Abilify making me have panic attacks?

[RollingJovi]

I am currently in the process of changing medications from amisulpride to ability because I have high prolactin levels. Anyway, I am now on 15mg Abilify and 100mg Amisulpride until I see my psychiatrist on 16th June when she will probably take amisulpride away completely and increase abilify like they said they would.

I still hear voices with the meds but, the visual stuff has gone away which is good. But, I have a problem which I think is the Abilify and that is that I'm tend to be having panic attacks where my heart beats really fast and I get really shaky hands and I go into a shut down and want to withdraw. It's only started happening since I started the 15mg dose of abilify and just wondered if anyone else has had a similar problem.

My psychiatrist did say it may cause me to be restless and anxious at times and this has happened but, their cure for this is to pop a pill such as lorazepam or whatever it's called? I'm not willing to medicate myself just to cure something that I can hopefully deal with myself.

I guess what I'm wondering is, is it possible that the abilify will become stable and panic and anxiety attacks will settle over time. I've been on abilify before and I don't recall having these side effects apart from restlessness.

Any advice would be a great help, many thanks.

 

[Per Ardua Ad Astra]

I have experienced problems with heart flutters and thuds on this. It's like your heart skipping a beat, or beating irregularly. I used to feel very weak off it too, and couldn't watch TV or read. The only thing that helped was if I fell asleep. Sometimes then I would feel better. And I used to look for excuses not to go out of my flat whilst taking it.

Psych docs and their money-grabbing mates in the pharmaceutical industry, say it's the cleanest of the anti-psychotics. I say it's dangerous and toxic shit that has very little, if any, proven therapeutic application.

 

[ambient breeze]

Tell your psych he may put you on Ativan for the attacks.

 

[On Fire]

As you say, anxiety from Abilify might be a temporary thing that passes with time. If not then, Pregabalin is non addictive and licenced for anxiety in the UK. Also try cutting out caffeine.

 

[victoriamm]

Abilify agitated me. I was on large dosages. It didn't work out for me. Currently, I am on 4 mg of thiothixene-a neuroleptic/tranquilizer. This is a very low dosage. However, the thirty plus voices stopped but one who is mostly quiet. And there are no visual hallucinations (which I had daily and could be annoying and scary). Anyway, I recommend trying this low dosage because, except for one quiet voice, it is working for me. Also, if you are feeling anxious, try Klonapin. I can recommend low dosage thiothixene plus 1 mg Klonapin. This is a peaceful mix. Take care.

 

[RainbowHeartz]

This could be the answer to my anxiety I have been taking abilify too and I've been so anxious, sorry your struggling