Posted by recoveringlife on November 15, 2006, at 21:39:05
In reply to Re: Hyper or Hypomanic on Abilify?, posted by bipolarspectrum on November 10, 2006, at 20:22:55
Hi, Trish,
I just started Abilify as well -- I am on 10mg, working up to 20mg. We were going up very quickly, and when I was on 15mg, I got REALLY hyper, was unable to sit still, etc. ... very uncomfortable. There is a technical name for it (akathesia I think?) and it is a known side effect of Abilify.
For me, it went away when we went back down to 10mg. Now we are increasing more slowly and hoping for the best.
Hope that was helpful ... hang in there, I know it's not the greatest feeling in the world.
poster:recoveringlife
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