Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Has anyone used abilify, and if so, what experience(s), good and bad have you had. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 It worked like a wonder drug for my son... first time I had actually seen him as a happy fun loving child FOR ABOUT ABOUT 2 WEEKS. Then it fizzled out and they upped the dose but it never went back to being the miracle drug I thought we'd found. The psych told me that it was very common for it to fizzle out... I wish he would've told me that before I found out the hard way. Michele So. Cal Ehrlich wrote: Has anyone used abilify, and if so, what experience(s), good and bad have you had. Thanks. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Abilify was horrible for Karac. It made him so aggressive that we had to hospitalize him. It was the worst thing that we ever did for Karac. Pat K**************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 My son's psychiatrist told me that it takes Abilify about six weeks to reach it's full potentional. Although it's supposed to last all day, it works better with my son when he takes it in half doses three times a day. It doesn't help with hyperactivity, so Stattera was added (that has a build up time as well). They don't totally eliminate the behaviors. They do lessen them signficantly enough so that he functions better with them than without. I like that he's not drowsy and is still quite alert. A nurse told me that she found that Abilify gives her asperger patients a " third " way of seeing things. Since he has been on Abilify, he often tells me how much he loves me, how nice my hair looks, and how he can't survive without me. It's been a definite help in disposition. > Has anyone used abilify, and if so, what experience (s), good and bad have you had. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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