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I am on abilitfy and it has made me sick.I am suppose to take it in the morning and i always do.You have to eat with this medication and i cant take it with coffee.I can only take it with water which I always.But today after a half hour..I grew dizzy and I passed out on my bed and i landed on my cat.I must have been there for 10 minutes because i heard my cat screaming.I had landed on top of her and landed on her leg and I awoke and she went flying into the other room.She is limping now and now she wont come near me.As i got up...a sickening feeling came over me.I just barely made it to the bathroom and I threw up all i ate.Then I crawled back into bed and was there for two days.I want to know has anyone had a similar reaction? Also with abiilify I am having dreams of flying and vampires and i dont read any of this gothic stuff.What does it mean to fly inn a dream and what does it mean to dream of a vampire? I need all of the advice I can.i am off my medication.Once again.thanks.
Oh, yes. I have been on and off of pretty much every psych med ever, and I've discovered that I react very oddly to most of them. I have learned to listen to my body, and not my doctor or the literature that comes with the medication. Call me crazy (it wouldn't be the first time!), but I believe that when your body rejects something that violently, it's because you aren't supposed to be putting it in your body. There are certain side effects that can be put up with, and then there are reactions like yours and mine. That isn't something that you just deal with.
I hope that you're feeling better, and that your cat is, too. Bottom line, if your pdoc tells you that isn't a result of the drug - well, I'm not going to tell you to tell him/her to go f*ck themself, - but remember that as much as they have gone to school and been in practice as a professional, they don't live in your body. Ultimately, you need to be in control of what goes into your body. There are loads of other drugs out there, specifically other atypical anti-psychotics, to which I'm guessing you wouldn't react so violently. Don't give up. You'll find something.
(Sorry that was so long!)
Dreams of flying can mean different things. If you are doing it for joy it's just a happy dream. If you are flying in an effort to get away from something it means you are trying to escape your problems.