I was on it many years ago, but unfortunately with about five other drugs at the time so I can’t fairly assess what it alone was like for me.

Med changes are hard. Walking….distractions….
light exercise. Nap if you need to. I know you have other things too to deal with so put on your armor dealing with that and keep discussing with your doc for You time. Hugs.

Thank you my friend. I try to exercise by cleaning. I end up napping a lot. I wish I had more energy. Hugs.

I was on Abilify for many years. I would say it saved my life. It got rid of the mania, racing thoughts, and hallucinations. It also got rid of my depression. I had 2 problems with it. After many years on it I developed tremors in my hands and legs(very fine tremors which were manageable). I then developed a tremor in my jaw which I could not mange with because I couldn't get my teeth cleaned and treated. Eventually, we started using a bite block which stopped the jaw tremor when I was getting my teeth cleaned. Anyway,, the 2nd thing was that I was flat all the time. Not much in the way of feelings, sad or happy. My pdoc took me off it and put me on Rexulti which controlled everything plus gave me my feelings back. I actually feel "normal" now.

You never know how a med is going to affect a person. You may have a completely different reaction to it than me. I'm sure you know that. Good luck.

Thank you.

I was on it, it just didn’t do anything for me except make my irritation worse