Tapering: Abilify

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2nd Abilify Update - Just reduced to 10mg !

May 28, 2026··

Posted in:Abilify (Aripiprazole)Success Stories

Feeling mostly good. This is my final reduction of Abilify before preparing to taper Olanzapine again. Will update of how I feel in coming weeks.

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Abilify — 25mg — 9 years — actively tapering | Zyprexa — 7.5mg — 8 years — holding | with clinician. Lithium 900mg holding with clinician

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WolfMay 28

Community AnchorProzac · researching

Of course. Keep in mind there is a balance of activation and sedation and this is something to discuss with your clinician if you experience activation or sedation on these meds.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
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AdamMay 28

LighthouseAbilify · active

Thank you for you concern Wolf. Im lucky to know much more than my prescriber and glad this time its in my hands. I see you are holding Zyprexa at 20mg Im currently on 7.5mg from 30mg holding right now also and was actively tapering since 2024. How is your taper going ? It seems you are on many drugs. Wishing you luck ! Have a great day.🙂

Abilify — 25mg — 9 years — actively tapering | Zyprexa — 7.5mg — 8 years — holding | with clinician. Lithium 900mg holding with clinician

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BasedStaffMay 28

Community AnchorEffexor

Great work Adam! Any reason why youre holding this and then tapering another, vs tapering this drug to 0 before the next?

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AdamMay 28

LighthouseAbilify · active

@Based Psychiatrist Thanks ! Tapering olanzapine by pill cutting from 30mg until 10mg was easy. After reducing to 7.5mg I noticed that with certainty I have to advance my taper plans and say goodbye to splitting tablets and go hyperbolic route. I then decided to begin tapering Abilify from 25mg to 10mg as I felt I had to because of side effects and also as Olanzapine is full blocker, whenever I reduced Olanzapine I felt more impulsive as if Abilify started doing more negative work. Now at 7.5mg olanzapine and Abilify 10mg I will taper to 0mg Olanzapine because it has extreme sedation making me disabled in every way also metabolic health / gained 25kg and overall I believe I was given the worst antipsychotic on top of Abilify and one of the hardest to taper. Wish me luck ! Im sure it will be needed.🙂

Abilify — 25mg — 9 years — actively tapering | Zyprexa — 7.5mg — 8 years — holding | with clinician. Lithium 900mg holding with clinician

WolfMay 29

Community AnchorProzac · researching

"How is your taper going ?" — @AdamB

I never experience any adverse effects from Olanzapine (almost never) so I do not mind holding 20 mg and waiting for its turn to taper. I know it is not that little of a dose but I do not mind it anyway.

WolfMay 29

Community AnchorProzac · researching

"How is your taper going ?" — @AdamB

There is a chance Olanzapine is giving me elevated lipids and some fatty liver, so I will be cutting it to 15 mg or less.

WolfMay 29

Community AnchorProzac · researching

So, if you took Olanzapine for a while, you may want to check your cholesterol and triglicerydes. It wouldn't hurt to do a routine ultrasound of the liver or a fibroscan to take a look at your liver.

AdamMay 29

LighthouseAbilify · active

@Wolf Thanks for all suggestions ! I checked cholesterol etc a year ago. Ultrasound is a good idea too ! 👍

Abilify — 25mg — 9 years — actively tapering | Zyprexa — 7.5mg — 8 years — holding | with clinician. Lithium 900mg holding with clinician

WolfMay 29

Community AnchorProzac · researching

"seems you are on many drugs" — @AdamB

yep, four drugs may be the limit beyond which we would go into unreasonable amount.

guava378Jun 29

Community AnchorAbilify · active

Goodluck! I'm also going to start my aripiprazole taper from 10mg and don't forget to check out the blogs.

- Aripiprazole / Abilify:
17-May-2026 (15mg -> 10mg)
11-July-2026 (10mg-> 7.5mg
17-Aug-2026 (7.5mg -> 5mg)
28-Sep-2026 (5mg -> 3.6mg)
10 months - actively tapering
- Procyclidine 5mg - 10 months - actively tapering
- Propranolol - 20mg - 13 months - holding
- Xanax - 0.25mg - 8 months - holding

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