LATUDA Reviews ( LURASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (306 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LATUDA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LATUDA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bipolar II | Severe nausea, throwing up, "weird/googly" eyes, derealization, drugged, out of it feeling | I am livid at my Dr. for pushing this evil, horrible, nightmare drug on me. I have NEVER EVER had this horrible of an experience with any drug EVER. I only took it one day - here it is 3 days later and I am still in hell and suffering horribly from only taking it ONCE. When I woke up yesterday and today, I had severe, scary feelings of derealization from weird, odd dreams I had the night before. My eyes are STILL feeling weird. I still feel drugged. Can't concentrate or remember anything short term. Can't read. Am still slightly queasy. Yesterday was nauseous all day long. Exactly how long will it take for me to feel normal again??? After only taking this horrible drug ONCE and at such a low dose?? I spoke to the nurse the day I took it and she said to just take a half dose that night, because of the horrible side effects. Yeah right. I'd love to see her and my Dr. go through a fraction of what I went through. Then maybe I'd feel a litte better. | F | 48 | 1 days 20 mg 1X day | 4/20/2013 | 1 | bipolar | I would never take this pill again!!!!...gave me panic attacks, I couldn't sit still, felt like running around cause I was scared and didn't know what to do..this pill is just a nightmare | M | 17 | 1 days | 4/15/2013 | 5 | Schizo-Affective and Schizotypal | None | I can't believe this drug! I don't respond well to atypical anti-psychotics and could only take Thorazine. I lost 10 lbs on Latuda and do not feel sedated! I feel like I have a life now and have not felt this way in many, many years. Finally, a drug that gave me my life back. | F | 30 | 2.5 months 160 1X day | 4/2/2013 | 5 | Bipolar-PTSD | None | F | 42 | 2 years 20mg | 3/26/2013 | 5 | Bi-Polar 1 | F | 41 | 4 months 80 mg 1X day | 3/12/2013 Patient History | 4 | Bipolar, PTSD | No side effects whatsoever thus far. | I am still in the very beginning phase of taking this drug after going off Abilify (it did little for me other than put 30 pounds on me despite vigorous daily exercise). The plan is to increase next week to 40 mg but I have to say even at 20, I am feeling the edge soften a little and cannot wait to see what higher dosage will do for me. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 2/24/2013 | 1 | bi-polar 2 / adhd | Felt like my blood sugar dropped...light headed, feeling that eating something would help, overly sleepy mid-afternoon (naps aren't my thing) but I'd have to nap. The worst is it took me to Hell! I was still a bit blue then, in the snap of a finger, I was in Hell...couldn't be around anyone, felt that I needed to go check into the hospital with a 24 hr watch & saw the words "suicide" circling my head. Where I had no plan, I felt I was being pushed down further into an abyss. My hands have tremors & they're not going away. | NEVER have I been so scared from a side effect of a drug. I've been taking & trying many different drugs over the last 20 year & Latuda is the worst. I am drug sensitive but this went way beyond. I take 450 Lithium & 200 budeprion & I didn't feel the budeprion was doing enough. I've bounced back to a low level mania. I can't believe 4 days use has caused the tremors in my hands. Read these side effects carefully & question them before taking this drug! Don't be afraid of phoning your doctor; that's what they get paid for. If you're not satisfied, find another. | F | 64 | 4 days 40 mg 1X day | 2/2/2013 | 3 | Major Depressive Disorder/Psychosis | Lets just say....... I HATE ANTI PSYCHOTICS!!! I started on 40mg coz i had a negative voice and i wanted to kill myself. It takes an hour to kick in and the side effects last for 3hours. On 40mg i had HORRIBLE akasthsia!! I waz stummbling and my tongue waz tense and it hurt and i had a lisp coz it felt twisted. I waz misserable. on 40mg i had super green eyes! It waz stunning and my eyes were sensative to light and i felt waves of restlesness. I waz soo sensative to hot and cold in a second id be hot and then cold. psych doc dropped me to 25 and i took benadryl but the benadryl made me super tired. My eyes wernt green anymore and my voices went away and I had amazing vivid dreams! I could remmber them when i woke up. I thnk i gained some weight from it. It didnt help with my mood nad depression, it made it worse!! I had to pee alot. lol | I'd latuda waz ok. The 40mg waz like a nightmare and 25 waz good. I miss having green eyes though idk why that happend prob the only good side effect I had :P I will never take another anti psychotic coz Saphris waz even worse. Ill be fine just hallucinating coz latuda killed my good voice though now i stopped hes back! yay! | F | 18 | 4 weeks 25 1X day | 1/24/2013 | 1 | Psychosis,Severe Depression | Horrible anxiety,anxiety attacks,insomnia,feeling like a zombie,grogginess,suicide attempt. | I've never been a anxious person until I started this,the doc started me off with 40 mg and after a few days of taking this my anxiety went sky rocket,I couldn't barely do anything,every time I try to fall asleep I jolt back awake,the side effects have been so bad I tried to attempt suicide five different times,then later this was reduced to 20 mg a day witch I felt a little better I didnt feel zombie-like but still have anxiety every now and then,this is a terrible drug,STAY AWAY FROM LATUDA!. | F | 18 | 5 months 20 1X day | 1/24/2013 | 5 | bipolar | mild drowsiness, weight loss, calmness | this med is a godsend. i totally feel stable now. no depression no irritability, why did this not come out sooner. PLEASE ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR LATUDA | F | 35 | 32 days 80 1X day | 12/10/2012 | 1 | psychosis/severe depression | SEVERE ANXIETY,grogginess,trouble sleeping,always tired. | I take 40 mg of latuda,take it before bed.it seems to level down my psychosis well,but the side effects lasts for weeks,it totally not worth it. | F | 18 | 3 months 40 1X day | 12/3/2012 | 4 | son has mood disorder | Sore breasts, vomiting, | My son has tried other meds but the side effects are horrible. This is the only one that seems to help. I am worried about the sore breasts and the fact his regular doctor said it is bad to mix the Latuda and Zoloft together. | M | 14 | 1.5 months 30 mg 1X day | 11/25/2012 | 5 | bipolar | this one had fewer side effects, initially. 0 side effects afterward. Son reported that he didn't know if it was doing anything. I think that is good, as I noticed the great awakening. If you are having issues son did at first, it took 30 days and close attention to find that the FOOD was his problem, not the med. We have awesome results when he takes the food with medication. I will post back after we get the routine better. He has had mixed results though because what seemed to be too low of a dose and possible too much activation was in fact him not getting any medicine so illness back with a vengence and or a partial dose which was too activiating. The same result we got from geodon. | Like I said, I will post back later, but this medication has promising results with 0 side effects for son. I think we have hit the one which can be difficult. Everyone is different. And like with Geodon, too low of a dose can be activating, nervousness & all the other bad stuff. The only thing that he complains of is in the beginning it would keep him from sleeping as well. He also has sleep issues. | M | 21 | 30 days 40 1X day | 10/14/2012 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar | some tiredness, initial sleeplessness, some internal restlessness with increased dosage | this is a wonder drug, and i've been on almost all of the atypicals. Latuda has been the only one that has been able to stop most of my hallucinations. I still feel paranoid sometimes and I'm working on that sort of thing with my therapist. Unfortunately you can't go any higher on the medicine or it can cause extreme internal restlessness and insurance companies won't cover it either. I can't begin to express how helpful this med has been though. | F | 31 | 3 months 80mg 1X day | 10/7/2012 | 1 | Depression, Bi-polar | Agitation, anxiety, confusioon, diarrhea, constipation - severe, difficulty speaking, swallowing, thinking, staying on track, focusing on a task, remembering what I was doing, dizzy, dry mouth, throat, tongue, nose, fatigue, low blood pressure causing dizzy, almost fainting, when getting up from a seat, gas, forgetting things within seconds, frequent urination - several times an hour! Headache, just a dull, always there kind, though at times would be severe, gained 20 pounds, increased sensitivity to everything, light, sounds, anything. Increased appetite, constantly wanting something to nibble on. Sore throat and hoarseness, by end of day could barely speak. Tics, tremors, shakes, tardive dyskenisia, akathesia. | At first, I thought this was a wonder drug. I felt "happy" though my husband couldn't really tell. It was an inner contentment, and I was able to stay level headed during conflict, a wonderful improvement. But then after a few weeks I started noticing all these side effects - but since I'd had a head injury a few years ago, and many of these effects were simliar to those of the injury, it took a while to figure it out. Many of my old symptoms were increasing, especially memory and ability to stay focused. I'm trying to find out now if I have to wean off or can just go cold turkey. Worst of all, I have lost ALL desire or acceptance even, for intimacy of any kind, even a hug from a friend. Just nothing there, and worse, repulsive. I'm quitting it for good. Rather be suicidal than all this. | F | 44 | 7 weeks 40 MG 1X day | 9/8/2012 | 5 | Bipolar II | No real side effects since on a super low dose 10 mg that I take in the morning. | I used to take Zyprexa for sleep but it made me depressed and gain 40 pounds. Since I switched to Latuda, I can sleep even better with less grogginess during the day. I have to call it a miracle after taking Seroquel and Zyprexa nonstop for 6 years. They helped, but the grogginess and blahness sucked. I feel normal with no side effects. Lots of people get akisthisia which I avoided by cutting the smallest pill size in half to start slowlly. Surprisingly, it is all I need. I also take Lamictal 50mg, Lithium 600mg, Zoloft 200mg. Since Latuda is so expensive you can ask your doctor to prescribe a larger pill that you can cut in half or into 4ths so that your insurance pays for more of it. | F | 41 | 2 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 8/7/2012 | 5 | impulsive thoughts/suicidal ideation | Only side effect I experienced was nausea if I did not eat a very big meal (the recommended 350 calorie meal). I just save my big meal for when I take Latuda before going to sleep. I eat a banana with peanut butter or two pieces of toast with peanut butter. | This drug drastically reduced my negative, impulsive thoughts and suicidal ideation. I am higher functioning, have more energy than when I was taking Geodon 40 at bedtime with Zyprexa 5mg at bedtime. I felt so tired on that regimen, and now I feel wide awake in the morning. I have also lost 6 lbs in the first month, related to the 10 lb weight gain I got in one month on Zyprexa. Definitely a great medication. Would recommend anyone try it. | F | 24 | 1 months 80 MG 1X day | 7/17/2012 | 5 | Schizophrenia | nausea sometimes vomiting this stopped when I changed to waiting 20 minutes after eating the required meal to take my pill as suggested by my doctor. | I am now able to have complex thought again and I don't have to nap throughout the day. I didn't know this was possible since I became sick. The other 2 medications I tried just were not the right medications for me. | F | 33 | 4 weeks 80 mg 1X day | 6/22/2012 | 3 | Bipolar I w/psychosis | I noticed an almost immediate improvement in the Latuda healing the symptoms of auditory and visual hallucinations. It also quickly improved my feelings of extreme rage, and irritability. However, I have developed severe problems with low blood sugar since I've been on the Latuda treatment. This isn't suppose to be a side affect of the Latuda, however, metabolic changes, hypergylcemia (high blood sugar) and diabetes are side affect risk affects. My Psychiatrist just switched me from 40 mg to 20 mg, I'll start the new dosage tonight. I also have a scheduled appointment with an endocrinologist in August to further research the low blood sugar problem. Has anyone else out there noticed a problem with low blood sugar. Blurry vision, shakiness, sweating/feeling faint, dizzy, etc. I had a fasting glucose tolerance test in the early part of May and it confirmed my blood sugar level was at that time, 45, and I was diagnosed as hypoglycemia. Anyway, good luck to each one with this newer a | F | 49 | 4 months 40 1X day | 6/20/2012 | 5 | Major depression | Mild restlessness, mild anxiety Read the insert, Do not take CARDIZEM ( Diltiazam) with it. THEY WARN YOU ABOUT IT | I was prescribed Latuda and noticed positive results almost immediately. I had much more energy and could think more clearly. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this drug! Taking a lot less other psych meds. CHECK OUT YOUR PSYCHIATRIST My "Psychpharmacologist". Had me on 9 psch meds and 4supplements at the same time. I cold barely walk and talk. After having TD so bad I had entire body spasms and could not sleep. I researched the interaction between Latuda and Diltiazam and I IMMEDITELY went back to this quack and and told him about it, and All he did was reduce the Latuda from 80mg to 40mg, added 2 drugs and 3 supplements Two days later I was in the hospital with cardiac arrhythmia. I called him and asked if any of these meds would cause this heart condition, less than his RECEPTIONIST came back and said no. While I has hospitalized THEY TOOK ME OFF THE DILTIAZAM and the TD DISAPPEARED BY 99% I took AP's for 35 yrs When I came home Ilooked all the interactions of all meds I take. Most of the psych meds he had prescribed psych meds can cause arrythmias! The only psych meds I take now are LATUDA! Lamictal and Nuvigil. No recurrence of symptoms, no more arrythmia. Drastic improvement in all areas. I have been able to think to the level I used to ( I have an IQ of 142). I have so much more energy that I have been able to clean my house, enjoy hobbiesand talk. I am confident that I will continue to have positive results with Latuda | F | 65 | 1 years 40 1X day | 5/25/2012 |