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 |
| 2 | Schizophrenia and Major Depression | Nightmares, heavily sweating while sleeping, insomnia (still) , Restlessness, tremors, and increased seizures (I have Epilepsy and take Keppra), while more hallucinations but less voices. | Eh.. I am not really happy with this. It somewhat calms me down, but it doesn't last. It'ls like a short term med. One dose only last say a couple hours, and I am stuck with everything until I take it again at night. That only last a couple hours. | F | 26 | 3 months 80 MG 2X day | 3/22/2015 | 1 | Major depression | First week: Extreme akathesia, inner restlessness, rapid speech, racing thoughts. All of these side effects dissipated after two weeks of taking the medication (I started out at 20mg and then moved to 40mg after 2 weeks). At first, Latuda seemed to pull me out of a depressive episode. It gave me the energy to get off of my couch and live my life. A few months later, suicidal thoughts began. They increased in severity so much that I attempted suicide three times during the time I spent on Latuda. Latuda made me feel panicky like I had never felt before. I was so panicked at night that I would hide under my covers and shut my eyes. I couldn't handle stimuli when I felt like that (which, when I went up to 80 mg, was every night). That being said, I had no weight gain with this drug. | After going off of Latuda, I feel so much better. I no longer feel so anxious that I want to die. I can go out and not be afraid of having a panic attack. | F | 24 | 1 years 60 mg | 3/22/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 1 disorder | I switched from abilify to latuda as an experiment, & it was the worst move of my life. I ended up in a severe 5-mth psychosis. & a month-king stay in the hospital. Now I am back on abilify, which pulled me out of the psychosis. | Weight-gain, breast enlargement and drooling at the mouth. I'll never experiment again! | 51 | 1 days 30 | 3/15/2015 | 4 | bipoler/manic depressive | Headaches constantly and can't sleep! | I feel like I have more energy. This is the first time I actually feel like getting out of bed. But I suffer from short term memory loss. | F | 33 | 3 weeks 40mgs | 3/11/2015 | 1 | Depression anxiety | worked well, but hands shaking terribly.my doctor ignored my complaints. Now off 3 weeks and hand shakes are severe. | this drug scares the life out of me. The hand shakes are as bad as ever. I'm afraid of all drugs I'm taking. | F | 58 | 4 months 40 | 3/11/2015 | 3 | Bipolar Mania w Rapid Cycling | Switched due to pregnancy, but the nausea and vomiting and no sex drive aren't worth the few positives. No matter when I take it or how much I eat I still get sick. | F | 35 | 1 months 40 mg | 3/9/2015 | 1 | sleep/bipolar | I felt like I was in a heat kiln then get chills back to being really warm. I wasn't able to sleep with out curling up in ball so miserable. Headaches suck too | DONT TRY IT | F | 27 | 5 days 60mg | 3/8/2015 | 3 | Bipolar,Anger,Irritability | My daughter starts taking latuda 80mg.instead Abilify,because i can't afford the price.. The side effects which this medication gave her,scares me a lot.First she starts drooling very bad,doc.gave her 2mg.of benztropine.Drooling stops,but then she starts coughing very badly,had runny or stuffy nose,strange change of voice,red spots on face.She can't breathe properly.Medication seems help her a little with behavior,but side effects are to scary to continue taking LATUDA. | F | 18 | 7 days | 3/7/2015 | 4 | Schizoeffective and Bipolar | I am still taking this drug because it is the only one safe enough for pregnancy. I am saddened to say even eating with 350 calories ad prescribed I still get sick even if I eat way more then 350. It makes me nauseous and throw up but I can't stop taking it or I will have uncontrolled symptoms not good at all. | It treats the symptoms better then any other drugs I have been on. | F | 21 | 5 months 80 MG | 2/13/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 11 | Terrible sleepiness. Have had three accidents in last year where I fell asleep at the wheel. Severe restlessness, kind of the heebe jeebees. short term memory loss. Cant finish a sentence….keep the concept in my head. i take it at night so the following night before I take it again, I am able to articulate. | I wouldn't recommend Latuda. I've been on almost all the meds used in bipolar disorders. That is why we are trying the Latuda. I'm titrating off of it this next four days. Thankfully I wasn't on a large dose. We did try to increase it and I just about came out of my skin! | F | 57 | 4 months 40 MG 1X day | 2/13/2015 | 2 | Bipolar | At the start u struggled thru the akathesia , though not as bad as geodon.. Once that passed I had a increased amount of energy and noticed rapid speech and very vivid dreams.. But now things are getting bad bec of severe depression and parania( maybe bec of being hypomanic nobody wants to be around me.. Also have thoughts of suicide often | M | 55 | 4 days 10mg | 2/6/2015 | 2 | depression | I started taking Latuda about 9 months ago at a 40 milligram dose experience lower energy and when it wasn't working they upped my dose to 80 milligrams about 2 months ago and now I'm experiencing uncontrollable my body movementso now I am being weaned off the medication see if it helps | F | 52 | 9 months 80mg | 1/27/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 1 Disorder | For the first three weeks, I didn't have any side effects, but maybe I just couldn't tell. I was prescribed Latuda during a depressed episode, so I wasn't really getting out of bed. Finally my mood picked right up, I felt amazing, but not TOO amazing, just good in a normal way. That lasted for maybe five days, and then I could hardly get out of bed in the morning. It wasn't my mood, I wanted to get up, but I was so exhausted. It would take me about three hours to finally wake up. Then I developed two horrible side-effects - panic attacks like I've never had before, and paralyzing exhaustion. Soon my parents and I realized that it occurred about two hours after I took the med (at 4 pm). I was going to bed for the night at around 6:30 every day after serious panic attacks. | Yesterday, as per my doctor's instructions, I didn't take the medication. No panic attacks, stayed up until 11 that night, no naps. I was totally fine. It's too early to tell the long term impact of stopping the med, but at the same time we're raising my lithium, so we'll see how that goes. There is also this hot-cold problem going on with this medication - it would give me fits (I was also hypo-manic after the depression a bit ago) because I couldn't get comfortable at night. I did gain some weight, about 10 pounds, but for a lot of the time I was on this med I was sleeping all day, except to get up and eat, so this is expected I suppose. | F | 18 | 6 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 1/14/2015 | 5 | Bipolar | Works wonders! | M | 22 | 2 months 20MG 1X day | 1/13/2015 | 5 | bipolar, ocd, anxiety/panic disorde | So grateful for this drug. I can't remember feeling this good. The first week I took 10mg and felt jittery and a bit manic but that went away. The second week I started 20mg and my mood is much brighter and I have more energy. | This was added to my Wellbutrin, Lamictal, and Klonopin to help with depression and insomnia. I look forward to getting up for the first time in years. Amazing. I take it at bedtime. 20mg is all I needed to round out the other meds. Abilify did nothing. No weight gain yet but I am religious about counting calories and walking. At 60 I only need 1300-1400 calories a day. | F | 60 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 1/10/2015 | 2 | bi polar and depression | Extreme exhaustion about an hour after taking it,along with an entire night of the most realistic reaccuring nightmares one could think of. After being in ten hours, I think I pry got Six true hours of sleep | I'm calling the doctor today and asking to stop the meds | F | 35 | 1 months 60 mg | 1/8/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | Exhaustion, ended up in ER with dystonia. Extremely painful, stroke-like symptoms. | Would NEVER recommend this medication to anyone. I am terrified to try any new medications now. | F | 19 | 3 days 40mg | 1/1/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | Weight gain and so tired I wasn't able to function about an hour after taking it | Good med for stabilizing my moods but the exhaustion and weight gain aren't worth it to me. I am sleeping 12 hours a day. | F | 35 | 6 months 40 1X day | 12/29/2014 | 3 | BIPOLAR DISORDER | Weight gain 15lbs... couldn't sit still, walked around in circles and felt anxious all the time. Sleepy all day long. No sex drive. | Not sure what else to try. I am worried an antidepressant will make me suicidal. | F | 37 | 90 days 40 mg 1X day | 12/29/2014 | 3 | bipolar, ptsd | Td,jaw and tongue tremor.weight gain | just moved up to the 80 milligrams 3 weeks ago but feel pretty positive about it. Haven't felt positive about much in the last 15 years! | F | 59 | 3 months 80mg | 12/21/2014 |