liveoak Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I've been on 5mg Abilify for 2 months. I find that I have a strange anxiety. I feel like a deer in the headlights, like I'm frozen in fear, not physically, but emotionally. When I see friends who are glad to see me and hug me, I feel nothing. I feel nothing toward my dogs, whom I normally dote on. When I am with people and they are laughing, I laugh with them, but it's totally fake, because I feel nothing, nothing at all. Is this a common side effect of Abilify? Pdoc said on the phone that Abilify can cause anxiety that is "difficult in specific ways," but he didn't name the ways. Anyone else experience something similar on Abilify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveoak Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 so nobody else has had this? just me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrees Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I felt like this on abilify too. The way I describe it is, that the world is separated from me emotionally by two-inch thick frosted glass. It never went away until I stopped the abilify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveoak Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Papertrees, I'm SO glad to hear that I'm not the only one. I'm also really glad to hear that it went away! Today is my first day on NO Abilify. I can't wait to feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrees Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 liveoak, that's good news. Wait 3-4 days and you'll have your mind back. You'll feel sharper and the world is suddenly much more interesting. You'll react more to situations and you'll find that the speed of your mind approximates the same as before. What are you taking in place of abilify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveoak Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 nothing, just the seroquel. how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrees Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I am simply on lithium for the moment. Abilify gave me lethargy, LAmictal gave me hair loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_Michael_* Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I've been the same way ever since starting Risperdal 2 years ago. I've pretty much trained myself to laugh even though I feel nothing. Can't wait to get off this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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