Posted by MoparFan91 on September 12, 2005, at 16:55:23
In reply to abilify for social anxiety?, posted by mworkman on September 12, 2005, at 14:23:57
No!
Not for me.
I took it at 2.5mg, then 5mg, recently to try to help depression, social phobia, and some attention issues. I took 10mg one other time but hit jackpot on side effects. At first, I had a decent anti-depressant and pro-motivational effect. I praised the drug at first. However, several weeks after being on it, the bad side of the drug came about:
Great paranoia
Extreme fear around people
Feeling scared
Dark moods
Marked guilt giving way to suspicious personality
Altered perceptions giving way to mild delusions
Warped thinking
Hyperemotionality
AgitationI went off it, and these symptoms abated as the drug left my system over 2 weeks.
My dopamine should really not be tampered with. This bad reaction from the drug was presumably due to dopamine excess from Abilify's dopamine agonism.
> Is abilfy for Social Anxiety? Does it make you more social?
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