major depressive disorde
"I first tried this drug about five years ago and have been on it consistently for two to three years.  The good: this drug really changed my life.  I'd tried a laundry list of antidepressants and they were mostly like popping sugar pills--they didn't do much at all.  My psychiatrist suggested adding Abilify and it did something that no drug had ever done for me: it stabilized my mood (which was all over the map) .  It allowed me to be happy and productive for the first time ever in my adult life.  The bad: I have consistently gained weight every year I've been on the drug, with no sign of a plateau.  I'm experimentally discontinuing it to see if I can lose the weight (which is, counter-productively, making me depressed again)."