abilify for racing thoughts

I dont think Abilify works for depression alone. I ran out of my effexor xr (antidepressant) and only took my abilify and was a real mess for a week.. It was as if i werent taking anything. The abilify doesnt work alone in my case. Its only a booster pill, so to speak. I was tearful and restless without my antidepressant. However that could have been withdrawal or something.

I take Abilify and it works very well for me. It pulled me out of the last bit of depression. It is covered by my insurance but the cash price is about $700 a month. It is pricey. If it wasn't covered by my insurance I would not be able to take it. I would call my pharmacy and ask if it is covered before asking for samples. If you can't afford to buy it then it doesn't matter if it helps - you won't be able to take it. Hope it's covered by your insurance.

We have tried every medication I can thing of and nothing has even slowed the racing thoughts down in the slightist. Abilify, srequel, welbutrin, lithium, xanax, prozac.......I am currently takink Lithium again (600mg) depicote (800mg) and hakdol(5mg). I am very anxious all the time. very anxious. My nerves are shot, so to speak. Could this cause the racing thoughts? I am also dealing with some depression although it is not the catastrophic kind I suffered from in the early 90's.

I took Abilify for almost a year for Bipolar Disorder II, both in combination with Lithium and on it's own. When I was on the Abilify alone, I noticed uneasyness and racing thought, similar to what cowgirlnerd said. I felt more hypomanic than usual, so I suppose it had kind of an "upper" effect for me. When used in combination with the Lithium, I felt much more balnanced and steady.

She increased me to 100mg of zoloft which was awful. It caused me to have racing thoughts. My psychiatrist said it sounded like it induced mania. She immediately took me off the zoloft and started me on 150mg of wellbutrin. I have been on the Wellbutrin for almost a month. I cannot really tell a huge difference. I dont really seem to be dealing with much depression. BUT I am still having some racing thoughts and flash backs out of no where.

Does anyone know a drug that works well with Pexeva and Lithium? My biggest problems are racing thoughts and anxiety when I am off of the Seroquel. Help!

I'm on Abilify plus other Bi-Polar meds and my Psychiastrist told me that Abilify starts working almost right away it's fast acting.

I have recently been reading about the blood sugar issue. My son is taking seroquel now but as he is not diabetic, I have no idea what it is doing to his blood sugar. He's also currently on a very low dose of 12.5. I guess it mostly makes him sleepy and unfortunately, too sleepy as he doesn't like it. I like it because it gets him to stay asleep all night but with severe depression, I know it's probably not doing anything for mood at that dose.

t tell) It helped tremendously in calming me down and getting my brain straightened out and it stopped the racing thoughts for me. When I first started it, it knocked me out and it took a couple of weeks to adjust to the sleepiness. Oh yeah it made me jaw tense up also. But it was definitely worth it.

I've also heard Abilify is activating. After being on it for a month, my own opinion of it is whatever it was doing to me was very weird. I was always moving. Tapping my feet, fidgeting, shaking and twisting my hands. I felt like I was bouncing around. And then my heart would start racing and I would literally have to grab onto something and hold on while this surge was just racing through me. It was like panic but, much much worse. So.... I won't be trying that one again.

do they help the manic state,,and mania thoughts?? i was on seraquil for 2 yrs it helped me sleep good but not really nothing threw the day on it..i cant take it anymore due to raise in heart rate..please help me in any way you can??

I have been synthyroid or levoxyl for at least 18 years and my current Dr keeps me high normal, but my mind races and I can't sleep well (has been going on for months now) . I have been reducing from 137 to approx 119 over a period of weeks by chipping off part of the tablet and my thoughts have calmed a bit, but I seem to get tired more easily. Does anybody else have this racing "thoughts" problem?

For over four years I've delt with racing thoughts which I didn't have with lithium. I had to go off lithium because of kidney damaged. I'm currently taking 350 lamictal and 600 seroquel. I've tryed over 20 different medication for the the thoughts but they haven't helped. If it would be helpful I could list them. How do I deal with racing thougths and what medicines will help? My thoughts center around a to do list.

Hi, I have had anxiety and panic attacks for 2 years now and all of a sudden I have these racing thoughts that will not let up. The thoughts are scaring me so bad that I think that I will never be normal again. I think things like what are human beings and every ache and pain is gonna be the death of me. I sit there at night and picture myself taking a heart attack or me having a annurism.

Besides medication and talk therapy, behavioral therapy can work for that. Of course if you have racing thoughts in general sometimes that can be an aspect of bipolar but it depends what else is going on but you could speak to your psychiatrist more about that.

m still having a hard time sleeping at night with increased night time anxiety and racing thoughts. I went from being at TSH of 56 on Oct 9 and a T4 free of 1.1 To Nov 4 t4 total 11.1 T3 total 1.2 TSH 0.33 T4 Free 2.4 I just think I should be feeling better and As I can't sleep tonight I thought I would write and see what you all think. 12 AM right now. At 7PM I could not wait to have the kids in bed so I could go to sleep and now Ha I hate this.

how do you control racing thoughts? my mind races out of control.

Occasionally, I have this feeling that my thoughts are racing through my head at a millions miles an hour, and there's this roaring sound, like sticking my head out the window of a fast-moving car with ear plugs in. When this happens, I feel like I'm moving in slow motion, and seeing things from farther away.

I have depression and GAD also some racing thoughts,,,,my dr put me on abilify as a mood stabilzer and to help with some racing thoughts,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i guess i never looked at it as being a bunch of heavy meds,,,i only take 1 mg of abilfy been on it since jan 09 alot od the antidepressnats dont work for me so trying Pristiq,,,,ativan is for my severe anxiety.

I've been through some struggles in my life like a really really stressful relationship that tore me up, and my grandpa and a good friend passing away and the daily stress of being behind in my self directed school I attend, and dealing with certain situations and being socially awkward, and everyday for as long as I can remember I've had obsessive racing thoughts.

Are racing thoughts the same as obsessive thoughts or intrusive thoughts? When I say Obessive thoughts I mean like thinking about the same stuff every day, day after day, it could be a person or a dream that you think of. I know obtrusive thoughts are thoughts you really don't want to think about, I have them on and off but what are racing thoughts?

I wash my hands with bleach and water, at least 20 times a day. I have racing thoughts about awful things that I don't want to even think about. It annoying. Is someone on here available to help me on this forum? I feel like I'm losing grip with reality and what's important in life having constant distraction.

what if i just have racing thoughts in general? i cannot stop them. i can function as they say normally.

Seeing as my new jobs medicare won't kick in 'till the first, and I'm a bit aprehensive about going to talk to a doctor about this, I figure I'd ask here. Everywhere I've looked I've not been able to find anything about obsession being a part of bipolar disorder, but I really don't know what else it could be. My mind races constantly, to the point where I actually get tired. Eventually I focus on one thought. Put EVERYTHING into that one thought.

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