72 patient evaluations for Aripiprazole

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Jun 30, 2010 (Started Feb 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 1, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for schizophrenia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I really didn't see any positive effects towards hallucinations.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 4, 2010 (Started May 03, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2010 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (anxious mood, weight loss, restlessness (akathisia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication gave me extra energy and jolted me out of a severe 6 week depression. It also allowed me to get by on less sleep. I stopped taking this medication, however, because of intolerable side effects including: akathesia (internal restlessness or need to move), significant weight loss, and increasingly serious anxiety. I know you're not supposed to go against doctor's orders, but the side effects scared me sufficiently that I stopped first and got permission later.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: restlessness (akathisia), weight loss, anxious mood
  • 0 helpful marks

May 28, 2009 (Started Aug 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar rapid cycling)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (tremors increased, increased ataxia)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: tremors increased, increased ataxia

Oct 18, 2008 (Started Aug 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: tremors increased, increased ataxia
  • 0 helpful marks

May 6, 2010 (Started Apr 21, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for process of finding right meds)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: worked for 3 days then I was right back where I started, so we doubled the Dose but next day my Brain was running hay wire and I couldn't sleep through the night no more. I was only content while driving and Gas cost to much, lol. Had to stop taking it complietly because I started to get panic attacks my brain won't stop thin king that fast no more.
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 19, 2010 (Started Feb 11, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 18, 2010 (Started Dec 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (insomnia, anxious mood, restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, agitation, loss of interest in life in general)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: the reason i stopped taking this is because i felt like i stopped caring about everything, basically i was emotionless. i stopped this and then my lithium a few weeks later and i feel so good right now!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: loss of interest in life in general, agitation, restless feeling in legs, anxious mood, vivid dreams, insomnia, nightmares

Dec 13, 2008 (Started Dec 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, anxious mood, restless feeling in legs, vivid dreams, agitation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Side effects: loss of interest in life in general, agitation, restless feeling in legs, anxious mood, vivid dreams, insomnia, nightmares

Dec 12, 2008 (Started Dec 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, anxious mood, vivid dreams, agitation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 5 mg Daily
Side effects: loss of interest in life in general, agitation, restless feeling in legs, anxious mood, vivid dreams, insomnia, nightmares
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 16, 2010 (Started Jul 02, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This is great for bipolar disorder. I've been on heaps of treatments and this is the best by far. I found it better than Seroquel and any other tablet that I've taken for bipolar. Mania has by and large disappeared. Its had no effect on depressive symptoms though.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 3, 2010 (Started Dec 18, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for visual hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication caused severe muscle pain, especially in my forearms
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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