Any experiences with the medication Aripiprazol (Abilify is the name it gets in Belgium)

I take this medication now for 2 weeks. I have to admit the results are astonishing. 

Going to IKEA was by me considered to be one of the forgotten levels of Dante's inferno... I did that today all by myself... no backlash yet...

I'm still a bit apprehensive... It's usually subscribed for schizophrenia, bipolar, major depression, borderline... and sometimes tried on Autists to lower the aggression...

Well, the aggression was there...  I'm not sure if it's gone. It's never been a major issue for me... For me major issues are

- taking things literally 

- making solutions too complicated and not seeing the obvious for others problem with that

- being perceived as arrogant and pedantic.

I really look forward to your experiences with this medication.

  • Interesting observations.

    I shall warn the wife, since she's pursuing low-carb in an attempt to ward off hereditary diabetes. 

  • I think the 24 stands for '24 times the size of the supermarket you would like to go to'...

    We don't have these in Belgium, we have METRO/MACRO... comes close... 

  • Thank for the reply, I also notice it doesn't affect driving, rather on the contrary. I was a bit apprehensive about the description 'it lowers your sensory input to your brain... I thought it might hide an entiry car or sidestreet from your brain Slight smile

  • It's not very often that I brighten somebody's mood. Thanks a lot, this means a lot to me.

  • Dong Feng, I also plan on taking iron supplement and vitamine D. It's come to my attention that I have a deficiency of these. My wife agrees that in proper doses, vitamines can not be dangerous... Only some types of elements can cause dietary problems. I ate lots of nuts once as part of a Paleo-lowcarb diet, and got selenium-levels as a result that were double the advised limit, with risk of hairloss and nail-damage (never observed). I also think vit A can cause Vitaminose if taken in too high doses...

  • Clarkson: 'as it is well known, only flatpacked crap comes out of Sweden, they don't even make cars there... excuse me ... speak up a bit ... Volvo? no, no, no, these are merely safes on 4 wheels... not cars...' Saab? You still remember that, no Dementia for you, old fellow! '

  • They now have a system where - when you see a piece of furniture you covet - you have to ask somebody (queue included) to print you a page that contains the info to buy a certain article. You then pay for the article. At the time of payment your order gets picked and delivered in another checkout register (queue included). Not every piece of furniture is handled in this way, so you end up having to merge the stuff you got yourself with the stuff they picked for you... 

    It's fun preaching to the choir :). They also have furniture that comes in two boxes. So you can often go back to the shop to get in the other queue for customer support, so you can get box number two. 

    The devil is of course in the fact that once you get the flatpack home, it's fun screwing it together. It usually fits well, makes for a happy and light interior... and they always have the exact amount of screws, no reserve, none missing, very satisfying stuff. If they could just include an online shop... with delivery at your doorstep... oh well... fair enough...

  • It really is the pits , isn't it? Something to do with the piped 'music' echoing away up in the rafters. Amongst other things...

  • The true ninth circle, though, is Asda on a Saturday.

  • Joy I had a very bad day, but you've just brightened my mood. I can imagine Clarkson doing the voiceover.

    Your "problem statement" was a close match for me, so I'll look out for these "friends", since I could probably use a little help right now.

  • Yes Dante and IKea.... many fail to attribute Dante with the invention of the Swedish store... Virgil was responsible for the food hall...I think he was a bad influence.... 

    dante pictured his Purgatory perfectly in is realisation of the till queues... 

    Beatrice was no where to be seen....she does her shopping online x

  • I admit, today I decided to test the limits of the damn drug... Like the show TOP GEAR would mistreat any car given in their custody.

    -IKEA, assembling furniture with my mom in the room, visiting the elderly, nice phonecall with my older sister, grocery shopping...