“While patients on Celexa or Lexapro have reported weight gain, it’s always important to work closely with your prescriber to understand why. SSRIs boost serotonin, which impacts behavior and has been shown to increase appetite, which may result in weight gain but not necessarily cause it. W...
Events:Difficult life events, loss, change, or persistent stress can cause levels of neurotransmitters to become unbalanced, leading to depression. Even events that tend to be major happy occasions, such aspregnancyand childbirth, can cause changes in hormone levels, be stressful and cause clinical ...
Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic medication used to treat psychoses such as schizophrgenia, bipolar mania and mixed manic/depressive episodes, major depressive disorder in adults, irritability associated with autistic disorder, Tourette's disorder, agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar mania. Thi...
Will I gain weight on Abilify? Weight gain induced by atypical antipsychotics is a well known side effect. Among this group of medications, aripiprazole (Abilify®, Bristol Myers Squibb)has been reported to be weight neutral. Does quetiapine make you sleepy? Quetiapine is a second-generation an...
Aripiprazole (Abilify) Quetiapine (Seroquel) Ziprasidone (Geodon) Clozapine (Clozaril) Antipsychotic medications can be very effective and helpful medications but also carry the possibility of serious side effects. If you are taking one of these medications, it is important that you follow up regular...
Factors influencing the adherence of antipsychotic medication (Aripiprazole) in first‐episode psychosis: findings from a grounded theory study Antipsychotic medication is integral to the treatment of patients with first-episode psychosis. Non adherence is a common barrier to treatment. It is a wel......
One other particular point to note is that aripiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic drug, differs in that it achieves diminished D2 receptor stimulation through partial agonist, thus reducing presynaptic DA release, and diminished activation of postsynaptic D2 receptors because of its weak intrinsic agoni...