Like other antipsychotic drugs, generic Abilify medication can affect judgment, thinking ability and motor function, so people taking this drug are advised not to use or operate heavy machinery, like automobiles. Further, Abilify reacts with many other drugs, so the local physician should be made aware of all other medications the patient regularly takes, both prescription and nonprescription. In patients that buy abilify to treat schizophrenia, the most common side effect - and the only one to affect a significant number of test subjects - was restlessness (akathisia), resulting in an inability to sit still. In patients taking the drug to treat manic depression, common side effects included restlessness, tremors, and sedation.