but if you're truly bipolar, you're on the wrong meds altogether.

I think you are on the wrong combination, Abilify and many other drugs risk weight gain, BUT you have the ability to watch what you eat and take control of that. I'm on Seroquel for the anxiety, Depakote sorta for both MS -including hypomania and Lamctil for Depression, it's a good combo. I haven't gained any weight, since going off LIthium. At first I was hungry all the time, but one day I just stopped, I have no idea why, but I'm not complaining.

Went to docs with unrelated problems but in talking my anxiety was evident and she asked about depression and I told her I wasn't suicidal and no desire to hurt myself or anyone else just was having a difficult time seeing the good in anything. Everyday tasks seemed very hard to do. Zero motivation although i do function well enough to get thru my days. i have never taken antidepressants before I am 33 yo male. She recommended I try meds.

I have only started the Abilify so far on day 3 … I was supposed to start together but I dropped the pristiq bottle and pills fell on floor now because of contamination ocd I can’t take them and insurance won’t pay for a refill yet so doctor says just take the Abilify for now , I’m noticing it is helping me to change my behavior versus the ssri just kinda helped me manage my existing behaviors but never had courage or motivation to change my behaviors so I’m hoping that’s where Abilify will come

Many doctors are now using Abilify as an adjucnt with other ADs when the original medication just doesn't seem to be working. I can't say I've known of anyone being prescribed just Abilify, which does NOT make your doctor wrong. There are many people for whom the SSRI's simply don't work. Have you tried any of the other classes of ADs? If you are hesitant to take the Abilify, you should discuss your options with your doctor.

Hi I have been on 5 mg of abilify and also klonopin since jan..09.Recently i have been having severe dizziness.,y ear hurt so wen to dr put me on antibotic...Abilify has helped my depression so much but im wondering f it would start causing dizziness after being on it since jan 20 09...

I am now on 20 mg of lexapro and 5 mg of abilify. The abilify has not kicked in yet, I really do not get a lot of sleep maybe 5 hours at the most as you see what time it is. Does anyone out there know if abilify really does work, I have only been on it 4 days and feels like it has not kicked in. Please help. Thanks to all.

I'm not sure if it's the Abilify or not... I'd been taking it for over a month, and all of a sudden stuff starts popping up. I should also mention I have flares of some sort of 'immune dysfunction' (doc's non-specific, non-helpful diagnosis), so it may be that? I'm also running an odd low-grade fever. Nice. I am dry. Dry dry dry. My eyes BURN. My mouth is sticky. Every part of my body is DRY. I'm drinking all the time. Almost to the point of ridiculousness.

Hello, I took abilify for five years, One thing is that when you take ablilify it is added with another medication usually, and i lost all of my hair while taking it but not because of they abilify, it was from the depicote or what ever-eles i took, but after i got off the depecote, my hair grew back my hair is growing now, but if you havent took it very long you may be having other side effects like the shaking, i will say that dose go away and you get very much better..

There is a connection with taking Abilify and acne .

Okay, I had a terrible experience with Abilify in 2006. I was given the prescription as I left the hospital after having my youngest son and I took it for about 3 weeks or so. I was on the generic version (which is why I couldn't remember the name of it until I just recently received my records.) The first thing was I became really jittery in a very physical way. Now, I am normally a fidgeter but this was really bad. I always had to be tapping my foot or my hand. Rocking quickly.

t mean to hijack this thread, but would happen if someone just started taking Abilify 15 mg, Celexia 10 mg, and Klonopin 1 mg (all generic) for five days and then just stop cold turkey? No prior medication were taken.

Hi I am also on methadone and Abilify and I think it is affecting the effects of the methadone let me know if you found anything out my email is mafiia.mii.

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