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It is working very well for me. My pdoc and I decided on Abilify because my mind is on constant high gear and it is suppose to help slow that down, which it has. It has slowed me down enough that I can now take the time to cook for my husband and that is something I have not done in years. He told me today, the last two weeks he has started seeing the me he fell in love with 20 years ago. So I would take that as a good idea it is working at least for me.

It causes me to rapid cycle a little more than I used to but the highs and lows are not as bad as they were. good stuff

I've been on abilify for almost 3 years. It is working well for me. I don't 'think' as fast as I used to. It slows me down enough to be able to read and do things that I used to do.

Thank you all so much! My lows and highs are not as bad either now come to think of it.I have this urge sometimes to feel sad or carry on with the whole feelings of being down, but the process will not happen like it did before you know what I mean?Lilred43 I'am so excited for you!I'am very glad Abilify is working so well for you!!!!! :) Thank you all sooo much. :)

I took Abilify for six months, and at first I had no side effects. It slowed my obsessive thoughts and I had fewer swings. The reason I stopped was that at about 2pm in the afternoon, I would get very tired. So tired, that making it through the rest of the day seemed impossible. I would get home after work and collapse. I also gained weight while on it.

2mg/day sent me into a manic dementia within a half a week.
I switched to 0.5mg/day, and it took about a month to get to the same manic dementia (no focus, no short-term memory, no access to my thoughts).

Hope that it works for you!! I was on it for about 10 days and it made me feel like I was gonna jump out of my skin! I could not sit still and could not concentrate worth a damn. Had to go off of it because it was affecting every part of my life - in a bad way.

at first my pdoc put me on 5mg and it worked perfect. stopped racing thoughts and i was able to concentrate. then they got greedy and bumped me up to 10mg, and it made me tired and zombie-like. when they bumped me back down to 5mg, it didnt work the same. i felt all spacy and started craving carbs like nobody's business. i took myself off it. i wish they never bumpped me up, because i could have seen myself staying on the med.

Abilify is the best med. I'm on.

i'm on 30mg of abilify daily. it really helps slow my racing thoughts down. i was on a higher dose, but i got it lowered when the dr added lamictal to my cocktail. i still need some of a dose, due to psychotic thoughts. it's a good med for me.