Posted by bleauberry on March 4, 2008, at 16:45:48
In reply to Does Abilify Work?, posted by Snap on March 3, 2008, at 22:06:25
It sounds common with abilify. Especially if it just started after the dose increase or became significantly worse after increasing the dose, that clue is kind of hard to argue with.
Give it a name. Akathisia. Anxiety. Worsened depression. Whatever. Who cares. If a drug, herb, or supplement makes you feel worse, stop taking it. Do not however just stop taking it. Think about it. Talk to the doc about it. If the decision is made, wean off it slowly in small steps.
If it had been a few days or even a couple weeks, I might say stick with it a couple more weeks and see what happens. But it has been a couple months already. At the very least you might want to drop the dose back down to where it was. Abilify doesn't seem to be doing you any favors. At the price you are paying for it, it doesn't seem to be a good payback in terms of quality of life enhancement. I mean, if you are jumping out of your skin and depression feels a little worse, that is deterioration not enhancement.
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