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Default Nov 24, 2018 at 09:07 PM
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I'm worried , even taking a low dose of Abilify, 2mg. Long term effects.
Are antipsychotics the only meds that can cause this?
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Default Nov 24, 2018 at 10:27 PM
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YES!!!!!! I got diabetes from Seroquel.

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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 05:11 AM
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YES!!!!!! I got diabetes from Seroquel.
How did u just get it?? blood test??
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symptoms and blood test

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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 12:57 PM
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Not everyone gets weight gain and diabetes from anti-psychotics. I took 10 mg of Abilify for a couple of years, and I don't have diabetes. Don't assume you're going to get every side effect out there. Meds work differently for different people.
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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 03:45 PM
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do even anti depressants or anti anxiety meds even cause diabetes or anything similar. I know memory is effected.
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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 09:07 PM
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I read somewhere that some antipsychotics can cause diabetes for some people after just two weeks of taking them. I’ve never gotten type 2 from anything but lithium caused diabetes insipidus. It went away a couple years after I went off lithium.

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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 09:12 PM
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Yes, side effects vary broadly. For some people, anti-psychotics can cause weight gain which in turn can lead to diabetes. But it does not happen to everyone and is not inevitable. I did not have that issue on Abilify.
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Default Nov 25, 2018 at 09:58 PM
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I am now insulin dependent. I now take Abilify and it does not seem to aggrivate my diabetes. It took me about a month on Seroquel to develop diabetes. No weight gain either.

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I am now insulin dependent. I now take Abilify and it does not seem to aggrivate my diabetes. It took me about a month on Seroquel to develop diabetes. No weight gain either.
That sucks

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Default Dec 11, 2018 at 08:19 PM
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Why do they cause increase appetite??
scientifically.
i know other meds do too.
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Default Dec 13, 2018 at 05:38 AM
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I'm worried , even taking a low dose of Abilify, 2mg. Long term effects.
Are antipsychotics the only meds that can cause this?
My doctor said Abilify is one of the ones that is friendlier towards us in regards to getting diabetes. I happen to take risperdal and have diabetes. I started taking after I got diabetes and it does not elevate my sugar. There is a warning about it for some people have problems with it but not me.

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