Clozapine now Abilify later

Hi all im new to this group I have just found it, here is my situation.

I have been a schizophrenic since age 4, I hear my thoughts and talk to
myself in my head I get some good conversations going and have a prity good
controll over them. When I read, at times I cant keep up with how I read or
see words and start off where I stoped and continue to hear my thoughts.
Well this sort of illness went into overdrive when I was a teenager, I was a
cannabis smoker and experimented with speed and a bad acid trip back then
and when I decided to quit all drugs about then I had a psychotic episode
that ment I went into rehab. After rehab and a review I was diagnosed a
schizophrenic and put on medications, after a while I was put on clozapine
which brings me to the present. I have been on clozapine for about 9 years
and im fed up with being like a flat tyre and slight faster heart rate. I
have been told about abilify done some reading on the web, read the good and
bad and now need some experiences of others about this newish medication.

I left out some symptoms like hearing secret messages in tv, radio, the
wind, the fridge etc etc and paranoia and other general confusion.

Has anyone else here been on clozapine and then on abilify if so what was
the effectivness of the medication in regard to hearing thoughts like in my
case? I dont realy know where to guage my other symptoms, as I do and dont
believe I still have them, I sort of just live with them.

Thanks
GK

"Gabriel Knight" <111111111111@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
news:yMNsh.4197$u8.1366@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi all im new to this group I have just found it, here is my situation.
>
> I have been a schizophrenic since age 4, I hear my thoughts and talk to
> myself in my head I get some good conversations going and have a prity
> good controll over them. When I read, at times I cant keep up with how I
> read or see words and start off where I stoped and continue to hear my
> thoughts. Well this sort of illness went into overdrive when I was a
> teenager, I was a cannabis smoker and experimented with speed and a bad
> acid trip back then and when I decided to quit all drugs about then I had
> a psychotic episode that ment I went into rehab. After rehab and a review
> I was diagnosed a schizophrenic and put on medications, after a while I
> was put on clozapine which brings me to the present. I have been on
> clozapine for about 9 years and im fed up with being like a flat tyre and
> slight faster heart rate. I have been told about abilify done some reading
> on the web, read the good and bad and now need some experiences of others
> about this newish medication.
>
> I left out some symptoms like hearing secret messages in tv, radio, the
> wind, the fridge etc etc and paranoia and other general confusion.
>
> Has anyone else here been on clozapine and then on abilify if so what was
> the effectivness of the medication in regard to hearing thoughts like in
> my case? I dont realy know where to guage my other symptoms, as I do and
> dont believe I still have them, I sort of just live with them.
>
> Thanks
> GK

a good mate of mine is on aripiprizole (abilify). it made him throw up at
first and a few other things, but it's settled down. the only thing is he
gets nervous and the abilify doesn't seem to help

-- kez

With Abilify I couldn't sit still through a movie. I hated it. (I got some
laundry done though.)


"Gabriel Knight" <111111111111@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
news:yMNsh.4197$u8.1366@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi all im new to this group I have just found it, here is my situation.
>
> I have been a schizophrenic since age 4, I hear my thoughts and talk to
> myself in my head I get some good conversations going and have a prity
> good controll over them. When I read, at times I cant keep up with how I
> read or see words and start off where I stoped and continue to hear my
> thoughts. Well this sort of illness went into overdrive when I was a
> teenager, I was a cannabis smoker and experimented with speed and a bad
> acid trip back then and when I decided to quit all drugs about then I had
> a psychotic episode that ment I went into rehab. After rehab and a review
> I was diagnosed a schizophrenic and put on medications, after a while I
> was put on clozapine which brings me to the present. I have been on
> clozapine for about 9 years and im fed up with being like a flat tyre and
> slight faster heart rate. I have been told about abilify done some reading
> on the web, read the good and bad and now need some experiences of others
> about this newish medication.
>
> I left out some symptoms like hearing secret messages in tv, radio, the
> wind, the fridge etc etc and paranoia and other general confusion.
>
> Has anyone else here been on clozapine and then on abilify if so what was
> the effectivness of the medication in regard to hearing thoughts like in
> my case? I dont realy know where to guage my other symptoms, as I do and
> dont believe I still have them, I sort of just live with them.
>
> Thanks
> GK
>

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:53:34 GMT, "Gabriel Knight"
<111111111111@hotmail.com.au> wrote:

>Hi all im new to this group I have just found it, here is my situation.
>
>I have been a schizophrenic since age 4, I hear my thoughts and talk to
>myself in my head I get some good conversations going and have a prity good
>controll over them. When I read, at times I cant keep up with how I read or
>see words and start off where I stoped and continue to hear my thoughts.
>Well this sort of illness went into overdrive when I was a teenager, I was a
>cannabis smoker and experimented with speed and a bad acid trip back then
>and when I decided to quit all drugs about then I had a psychotic episode
>that ment I went into rehab. After rehab and a review I was diagnosed a
>schizophrenic and put on medications, after a while I was put on clozapine
>which brings me to the present. I have been on clozapine for about 9 years
>and im fed up with being like a flat tyre and slight faster heart rate. I
>have been told about abilify done some reading on the web, read the good and
>bad and now need some experiences of others about this newish medication.
>
>I left out some symptoms like hearing secret messages in tv, radio, the
>wind, the fridge etc etc and paranoia and other general confusion.
>
>Has anyone else here been on clozapine and then on abilify if so what was
>the effectivness of the medication in regard to hearing thoughts like in my
>case? I dont realy know where to guage my other symptoms, as I do and dont
>believe I still have them, I sort of just live with them.
>
>Thanks
>GK
>


Abilify was a nightmare to me. It gave me such bad anxiety after a few
months that I couldn't sit still, sleep or even go outside. It was
horrible. Worked great for the first two weeks tho!

A lot of people love it, so give it a go and good luck,
Chris

http://www.ckdeco.com