u/Old_Professor_4399

Has anyone had experience with Abilify causing their loved one to become extremely aggressive and violent. My boyfriend was taking it and it didn't appear to be working. The psychiatrist told him to double the dose and he became completely psychotic and not in a gentle way... he became almost psychopathic and acutely strange. he immediately discontinued and then dropped the dose from 20mg down to 5mg, and he got progressively worse as the days went on until the police picked him up brandishing a knife. I feared for my safety and couldn't be alone with him in the car let alone the house. When he's in a "natural" unmedicated state he is very gentle and calm even when hearing voices. I know it was/is the abilify that caused this.