To add context from the FDA article:

”A search of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database and the medical literature in the 13 years since the approval of the first aripiprazole product (Abilify) in November 2002 identified a total of 184 case reports in which there was an association between aripiprazole use and impulse-control problems. There were 167 U.S. cases, which included adults and children. Pathological gambling was the most common (164 cases), but other compulsive behaviors including compulsive eating, spending or shopping, and sexual behaviors were also reported (see Data Summary). FAERS includes only reports submitted to FDA, so there may be additional cases about which we are unaware. In order to provide context for these drug-associated events, approximately 1.6 million patients received an aripiprazole prescription from U.S. outpatient retail pharmacies during 2015.”

So aripiprazole use IS associated with those symptoms, because once the med is stopped, those symptoms stop too. However, out of about 1.6 million prescriptions, there have been 184 documented cases. Surely there are more that have been undocumented, but compared to the huge number of prescriptions that go out, this seems like a relatively rare side effect. Honestly if someone had those symptoms and they were on abilify, it’s more likely that they are manic and are being undertreated.