Abilify was recently added to my medication of Depakote 250 x3 (i...

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Posted at 11: 6 AM on Mar 23, 2009 by kmg051708, #40202

Abilify was recently added to my medication of Depakote 250 x3 (i have been on this for 10 yrs), Zoloft 40 mgs (8 years), and Buspar 40 mgs (8 years). I started taking Abilify last Tuesday the 17th of March. The first night I took it I had trouble sleeping..(but i also had some caffeine that night)...for the next few nights I still had trouble sleeping...I also noticed an increase in my pulse, rapid heartbeat...and my blood pressure! This past Saturday, my blood pressure was 141/91 which was my left arm, then my right arm was 138/90. My resting pulse was 90+ with my heart pounding. I went into work today (i work in a doctors office) and had a nurse take my BP and it was 153/95...now my BP is normally 120/60...the lowest its ever been is 90/70. So to have my BP this high is very strange. I called my doctor and she advised me to stop it ASAP and to call her if i have any more problems. I already have a scheduled appointment on 04/01/09.

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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 23, 2009 by garypruett, #18406

my son had exactly the same side affects.. five years ago.

He colapsted passed out. he suffers from autism and was on 1 mg
of risperdal at the same time. We dropted the risperdal and gave
him .25 of the dose. of abilify. His pulse and bp went up almost as much as when
he was on the full dose of abilify.. some people with low med tolerance levels just cant do
some drugs.. my son is also very sensetive to any anticonvolant
changes. Even if tapered for ever..

thanks gary

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