This is an excellent collection of stories of people who could tolerate and who could not tolerate the strong effects of Abilify, a dopamine regulating drug. The effects of taking this drug long term have to be monitored by blood tests about once every two months to make sure all levels are normal, which means the drug is working. If it doesn't work or is not right for a patient the results, as patients said in this article, could be disastrous.