Question about Risperdal and Abilify...
i dont know about the abilify making you gain wt. for me it didnt work. it affected my heart and i couldnt take it so i take the risperdal. i have lost 20 lbs here recently while ive been on the risperdal. in total ive lost from 248 to 202 being on it.
Abilify didn't do anything for me no weight gain, no weight loss, no help with my symptoms.
Just out of curioisty if you are depressed and anxious, did they give a reason why they are giving you antipsychotics? Have you tried an anti-dpepressant and anti anxiety med? Some anti-depressants like paxil and celexa help with anxiety too.
Quoting lyrick24:i dont know about the abilify making you gain wt. for me it didnt work. it affected my heart and i couldnt take it so i take the risperdal. i have lost 20 lbs here recently while ive been on the risperdal. in total ive lost from 248 to 202 being on it.
Quoting Dereksmom1018:i'm on abilify and just lost 40 lbs
Quoting matreshka:Abilify didn't do anything for me no weight gain, no weight loss, no help with my symptoms.
Quoting matreshka:Just out of curioisty if you are depressed and anxious, did they give a reason why they are giving you antipsychotics? Have you tried an anti-dpepressant and anti anxiety med? Some anti-depressants like paxil and celexa help with anxiety too.
Quoting ashleighmama:
Well, it seems like Ive been on every med ever made. Ive been on the med roller coaster for 24 yrs. Right now Im on Prozac, klonopin, the Risperdal and minipress which is a b/p med but it helps with PTSD. I used to wake up EVERY single morning and have to fly out of bed to go throw up. That med cured that instantly! So, over maybe the past yr. or 2, my anxiety levels have gone back up pretty bad, pretty much turning into agorphobia. I HATE going outside of like a 2 mile radius from home. If I didnt HAVE to, Id never leave my house. Also, the social anxiety has gotten way worse too. Pretty much if I didnt have my boys, I would no longer be here. I hate life and pretty much always have. My boys are the ONLY thing keeping me alive. So, my dr wanted to add Abilify as an add on to see if it helps. Thats it in a nutshell.
Quoting matreshka:Just out of curioisty if you are depressed and anxious, did they give a reason why they are giving you antipsychotics? Have you tried an anti-dpepressant and anti anxiety med? Some anti-depressants like paxil and celexa help with anxiety too.
Quoting matreshka:
That sucks. I can totally relate. The only 2 meds ive not tried are saphris and latuda and I may be going on one of them soon.
Quoting ashleighmama:
Well, it seems like Ive been on every med ever made. Ive been on the med roller coaster for 24 yrs. Right now Im on Prozac, klonopin, the Risperdal and minipress which is a b/p med but it helps with PTSD. I used to wake up EVERY single morning and have to fly out of bed to go throw up. That med cured that instantly! So, over maybe the past yr. or 2, my anxiety levels have gone back up pretty bad, pretty much turning into agorphobia. I HATE going outside of like a 2 mile radius from home. If I didnt HAVE to, Id never leave my house. Also, the social anxiety has gotten way worse too. Pretty much if I didnt have my boys, I would no longer be here. I hate life and pretty much always have. My boys are the ONLY thing keeping me alive. So, my dr wanted to add Abilify as an add on to see if it helps. Thats it in a nutshell.
Quoting matreshka:Just out of curioisty if you are depressed and anxious, did they give a reason why they are giving you antipsychotics? Have you tried an anti-dpepressant and anti anxiety med? Some anti-depressants like paxil and celexa help with anxiety too.
i am feeling happy!
- ashleighmama
on Aug. 21, 2012 at 3:58 AM