Posted by sebastian on January 12, 2003, at 19:11:49
In reply to Abilify Taker's Survey, posted by Jed_9 on January 11, 2003, at 20:00:37
I don't take Abilify any more but I will be happy to answer your questions. I took it for 2 weeks.
1. 26
2. M
3. PTSD, Anxiety, possible Bi-Polar
4. 2 weeks on but discontinued about 2.5 weeks ago
5. was on 15mgs
6. Celexa and Zyprexa, Celexa the whole time and a little bit of Zyprexa in the first stages of tring to make the switch.
7. Wanted a AP equivelent to Zyprexa without the weight gain.
8. No
9. Yes, no positive symptoms
10. Yes and No, fear of leaving the house, much increasing anxiety, fear of driving, but in a way I might have felt or wanted to feel better and more social even thought I wasn't.
11. Lost 5 lbs in first few days then it stayed the same.
12. Appettite much more decreased.
13. Yes
14. Major insomnia, up later every day towards the end I was up till 12pm next day, but I always got a full 7-8 hours sleep no more no less, didn't feel rested though.
15. No, everything worked no less desiger but ejaculation was very weird feeling at first I thought pee would come out, but it didn't I soon learned.
16. More energy.
17. Very anxious and more so towards the end, infact I am just now getting over the anxiety from then. I stopped Abilify and went back to my regular dose of Zyprexa.
18. Especialy the first night I took Abilify I almost felt as though I was on acid, different perception of colors appering to radiate happened increasing for first few hours after dose. This effect was deminishing as days went on.
19. I have never taken geodon and don't plan to now after my horable experence with Abilify. Zyprexa is the best. I have taken Risperdal and noticed similarities between it and Abilify.
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