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Facial grimacing from AP's

tats69
tats69
The corners of my mouth turn down, it's facial grimacing and it's caused by my AP, Abilify. Has anyone had this prob and if so was wondering what the pdoc did to counter it, if anything There are no other AP's I can try, this was the last ditch effort. Feels like my mouth is actually sliding off my face....I know sounds weird but true!! Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
That sounds unpleasant.. havent been on it but I'll bump ya..x
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have hand tremors from abilify. Its not too bad. I am afraid to get off of it because its been a miracle worker. Damned if you do and damned if you dont!
tats69
tats69
Yeah I read that it could become permanent....the doc actually told me to take benadryl to counter the grimacing and it worked for a while...but now nothing....and it's getting worse. Is a shame too because the Abilify is actually working for me ya know??

Have a pdoc appt coming up and will definetly be talking to him about it, may even see if I can get in sooner since it's getting worse. I was just hoping that someone knew of another med I could try that would counter it so I could mention it to the pdoc if he doesn't.
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