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 | bipolar mania and depression | crawling inside my own skin, feeling like I want to skin myself (restlessness) | So far I have had success and this drug has cleared my thoughts and helped boost my mood. DO NOT TAKE IN THE MORNING. DO NOT...... Felt like I was going to crawl out of my own skin. Prolly wanna be asleep for that. | M | 29 | 14 days 60 1X day | 7/13/2015 | 2 | Atypical depression, generalized anxiety | On 20mg before bedtime it was almost impossible to get out of bed in the morning. I started cutting the pills in half and taking 10mg before bed, very little improvement. Wake up feeling severely exhausted, leaden, irritable and weak. I discontinued taking it. | F | 31 | 7 days 20mg | 7/6/2015 | 1 | Bi-polar depression | Feel like I'm on speed. The atypicals do not sedate me; they rev me up and I am unable to sleep. My muscles are incredibly sore, and I have severe throbbing headaches. | I know this is a wonderful drug for some, but it's not for me. Was really hoping it would boost the effacacy of the Cymbalta, but I'm not going to be able to stay on it. I'm heading for mania. | F | 53 | 7 days 20 mg. 1X day | 6/26/2015 | 1 | Cuz I'm crazy | Just like the commercial said. I died. | Who on earth would take a drug where the most commonly mentioned side effect is death?? | M | 30 | 10 weeks 400mg | 6/21/2015 | 3 | anxiety, depression,ocd | Restlessness yet tired | I am also on effector xr for 12 years | F | 52 | 4 days 40mg | 6/1/2015 | 3 | Bipolar depression | I've been on latuda for 3 weeks and two days now. The first week 20 mg, second 40 mg and now 60 mg. I have been experiencing extreme fatigue and muscle weakness an hour or so after taking the medication (around 6-7pm) which makes me want to crawl Into bed. Once I crawl Into bed I start to feel that inner restlessness feeling, or "akathisia". I think its uncommon to feel it while feeling extremely fatigued at the same time but I do. I feel extremely anxious and I want to crawl out of my skin and my legs won't stop moving but I'm too tired to actually get up. I payed no mind to any of this until recently. I thought the reasons behind my symptoms were that I had been waking up at 4am or 7am for work and for school without taking naps during the day so I figured that's why I'm so tired. But I read the latuda medication guide and came across the word akathisia and saw that muscle weakness was another side effects of the drug and I began to worry. I'm still on the medication. Today is Friday and my doctor told me to wait til Monday to see if anything changes. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 60 mg | 5/29/2015 | 5 | Depression, Bipolararity | Slight akathesia (feelings of inner restlessness) for an hour after taking the pill | I'm on week two of Latuda and it has been the best med for sure so far. I have severe OCD, anxiety disorder(s), ADHD, and what the psychiatrist calls "bipolararity" (racing thoughts, irritability, moodiness) - which could just be symptoms of severe anxiety or something different on there own. After trying just about every psych med made, Latuda has been the best. I take this in combination with 300mg Luvox and 40mg Vyvanse. Within a week the "impending doom" depressed feeling lifted and I felt more motivated to do things that needed to be done (versus feeling overwhelmed by the thoughts and OCD). Often times I felt so overwhelmed I would just go to bed but I now feel optimistic about things and am doing things that would normally send me to bed depressed and overwhelmed, I find it easier to talk to people also as I feel my generalized anxiety has been significantly reduced. I use to have "Sunday dread" fearing the upcoming week but that has since become much more tolerable. All other antipsychotics I couldn't stay on because of weight gain or any of the other awful side effects. Bless this drug. | M | 17 | 1 days 20 | 5/22/2015 | 1 | bipolar 2 | It caused me extreme muscle weekness. I took it for 2 days and literally slept for 5 days and I was so weak I could not function.. | F | 36 | 2 days 20mg | 5/22/2015 | 5 | bipolar and depression | F | 39 | 1 days 30 | 5/11/2015 | 5 | bipolar 1 | none | best med so far - removed suicidal thoughts | F | 65 | 5 days 60mg 1X day | 5/7/2015 | 1 | Awful med DO NOT TAKE IT. Makes me sleepy all day long...Act like a zombie/robot | 3 weeks 20mg 1X day | 5/7/2015 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | A little drowsiness, improved sleep. | I've tried a number of antipsychotics for bipolar and this is the first that I can tolerate really well. Also taking 900 mg of Lithium. Still titrating up on Latuda to 40mg. So far, side effects are positive, I'm finally sleep now after taking Latuda in the evenings and the depression is lifting. No longer looking for sharp objects to slit my wrists. This is the best outcome I've ever had for any anti-depressant, atypical, or anti-psychotic medication. | F | 49 | 1 months 30mg 1X day | 4/30/2015 | 1 | Bipolar depression | From the very least dosage I was on, I had severe nausea. Even though I would eat more than 350 calories. We added a nausea medication for me to take twice a day and I still experienced severe nausea that resulted in me throwing up every single night. I did experience some gains from the medication such as elevated mood and a more stable mood. But they were very small and barely noticeable. | Not worth the minimal gains. | F | 19 | 1 years 120 MG | 4/25/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Horrific anxiety and dread a few hours after taking it. Waking up in the middle of the night feeling terrified and full of doom. Extreme suicidal thoughts. Inability to concentrate. | I was ready to kill myself on this drug. I truly feel that I almost didn't make it. I cannot believe this level of side effect is considered acceptable by the FDA or whoever allowed this on the market. | F | 49 | 3 months 80 | 4/20/2015 | 5 | Bi polar | After taking Latuda for six months I developed uncontrollable muscle spasms in my left leg and right arm and hand, a facial tick above my left cheek and worst of all impotency that 150 mg of Viagra couldn't help. I have since been weaned off of Latuda the spasms have stopped, the tick disappeared, and my erections have started to return sometimes without the aid of Viagra still waiting for that to return to normal. | M | 55 | 1 years 40 | 4/17/2015 | 4 | Bipolar depression | Headaches, anxiety,severe insomnia | My depression is controlled with this med more than any other med prior. The problem is determining whether or not I can live with the side effects. | F | 54 | 6 months 80 | 4/2/2015 | 4 | Bipolar depression | I haven't noticed any side effects I can directly attribute to Latuda. | I'm having night sweats and hot flashes/sweating, but I also recently stopped HRT for menopausal symptoms (as a trial to see whether I still needed it), so it's impossible to know which is causing the symptoms; however, I'm pretty sure it's stopping the HRT, as I wasn't having a problem until then. It took a few weeks, but Latuda brought me out of a long term depressive episode. I felt like myself for the first time in years! But...the past few days I've felt depressed again, so I'm wondering whether increasing the dose may help since I only take 20 mg. | F | 57 | 60 days 20 mg 1X day | 4/2/2015 | 3 | Depression / Anxiety | Chest pain like a major panic attack | For a few days, I thought I'd finally found a drug that did the things all the others were supposed to do. OCD thoughts about stressful events receded into the background and no longer dominated, painfully, my daily life. But on the 7th day I had relentless chest pain and my blood pressure skyrocketed to 177/120 with a pulse of 51. I foolishly did NOT call paramedics, thinking this was anxiety related...or something. I reported it my doc who said, stop taking it. A few days later the chest pains subsided completely. We tried using 10 mg and within six hours, the chest pains were back. It was really a big disappointment to have that side effect because the drug had plugged me into exactly the right place. I had a much needed distance and relief from all the stressful, painful thinking that had plagued me for the last two years. At one point I felt this wonderful sense of internal pleasure. I couldn't believe it. It was a taste of what could be possible but the heart palpitations and chest pain became such a big risk, even with just 10 mg., that I had to stop using it. Someday they'll have a med like this that works only on the brain and doesn't have the side effects. When that day comes, people with GAD/Depression, and others with even more difficult problems, will finally get real relief. I hope others find the really good feelings I did but without any bad side effects. | M | 68 | 8 days 20 mg 1X day | 4/2/2015 | 1 | Bipolar Depression | agitation, irritability, antsy, want to jump out of my skin | This is a drug from hell. | F | 47 | 2 weeks 60mg 1X day | 4/1/2015 | 4 | bipolar type 1 | Complete erectile dysfunction. Mild akathisia. extreme bouts of nausea. Fatigue easily and drowsiness | It worked well to control my moods for the first month really well. However, after a few months I found that the side effects were intolerable at times. I can't have a girlfriend, despite the medicine helping me think clearly and do well in school. I think I'm going to switch meds because of the impotence. It's driving me crazy! | M | 25 | 8 months 80 mg | 3/23/2015 |