Abilify question

[alvaa]

How long should it be before I can expect results? I took my first 2Mg pill yesterday and my second one today. I am on Cymbalta 60Mg and my doctor added this because of my sudden depression.

[alvaa]

Well, I know it's not my blood sugar. I keep a close eye on that. I am also having "weak" spells. Maybe it is anxiety. Thanks M4.

[M4Y0U]

It is unclear if your tremors are induced by the medication or if they will go away. Maybe it's anxiety too.

M4

[alvaa]

Ok, will the side effects go away. My hands and body are very very shaky, just from time to time. Like, for instance, yesterday I had no spells of shakiness, but today at about 10:30 this morning I couldn't hold a glass of water without spilling it. Is this suppose to be permanent while taking Abilify? or will it go away in time?

[M4Y0U]

I am glad to hear that,

surely as you get used to the medication you will be able to have a normal sleep again.

M4

[alvaa]

It got better last night. I slept from 10:00 until about 4:30 before waking up. I went right back to sleep and woke up around 5:30 and then finally got up at 6:15.

[M4Y0U]

Sure sounds like a stress response. I would not call it insomnia but disrupted sleep. Whether it's the medication or the stress, I can't tell but it can surely be both.

M4

[alvaa]

Let me tell about my first (hopefully only) side effect so far. I am not sure if you could call this insomnia, I am not sure....

I went to bed last night at 9:30. I fell asleep pretty much within 10 minutes. I woke up at around 11:00, but was able to get back to sleep within about 5 minutes. This went on for most of the night. Many times I would wake up thinking I had slept for hours and it would only be like an hour or less.

[M4Y0U]

The therapeutic lag is maximum 4 weeks.

M4