"abilify is not for everyone. i experienced severe personality change within a month. the story:  i have had bipolar disorder since i was 13 and have been in treatment for 9 years. when abilify came out, we tried abilify to &quot;bridge&quot; getting me off atypical antipsychotics and onto a mood stabilizer. 
the 20 day experience was horrible. my personality changed radically. i didn&#039;t know myself anymore. friends, my lover, my boss, all begged me to stop. i felt weird on it, not better. severe personality changes are possible with abilify. i called my psych, we stopped the medicine and moved onward. those 20 days were destructive, but my friends &amp; job were kind and life returned to normal."