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 |
| 4 | Bp 1 | None so far | Only 2 days but i notice more energy already. Have taken lithium, seroquel and abilify last 5 years. Sure hope this stops lethergy and weght gain. | M | 49 | 2 days 20 | 12/23/2017 | 5 | Bipolar II and PTSD | Loss of appetite and weight loss. I have gained so much weight over the years from other anti-psychotics (Seroquel, Abilify, Zyprexa) that I figured I would have no problem taking Latuda with 350 calories. Boy have I been surprised! I have lost 12 pounds so far. Some days I have to force myself to eat the 350 calories with it, but I do because otherwise I get sick to my stomach. | I feel happier, healthier, and more confident than I have in years. Others have noticed this as well. I no longer have even suicidal ideation which had been a near constant companion for 20 years. I have energy, motivation, and don't want to sleep and/or eat all the time. It is wonderful. I take Latuda with several other medications: Effexor XR, Neurotin, Lamictal, Prazosin. Seems to be a winning combination for me. | F | 38 | 90 days 60 1X day | 12/19/2017 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Starting out, I loved Latuda. My mood went from miserable, borderline suicidal somedays, I don't want want to leave my room to hiking with my fiancé, taking day trips, spending time with family and friends and most importantly I was smiling and laughing again! The downside was I had some side effects that weren't so pleasant. Early on I experienced stomach aches and nausea to the point where I was standing over the toilet for an hour waiting to throw up. I had headaches and fatigue alongside the stomach pains so I spent a lot of time face down on my bed crying into a pillow. While I had a friend who had the same problem and was given medication for her stomach to use as needed, my doctor decided instead to not increase my Latuda dose as planned. At that point I believe I was at 25 mg so rather than up it to 50 mg we waited. My doctor also tried to address my symptoms in relation to situations. So I was told I needed to drink more water, as much as possible when I'm exercising or spending time outdoors. Often times my headaches and fatigue could be linked to being overheated so by going for a simple walk on a warm day, that's enough to do it. Drink water! Even if it's not that hot outside or you're just doing your daily routine, stay hydrated. My stomach pains and nausea went away once we slowed down the dosage increase and spread it out very very gradually. I had an occasional upset stomach once or twice in the process but it was nothing like before and it lasted a matte | All medications have a lengthy list of potential side effects and Latuda is no different. If you're bipolar or schizophrenic and you try Latuda and you feel like yourself again, you feel more balanced, happy, outgoing or you think it's doing what it needs to be doing (I'm not 100% sure how it works for schizophrenia but you get the idea) but you experience side effects, it's not over. Finding a good medication is not easy and it takes adjusting and sometimes adding and subtracting something else with it. If your extremely nauseas, tell your doctor you need something for nausea or possibly a lower dose. If you're having headaches or fatigue, take a look at your daily activities and see if you're possibly overheating. Try drinking more water during and after activities, a cool shower if you feel hot, resting in a cool dark room. Tell your doctor if it's too much to handle. For leg spasms or cramping or if you find your hands are shaking, tell your doctor and they can give you something to stop it. And if you're still experiencing some mood swings, talk to your doctor about them and ask him or her if it could be low blood sugar and if a snack and glass of water could help. Also, very important, remember you need to take Latuda with a meal. It only works to its fullest extent when there's food in your belly. I take mine with dinner and then take my night time meds later on around 8 o clock. SIt's also important to point out, if you consume alcohol with Latuda in your system, it r | F | 26 | 90 days 60 mg | 9/7/2017 | 1 | Bipolar | Makes you more Bipolar. They claim it's for Bipolar Depression, but trust me, this medicine makes you MORE DEPRESSED. It made me Psychotically depressed. And it made me delirious from time to time. Total scam. | M | 26 | 6 months 40 1X day | 9/7/2017 | 3 | Major Depression | Tightness in jaw, difficulty breathing through my nose at night which makes it uncomfortable and hard to fall asleep. This is all gone by morning, as I take Latuda at night. Feeling high during the day at times like I'm on ecstasy, talking faster and more than usual and slight slurring. Good energy levels, a little muscle stiffness but nothing to worry about. Benefits: no intrusive thoughts, suicidal ideations are still there but have no weight or impact on me emotionally. | I will continue to take this as my head is so much more peaceful than it has been, and I no longer think about death every single day. | F | 37 | 30 days 40mg 1X day | 9/6/2017 | 1 | Major depression | Fast heart beat, anxiety, paranoia, increased depression, panic, restlessness yet tired, insomnia, shallow breathing, suicidal thoughts, feelings of worthlessness, low self esteem, unmotivated, anger, hard to lose weight on it, hot flashes | At first it seemed to work and give me a glimpse of happiness. I was very talkative, had to move a lot which kept me productive, then it wore off. Heart would be racing 1-2 hours after taking this and I felt like I couldn't breathe and was going to die. Would hyperventilate a lot into a paper bag. Very very anxious on it and stopped wanting to go outside or be around people. Would feel scared all of the time. Became very unmotivated and no longer believed in myself. Felt like I was a failure and that things wouldn't get better. Didn't want to go to work anymore, I became paranoid about co workers and thought they really hated me. Couldn't focus. Couldn't stand being around people for too long or staying in one spot for too long. I became very dull and unable to hold a conversation. Agitated all of the time. Extreme insomnia, it's like I was tired, but couldn't sleep. Had to take a sleep aid and even that didn't help much. Instantly felt better when I made the decision to stop taking it. The anxiety began to decrease and I actually went to sleep without a sleep aid for a change. Latuda has made me give up on meds because I never want to be on something that messes me up so badly. Latuda caused me not to know who I was anymore, I lost all hope, i just sat around doing nothing productive, I felt like my life didn't matter. It didn't matter that the dose was increased either. I would rather just go to therapy and deal with my issues head on than go back on meds now. | F | 31 | 6 months 20-60mg | 8/18/2017 | 4 | Bipolar/Schizoaffective | I have been taking Latuda for about 3 months now, but on my next doctor day I am being bumped up to 60 mg. It helps my mood swings a little bit. It helps the voices and hallucinations a lot. They're still there, but definitely not like they used to be. It curves my appetite a little and I have lost several pounds since I've been taking it as well.I would definitly recommend Latuda. | F | 27 | 3 months 40mg | 8/5/2017 | 4 | Bipolar | I have gained 30 PDS in the past 3 years but it has helped my mood.So its a catch 22.Be mentally unstable and be skinny or feel normal but be heavy??? | Latuda works but with weight gain as a serious side effect. | F | 46 | 3 years 60 mg | 7/6/2017 | 3 | bi polar, anxiety mood swings | severe stomache pain , diarhea, jittery legs, restless, | I have been taking this for about a month. I went to the er 2 weeks ago for severe stomache pain and nausea. I never could figure out what was wrong, same thing happened again 2 days ago. I was throwing up and had diarhea. After research I now am finding out that its most likely from this medicine that I havehad all these issues. I just thought I was sick. I feel like latuda was helping me be more stable as far as mood swings go but I have to stop taking it now since it is making me very sick. | F | 28 | 1 months 20 1X day | 6/25/2017 | 1 | Anxiety and mood stabilizer | I started on 40 mg and was upped to 60. I was in such a depressed stated I was close to being in a psychosis. I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep. The anxiety was unbearable. I felt hopeless and my life was over. I felt worthless and I couldn't snap out of it. It was like living in a never ending hell. There is no telling what would have happened if I stayed on it. I've been off it for a week and a half and just starting to feel back to me again. It was the scariest thing I've ever been through. My brain was in such a fog I couldn't function. I lost myself. Besides my anxiety and parent being sick I am a positive person. Not on that medicine. I was agitated all the time or crying all the time. I felt like all I wanted to do was sleep and not wake up but the anxiety was so bad I feel like I was awake for two weeks. This is a dangerous drug. Think twice and ask about other options before agreeing to take this. | I recommend no one EVER taking this medicine. I was in such a different state of mine.. psychosis... there is no telling what could have happened. Be careful | F | 30 | 4 months 60 | 6/18/2017 | 5 | Bipolar and Depression | In the first day or two I was very tired. That was then. Now 2 weeks later I dont feel no side effects. | When my doctor told me she wanted to to try latuda , Right away I was thinking oh great another antidepressant drug that's not going to do nothing for me. Little did I know I was so wrong. Since taking latuda I feel very stable, I do not have suicidal thoughts, my energy has increased alot, and I am actually able to hold a conversation with people. Before I would never want to leave my bed. Now I am going out and I have become an active member of society. I am 28 and I feel like I just started living. I am so greatful and happy that I tried it out because it was definitely worth it. So glad that I have found something out there for me to want to live again. | F | 28 | 14 days 40 mg | 5/12/2017 | 5 | Negative thoughts, voices, anxiety | No side effects | I took this drug with a positive mind. I did not have any side effects. It really calmed me down and made me feel dreamlike and enveloped and safe. It gives you a sense of calm and feeling that everything glows. | F | 33 | 1 years 160 MG 1X day | 4/23/2017 | 1 | Bipolar 2, depression | I have been on and off Latuda for the past two and a half years. Each time I am put on it, I find I have more problems. I experience anxiety, restlessness and I am extremely irritable. I feel as though someone put a huge weight on top of my head and I cannot look up (I can, I just feel like I cannot). I was recently admitted to the hospital for chest pain. I did not have a heart attack and my stress test was fine. Chest pain is one of the side effects listed for Latuda. I asked my doctor to cut my dose and she did, but not very willingly. I have gained a large amount of weight and most of it is in my waist--weight gain in this area of the body is associated with increased risk of heart disease. I am scared that I will get tardive dyskinesia and that it will not go away once I am off the medication. I am going to insist my doctor take me off this medication or exercise my right not to take it. I think the drug companies need more transparency about these types of medication. They need be upfront about these medications help or do not help. They need longer studies to assess what the drug does to people. And health insurance companies need to step up and question whether someone really needs to be on these medications before be so willing to pay for them. Too many people are overmedicated or incorrectly prescribed these types of medication. Way too many. | F | 61 | 20 mg 1X day | 4/8/2017 | 2 | Bipolar I | Severe irritability, moderate insomnia, worsening of balance issues | Worked very quickly on my severe depression and lethargy | F | 56 | 6 weeks 40 mg | 4/6/2017 | 1 | Bipolar | Severe insomnia, severe akathisia, foggy mind. It was fine when I was taking 20mg (first week), still O.K. when on 40mg (second week) but I started to feel a mild version of the upcoming side effects. Started at 80mg on the third week as prescribed and then side effects kicked in fully. Haven't slept in days, I feel great during the day (save for being tired because of the lack of sleep) but at night it is horrible. Quickly stopping this. | M | 29 | 3 weeks 40mg 1X day | 3/30/2017 | 5 | Severe PTSD , severe depression | I have been severely depressed and nothing was working. I had so much critical self talk I couldn't stop. Latuda has been a wonder medication for me. I have tolerated it well which is unusual for me because I have so many allergic reactions to medications. I realized the other day how much more fun and carefree I have been and it's because of the Latuda. I am now able to work through issues in counseling and feel like my life is just beginning. Do feel a bit restless when I first take it then want to crash. It's best to take before bed. | Thank you | F | 58 | 10 days 20mg | 3/28/2017 | 1 | Bipolar depression | Weight gain my psychiatrist lied to me and said it was a weight loss drug. I feel anxious quite a bit of the time. Angry too. I am weaning myself off this drug. It's a horrible medication I would not recommend it to anyone. I'm still on 3 other psych meds so I'm not worried about the depression coming back. May change doctors I don't trust her any more. | I have not met anyone yet who has been happy with latuda. No one knows about the long term effects. I just recently am getting off seroquel and have a lot of side effects. To put it bluntly don't let your doctor put you on Latuda. It will be a big mistake! | F | 59 | 8 months 40mgs | 3/25/2017 | 1 | Bipolar l depression | I started with 20mg then a week later to 40mg. I've been on med cocktails since my late 20s and in my early 40s I crashed and burned into a 2year deep depression and got back on meds and Latuda did fully bring me out of depression but at what cost....I was always shaking and looked like a crack addict needing a fix, I slurred like a drunk, glasses script was a mess a just dealt with blurry barely reading sight, couldn't remember the names of anything or people and barely able to hold a convo without forgetting what we were talking about. My doc put me on benzotropine to "fix" the issues it was causing and upped me to 60mg. I would usually speak up but took it then the benzotropine was increased and I just rode this unending wave and my depression started creeping up so I was upped to 80. The next afternoon I caused a major car accident and totaled the only car I had ever worked so hard for. No injuries except minor to me and when pulled aside to speak to cop I was shaking and slurring and of course I was sent to hospital and drug tested. Of course a drug panel wouldn't check for antipsychotics but my anti anxiety med came up. When I got home I called my doc and she immediately lowered me to 60 and said I was to drop to 40 the next week as if she was in a panic. I started to research and read that it was recommended for short term use up to 6 months due to lack of research past that but it was up to the doc and patient. I wish I had read that sooner. I was on it over | It' destroys lives in its wake!!! | F | 46 | 10 months 40 | 2/6/2017 | 1 | Bipolar Type 1 | Bad Sexual Side-Effects including impotence, Memory Loss | Great sleep, easy to fall asleep. | M | 34 | 4 months 20 MG 1X day | 1/29/2017 | 4 | bipolar deprssion and ptsd | the only side effects I've been on the med is increased anger, at first. after a few weeks of taking it I got better. I recently had to increase my dosage, but that has helped me also. | I don't recommend this medication to anyone with nervous problems that cause you to figit, because it could increase and get worse. however, I do recommend if you want to feel better while your depression has worsened. | F | 37 | 20/40 1X day | 1/21/2017 |