"i had been on risperdal for about 6 years but the weight gain symptom grew very troublesome so i tried abilify. it seemed to work about as well as risperdal in regards to controlling troublesome and self-injurous/suicidal thoughts, but within a week or so i had the side effect of a resting heart rate of 120 bpm that lasted about an hour. this happened about three times in the span of a few days so i had to stop taking abilify. if i hadn&#039;t had that side effect it probably would&#039;ve been a decent medication."