I've been on aripiprazole too, and I was absolutely zombified. Couldn't follow conversations, didn't want to go out at all, struggled to get to the shops but felt hungry all the time and gained a lot of weight. It was a callous misdiagnosis after head injury and it was enforced for months.
I'm glad the respiridone is working better for you. I now take pregabalin, worse than valium in terms of addictiveness, but it does cheer me up. Every time I've tried to get off it I've fallen into a black hole of despair. More weight gain, especially since lockdowns started in the UK.
So let's hold hands and be friends-in-adversity.