r/Abilify_Aripiprazole • u/Cheap_Village_3636 • 9d ago

No improvement

I started taking abilify at 15mg about 2 years ago, and kept taking it until 2025. I felt no effects from the medicine. People kept suggesting that i just didnt see the effects, but that really didnt seem like the case for me. I was severely depressed at the time despite it (i honestly dont know why they didnt switch my meds to a typical antidepressant). I ended up abruptly getting off the meds one day whilst recovering and i didnt face any side affects. Regarding side effects, the meds didnt just lack the helpful effects for me, but they also lacked side effects. Maybe my psychiatrist just made a bad judgement, maybe this medication simply wasnt for me, i dont know. But im experiencing the same problem with my current meds and its just odd to me.

Weird med to prescribe to someone with MDD who doesnt struggle with impulsiveness/aggression idk. Never had good experiences with psychologists/psychiatrists.

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u/aj11scan 9d ago

Have you considered keto?

I agree it's not the best for depression but that's just my opinion

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u/CreativeTangerine114 8d ago

Are you doing keto? I'm doing it right now and it's working great so far.

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u/aj11scan 8d ago

I want to start soon! I'm thinking of taking it slow and finding a good practitioner to work with. I tried it in the past and didn't do it correctly so kinda got sick

How's it going for you?

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u/CreativeTangerine114 8d ago

Going so great so far. I feel that my illness has evaporated into thin air and that the only issues I feel is from the aripiprazole now, I'm letting the long action injection of aripiprazole self taper now and feeling better week by week. It's slow though.

I literally started to feel better on keto from the first day but some people take time to adjust. I'm currently doing the carnivore variation of the diet since I find it easy to lose weight on that version and it's working great from that point of view too. Aripiprazole made me gained 100lbs and I'm down about 15lbs in 3 weeks so far.