Abilify is one of the few dopamine agonists that's approved for the human use. Most of them are used in animal research.
Lots of dopamine agonists are used in humans. They're just really hard to get.
list stolen from wikipedia:
Bromocriptine - for Parkinson's
Cabergoline - for prolactinoma
Pergolide - for Parkinson's
Pramipexole - for Parkinson's and Jimmy Legs
Ropinirole - for Parkinson's
Apomorphine - for Parkinson's
Rotigotine - for Parkinson's and Jimmy Legs
The list goes on. Most dopamine agaonists are for Parkinson's because people with Parkinson's have a lack of dopamine production. Giving them something like cocaine or amphetamine doesn't work because those rely on the dopamine already present in the body, which people with Parkinson's don't have.
Abilify didn't react well with me at all. I got carted off to the hospital with heart palpitations two years ago. The doctors told me to get off that stuff immediately. So, I went to my psychiatrist and told him what happened. He wanted to raise the dosage!
Doctors are idiots. My gf said Lexapro wasn't helping, so her doctor suggested giving her a higher dose of Lexapro. I wonder what that guy's car and house look like. Reving the engine to 6k is hard on it, so let's rev it to 8k and see what happens. Having small foundation cracks causes some water leakage, so let's see what happens if I crack the house foundation even more. It might stop the leakage!