I’m taking Abilify for bipolar, I have lost interest in things I use to enjoy. What sould I expect ?
by Admin on April 3, 2009
Laura asked: I take meds for depressin and ADHD. I have stoped polling out my hair and biting my fingernails, I’ve stopped having tantrums.Abilify has helped with these problems.
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i take abilify too, 15 mgs. it doesn’t keep me from enjoying things, i think its part of your depression. I haven’t really had any negative side effects from the abilify.
I take 20mg.s of Abilify daily and it has not made me lose interest in those things I had interest in before. In fact, because I am feeling so much better, I think my interests have been allowed to expand. It did make me lose a bit of weight, though, at first.
I’m glad to hear the Abilify has been helpful to you.
You should go to see your psychiatrist. It sounds like you are depressed.
He might increase the Abilify or increase your antidepressant. You’ll want to be careful about increasing the antidepressant because depending on the antidepressant it can induce mania-like symptoms. If the Abilify has been controlling manic symptoms well, you’re probably in the clear to have the antidepressant increased.
Good luck.
Hi Laura,,,I’m so impressed with the answers youv’e gotten from the people who answered this question,,,I think I told you the last few years of my life have been unbelievable, between a divorce, my sister’s suicide, my husband stole my three kids, my moms attempted suicide, my sister got addicted to crystal meth, my fiance’ ended are relationship because he couldn’t handle all of this stuff, I myself had a pistol down my throat but I knew my mom would have for sure killed herself and knowing first hand the pain suicide cause’s i didn’t want to do this to my kids,,,,ive been on meds so much from a-z some were just horrible,,,,,im still fighting everyday Laura somedays it’s so hard just to get out of bed im 37 with a great education and im on fricken social security but im trying it’s a battle everyday for me,,,people dont see it, i have a great sense of humor, witty,,,attractive a nice clean house etc,,,,,but there not there at night when im in bed crying for God just to take me home, Im on lamictal 200mg a day and ativan 2mg a day and I take some pretty heavy pain medication (no i dont abuse it) but otherwise i couldn’t even get out of that bed without it,,,,I’ve heard abilify works well maybe i should change to,,,ive been thinking about a change maybe what your taking for your adhd is clashing with your other meds,,,doctors are great with diagnosing but even mine admits there not the best at knowing everything about the meds,,,there to busy for one,,,call your pharmacist and tell her everything,,,plus give it time and dont think like i use to,,,that any of these pill are magic,,,they take a support group as well as a good counselor i went through like 3 before i found one that fit,,,we can talk anytime through private e-mail it’s,,,,please im not a professional well i dont have a diploma but unfortuantely i have the life experiences,,, i dont believe in coincidences so i believe weve hooked up on this for a reason,,,your in my thoughts and prayers today,,,,