"i have suffered with depression since i was 12 years old. knowing manic episodes would pass, i still kept thinking i absolutely couldn&#039;t live my life this way. i tried everything prozac, wellbutrin, celexa, lexapro and seroquel. finally after going back and forth with antidepressants. we decided to try strattera with clonazepam instead of an antidepressant.  for 10 months i did fine. until a few weeks ago when i had the longest and one of the worst manic episodes yet.  bed bound and shower less every weekend. my doctor decided to try the abilify 2.5mg. the first 2 days i was very irritable. i couldn&#039;t sleep at all, slowly those side effects are going away. i cannot describe how great i feel now, sleep still interrupted but much better."