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Information specific to: Abilify 10mg tablets when used in Mania and Bipolar Disorder.
Side-effects

Very common: More than 1 in 10 adolescents aged over 13 years who take Abilify

?extrapyramidal side-effects which may include parkinson's-like symptoms or feeling restless and inability to sit still ? seek medical advice if you develop side-effects such as parkinson's-like symptoms or feeling restless and inability to sit still
?hormonal problems
?sleepiness
?tiredness
Common: More than 1 in 100 people who take Abilify

?blurred vision
?constipation
?difficulty sleeping
?feeling anxious
?feeling dizzy
?feeling restless and inability to sit still
?headaches
?increased salivation
?indigestion
?nausea
?sedation
?sleepiness
?tiredness
?tremors
?vomiting
Common: More than 1 in 100 adults who take Abilify

?extrapyramidal side-effects which may include parkinson's-like symptoms or feeling restless and inability to sit still ? seek medical advice if you develop side-effects such as parkinson's-like symptoms or feeling restless and inability to sit still
?sleepiness
?tiredness
Common: More than 1 in 100 adolescents aged over 13 years who take Abilify

?abnormal muscle movements or problems controlling muscle movement
?appetite gain
?faster heart rate
?muscle twitching
?stomachpain
?weight gain
Uncommon: More than 1 in 1000 people who take Abilify

?a drop in blood pressure on standing or sitting up
?depression
?seizures
?tardive dyskinesia - seek medical advice if you get tardive dyskinesia
Uncommon: More than 1 in 1000 adults who take Abilify

?faster heart rate
The frequency of these side-effects is unknown

?abnormal laboratory test results
?addiction to gambling
?allergic reactions such as anaphylactic reactions, swelling of the tongue or face, angioedema, itching or urticaria
?blood problems
?cardiac arrest
?cerebrovascular problems including stroke - some of these may be fatal
?changes to weight
?chest pain
?convulsions
?death
?diabetes
?diarrhoea
?fainting or brief loss of consciousness
?feeling agitated
?feeling nervous
?hair loss
?heart problems
?increased sweating
?jaundice
?laryngeal spasm
?liver problems
?loss of appetite
?metabolic problems
?muscle, bone or joint stiffness
?musclepain or tenderness
?neuroleptic malignant syndrome - this may be fatal. Seek medical advice if you get a fever, sweating, faster or irregular heart rate, changes in consciousness, muscle stiffness or kidney problems
?oedema of the extremities
?pancreatitis
?photosensitivity skin reaction
?pneumonia
?precipitation of suicide
?priapism
?problems controlling temperature - this may lead to decreased or increased body temperature
?raised blood pressure
?rhabdomyolysis
?skin rash or rashes
?slower heart rate
?spasm of the throat
?speech problems
?stomach discomfort
?suicide attempt
?swallowing difficulties
?thoughts of committing suicide
?thromboembolism such as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
?urinary incontinence
?urinary retention
?very high blood sugar levels which may lead to ketoacidosis or coma- these may be fatal. Seek medical advice if you develop symptoms such as excessive hunger or thirst, urinating more often or weakness
?worsening of diabetes
http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages ... ne=Abilify

Cannabis
Side effects: For many, smoking dope is as natural and everyday as a brew of hot tea, and they find the drug helps make their life a little less stressful without unduly affecting their judgement or abilities.

For others it can have quite the opposite effect, turning ordinary folk into unbearable, spaced out, lazy hippies. A night of industrial strength spliffing can transform you into a giggling oaf who will burst into laughter at wholly unamusing incidents and find deep intellectual depth in the Spice Girls' lyrics.

Your trousers and sofa will become riddled with burn marks from dropped spliffs, and you will have to face the regular dilemma of being hit with the munchies at 3am only to find that you were too out of it to get the shopping in.

This can result in regular users turning into lazy gits whose crap diet turns their body into a most unattractive proposition.
http://www.urban75.com/Drugs/drugdope.html


You choose.

I was not "recommending" Abilify (or any other drug)--just noting that the animation the OP posted was very similar to that series of commercials.

When it comes to ANY drug, proceed with caution, and find a doctor who knows what he/she is talking about (that is, has some expertise in that area).

My current doctor tried to push Abilify on me, and I told him to piss off. I've heard more than enough horror stories to avoid that stuff.

Weed on the other hand. God, I wish they'd just decriminalize it already. That stuff made me feel like a million bucks back in college. I was like a golden retriever after smoking. "I'm happy to exist, and there isn't a damn thing you can do to change that!"

Yeah im strongly considering weed I am considering on geting my cannibis card it costs like 60 bucks but with my explainatiions they would probably sign me up and get me card with no delays! People keep teeling me i need to smoke weed more often I get super paranoid high tense and depressed but when i do smoke weed I calm down and my self hating thoughts go away! I dont get the giggles or anything I just get calm and get the feeling like everything is going to be alright!