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butterfly9 Posts: 1763
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone had ever taken Abilify and had hair loss and then gone off it and it grew back. ??? "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Brian Littrell
I am not a doctor and my advice is purely my opinion which should be regarded as such.
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rjoyful Posts: 18
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My hair loss actually increased with the use of abilify.I also could not tolerate it for more than a week. It made me extremely angry and agitated. Good luck with it and keep me posted on your progress with it. My hair, years later has regrown. You have hope. Post edited by: rjoyful, at: 07/21/2011 01:43 PM |
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butterfly9 Posts: 1763
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Hi rjoyful, thanks for the post. So, there is hope.  Abilify has been like a wonder drug for me keeping me calm and controlling my mania,however; my hair is falling out and falling out fast. I'm afraid I'm going to have to discontinue it and try something else like lithium (one suggestion by a dr.). And then what if that causes hair loss too! Yikes!! Oh well, I'll keep u posted. "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Brian Littrell
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aeylania Posts: 647
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Good luck! I'm on abilify and I love it, though if it made my hair start falling out I think I'd be quick to try something else. I hope lithium helps. Everything I post is merely my opinion and should not to be construed as medical advice. I am not a doctor or a licensed therapist.
Bipolar I? (currently NOS but haven't been evaluated since last severe manic episode)
ADHD, PTSD, GAD
Abilify 30 mg Effexor XR 225 mg Trileptal 450 mg
"In my life, I have seen,
People walk into the sea,
Just to find memories,
Plagued by constant misery,
Their eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Their eyes cast down
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YorkieLove Posts: 7028
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I take lithium and no hair loss. Depakote is known to cause hair loss though. Lisa
My advice is purely personal. I am not a Doctor and there is NO substitute for getting proper medical diagnosis and advice.
Bipolar II, Depressed Severe
Lamictal 400 mg
Seroquel 150 mg
Effexor 150 mg
Inderal 10 mg
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Kittylover Posts: 1328
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I have some minor hair loss and my pdoc told me to start to take centrum silver. It seems to have helped some. * When nothing goes right...go left
* Attach your own oxygen mask before assisting others
* Women are not that complicated. How hard is it to tell us
we are pretty and give us chocolate?
* Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting their own battle.
* Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles. It empties today of its strength.
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skyrose Posts: 185
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HI I use Abilify am on 15mg a day. I have been lucky not to have had any hair loss. I love it, the medication really controls my mania and depression. I have been taking it now for 2 years. I hope to stay on it longer if needed but if it does start to make my hair fall out I will change to something else fast.  My meds are:
abilify, trazadone, topomax, savella, flexeral, relafin, dilaudid, phentermine, lipitor, cymbalta, nexium, lasix, vitamin D, potassium, metoprolol, and a mulitvitamin. |
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Enigma1969 Posts: 2428
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I'm on 30mg of Abilify and I haven't experienced any hair loss thus far, thank god. Sincerely,
Chris, 43
BMD with psychotic features, OCD & GAD
Clozapine - 400mg (BID)
Lithium - 300mg (BID)
Lamictal - 400mg (BID)
Neurontin - 1200mg (TID)
Klonopin - 0.5mg (BID)
Abilify - 10mg (Once Daily)
Buspar - 45mg (TID)
Vistaril - 25mg (Bedtime)(PRN)
Restoril - 30mg (Bedtime) (PRN)
"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
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workinonit Posts: 42
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Ack, I'm supposed to start it again (4th attempt) but there is no way I'd be ok with hair loss. rjoyful, same here. I've had nothing but horrible reactions to it. I like zyprexa, risperdal and geodone but then end up really sick after two or three months. Zyprexa felt like OMg I'm finally done with all that mess. It was such a relief and of course I ended up sick shortly after that. (my whole body got prickly tingles and my face and lips went numb and was getting progressively worse). |
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rjoyful Posts: 18
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Oh you poor kid. : ( I can't imagine. Sounds like you had a tough time, but I hope you are leveling off with your meds and becoming acclimated to them. It can take time and several trial attempts at different med cocktails, that's what I call it, anyway, We all have been thru it and some still going thru the game of bypolar guessing the therapy. lol not really funny, but if you don't make light of it, it can get to you. I try to take it moment by moment.  |
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