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A member asked:

Getting abilify (aripiprazole) side effects two days after i stopped? can this happen? i have akathisia

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes it can happen: Abilify (aripiprazole) has a long elimination half-life: 75 hours for Aripiprazole and 94 hours for dehydro-aripirazole (metabolite), respectively. Since it takes 5 half lives for a medication to be mostly eliminated from your system, you will definitely still have Abilify (aripiprazole) in you for much longer than 2 days after your last dose. More like 375 - 470 hours, or 15 - 19 days. Talk with your doctor, please.

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Answered 11/6/2016

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Will Abilify (aripiprazole) or zyprexa cause more akathisia? Inner restlessness? I feel both but think it is mainly abilify (aripiprazole).

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Would Abilify (aripiprazole) cause more akathisia than zyprexa? I heard Abilify (aripiprazole) makes people wake up early. I need to wake up early for class. Zyprexa sleeps toomuch

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Will Abilify (aripiprazole) cause insomnia if i take it? I thinking of making the switch over from zyprexa because of weight gain. Does it also cause akathisia?

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Took Abilify to augment Cymbalta for depression/anxiety. But increased Abilify too fast & got akathisia. On top of akathisia, how badly did I shoot myself in the foot? 1)Just akathisia 2)Nullified augmentation or 3)Worse yet, reduced Cymbalta effect?

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Stopped ssris bc of side effects. Then dr put me on Abilify (aripiprazole) bc i felt tense even though body felt better. Good idea?

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