Posted by Girlfriend on May 29, 2006, at 10:01:58
In reply to Re: withdrawal from abilify, posted by SLS on May 29, 2006, at 9:23:46
Scott,
Thanks for the quick reply! So far I've noticed that his social anxiety is already dissipating. He has more focus and a bit more passion :DThe only symptom that he has spoken of is that he feels like he wants to grind his teeth, yet deosn't? I am uncertain of whether this is just muscular jaw tension or if it's a physical reaction to the internal mental stress that he's going through. Most likely it's the later.
I'm still trying to find information about the withdrawal symptoms to expect, that's why I'm here. He's right at the one week mark so I'm certain that there will be more reactions. I'll keep this updated with his progress so hopefully it will help others in the future.
Thanks Again!
The Concerned & Supportive Girlfriend> Abilify has a relatively long half-life. It is about 96 hours. It might be a week or more before he begins to experience any withdrawal symptoms. I haven't read many accounts of the course of withdrawal from Abilify. Anxiety is bound to surface. Beyond that, I'm really not sure. It would be a big favor to this website if you were to report back to us how things go.
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> Generally speaking, most of a drug is eliminated from the body after 5 half-lives. For Abilify, that would be approximately 20 days.
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> Hoping for the best...
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> - Scott
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