dragonfly79 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Hello, all! I have been experiencing terrible insomnia with the Abilify I just started. I take it in the morning, and right now I am at 7.5 mg, which we should be increasing to 30mg since that is the dose I was successful on before. Did you notice less insomnia as time went on and/or with higher doses? Do you take something for your insomnia that helps? I was considering Trazodone. I did not have this insomnia problem with this medicine before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 It's a known side effect of Abilify. I take Remeron which is a very sedating antidepressant, and I really don't notice it too much. But if I don't take Remeron then, yes, I do get insomnia. Since I can still have insomnia, I assume that this side effect doesn't go away so easily, at least not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parapluie Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Abilify gave me insomnia at first, at low doses under 10 mg. Above 10 mg and I would sleep 16 hours a day. That's my experience. Hopefully it goes away for you. Abilify can be super activating at first, it made me hypomanic for a little in the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malachite Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Abilify gave me insomnia too. So I took my whole dose in the morning. I don't know if that's an option for you. Check with pdoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21stcenturyschizoidman Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I take abilify 5 mg in the morning and don't really experience insomnia at night. Although, I do wake up in the middle of the night all the time. But that's probably from my Risperdal. Sorry to hear that. Insomnia sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I didn't have this problem with Abilify. It actually makes me more tired than awake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I took Abilify at doses varying from 10mg to 30mg and it really disrupted my sleep. I had to take hypnotics as well as clonazepam and even with that I didn't sleep well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl_interrupted Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I find on 5mg of Abilify that I get tired. I take it in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnxietyGirl74 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I don't have insomnia with Abilify and have taken anywhere from 2 mg to 20 mg. But I have always taken my dose in the morning because I find it activating so that may be why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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