Damn you, Abilify™, you DE-bilified my BOWELS!!

It’s just not enough for you to have the dumbest, GW Bush-iest made up name of all the pharmaceuticals, is it? You had to go and attack my relatively trouble-free personal waste disposal system. What the fuck did I ever do to you?

Got a new scrip Friday…no sooner do I ingest the first dose - voila! NOPICO whatsoever for like 3 days, which for me is practically an eternity. It’s so different from my “normal” activities which can include but are not limited to 5 or so hurried (if unstrained) visits to the loo daily. Now I know how Elvis felt.

After realizing yesterday that I was in a spot of bother, I devised a desperate last-ditch attempt to bust down the dam (where are the Monkey Wrench Gang when you need them!?); I ate 2 big bowls of Raisin Bran for dinner last night washed down with about 4 pints of H2O. :eek:
I finally started feeling something happening this morning – at work of course, preceding a meeting with my boss. It was so disappointing, each visit resulted in little more than 10 minutes of huffing and puffing, I thought I was going to have to call 911 for an emergency caesarean.

I went through this about 8 times before 9:30am, almost completely unsuccessful each time (so nice walking back to your desk feeling like you have an orange stuck in your bum). I managed to eke out a few little pebbles and lay there, exhausted, panting, suffering the after-effects of a simultaneous brain hemmorhage and 2 yards of prolapsed EVERYTHING.

At last, after what seemed like a half hour and untold burst brain cells – KABOOM - Raisin Bran to the rescue. Jeeze, now I understand why people are so worried about “Irregularity being a problem”. I will stick with the inconvenient diarrhea, thank you very much.
Fuck you, Abilify, and all of your fucked up side effects. :mad:

Wow. You make my concerns about Abilify’s tendency to cause diabetes seem so petty, somehow. :wink:

You used to shit five times a day?

I should pit you for that horrible bit of grossness.

Oh hellz yes. And at this point I say that with some strong sentimentality.

Shit, I was sure the first gross-out would be over the orange. Or maybe the multiple prolapses.

*Diabetes?! *Jeeze,how about some perspective here? :smiley:

Ironic, because if I had to come up with a name for a powerful laxative and it wasn’t already taken…

I’m on Effexor, and it causes constipation also. I’ve found that a 4 oz. glass of prune juice each day really helps.

Abilify is a pretty interesting drug, according to what I’ve read here: http://www.crazymeds.us/

This thread smells like poo.

The Abilify ads almost sound like parody to me. All of the horrible complications and side effects that are possible make me think that if you’re depressed before taking it, just wait until you have diabetes *and *depression.

Reminds me of Happy Fun Ball.

Do not taunt Abilify.
I’m now reminded of a commercial for a sleep aid I saw recently, the name of which I can’t remember.

Apparently, instances of talking, walking, eating, and driving have been reported. Also, hallucinations.

I think I’d rather be awake.

It’s a warrior’s drink.

Yea, don’t worry. Once you start spilling out sugar in your urine and contract lifelong type 2 diabetes from Abilify, they will then put you on Glyburide-Metformin and then you will suffer exploxive diarhhea, horrible stomach cramps, and loose stools for the rest of your life… clear that constipation right up

I see I’m not the only one who though this.

Maybe you could take some ASS EFFECTS? :slight_smile:

Ambien or something similar, probably. There’s a whole class of those drugs that, as I understand it, just shut down part of your brain. I had a roommate who was a hardcore insomniac who took the stuff.

And you say you’d rather be awake now, but you’d probably disagree if you were like my roommate, who’d be up for days straight, desperately tired but unable to sleep.

Yet another lame-ass thread that should be in MPSIMS.

Removed.