Abilify Tapering Off

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My son safely tapered off Abilify. His last dose was Saturday July 4th.

Curious how long the drug remains in his system.

And, once it's completely gone from his blood stream, will there be any withdrawal symptoms I need to watch for?

He is non verbal, profoundly disabled, otherwise I would ask him if he is feeling any withdrawals.
Thanks!

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By now the drug is certainly out of his system, as I know this reply is late from when you last posted. But regarding your concerns on withdrawal symptoms I would try to watch specifically for any signs of depression, irritability, and other mood-related changes of that nature.

Tapering the dose down as he did, should've lessened the possibility of any severe withdrawal symptoms. However, because everyone responds to these medications differently, there's really no telling ahead of time whether he would've experienced all of these symptoms or simply none at all.

I wish him the best and hope he made it through ok!

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While withdrawing from Abilify with my doctor monitoring my results I acquired the side effect TARDIF DYSKENSIA which is a nightmare for the rest of my life and there is NO CURE, or any effective drug to lessen the effects which are HORRIBLE. Stress brings on an episode so quickly I can not gain any control of my body. This combined side effect with another attack of Lyme disease went straight to my brain. I suggest you look up Tardif Dys., to actually see what this is. They had a class action law suit against the Pharmaceutical company and the class action won close to a billion dollars to pay the victims. I missed the deadline by one year.

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