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Abilification: Controlled Body Movements
The longer that I took my daily dose of Abilify, I had developed serious hand tremors, shaking hands, and my eyesight started to blur out on me for minutes at a time; a lot of times when I was driving. This is honestly when I started to realize that Abilify was causing me problems. The physical side effects were what helped me realize the medication was a problem. I was experiencing hand tremors as one of the listed side effects of the drug. The technical term is, "controlled body movements (tardive dyskinesia). ABILIFY may cause movements that you cannot control in your face, tongue or other body parts. Tardive dyskinesia may not go away, even if you stop receiving ABILIFY. Tardive dyskinesia may also start after you stop receiving ABILIFY".

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