User Reviews for Latuda oral

Well,this medication is the best choose from the worst antipsychotika. There is a small potential of weight gain while I had been on other meds like Risperidal ,Olanzapine ,Aripiprazole - high dosage of Abilify caused me inability of visualization .I could literally imagine nothing. And other meds made me overweight although.Latuda has its pros and cons .Advantage of Latuda is a little bit milder side effects like others. And cons- Akathysia and sedation with mild weight gain .It still makes my ADHD worse than it was. But overall rating is positive from my point of view:)Read More Read Less

On it for 2 weeks at 20mg a day and developed akathisia so severe I had to go to the ER twice in a 24 hour period. ER psychiatrist said stop taking it, immediately. It's been two days since my last dose and I still have akathisia. I am taking benadryl for it, elevating my legs last night helped so I could lay down fully to sleep. It also had a sedation effect so strong I almost fell asleep while driving, several hours after I'd taken my dose for the day. Reduced my appetite to the point my sodium was low. Extremely thirsty and drinking lots of water but still dehydrated. Be very careful with this medication and ASK your provider about side effects. ESPECIALLY if you know you are already sensitive to side effects which is what I should have done.Read More Read Less

Please be aware everyone is different. This was a bad one for me. Suicide attempt while taking. I’ve never attempted before.

Keep in mind when reading reviews that everyone is different! My experience with latuda has been like a toxic relationship in a sense. I was on it for 2 years then got off of it for a year and then back on it again for another year. My starting weight before starting latuda was 160 by the end of those two years I was 220 and it was immediate weight gain. I mean like CRAZY FAST. Each time I went off it it it took 6 months with no diet change, no exercise change for my weight to drop. I’m talking every month losing 10-15 pounds. It fell off with no work each time. Latuda did stabilize my mood which is why I tried to fight the weight gain again for a year. But the weirdest thing it changed was my personality. I was really sensitive and could not handle confrontation. I kept things to myself and did not communicate feelings. I never stood up for myself or voiced any opinion of mine. Since getting off of it a second time I’ve realized that I hate living that way. I usually have a big personality and have no trouble being assertive. Latuda made me timid and way too insecure. My advice is ask others if they have noticed any change in your behaviors and actions after being on it for a bit. Ask for honesty because it is sometimes hard to tell for yourself. Read More Read Less

I took this for a month and realized it was causing me alll day headaches. The first day I stopped taking it the headache got way better. Be careful with this drug.

I just started this medicine three weeks ago. I can tell that I’m not wanting to just sleep all day or lay staring out the window or Tv. I do get up a little bit more however, I do feel that if my dose goes up to the next one it would probably be better, my daughter put me on Cymbalta also with it and I’ve been taking antidepressants for sometime now and so far this is the one that has worked the best. I will come back and give you final review in one month.

This was the first medication i took for bipolar. It gave me paranoia and personality changes and wasnt effective in treating mania for me.

First medication that’s worked for me in 25 years! I was always on several meds a day for my bipolar 1. (4-8a day) . Now, I only take one latuda once a day. After 4 years, starting to need something to pick me up a little, or maybe a higher dose. At 40mg

I was taking 600mg of Quetiapine a day which caused quite a bit of weight gain which I hated but could live with but then started causing irregular tachycardia. I was incredibly anxious about switching meds but have found the transition pretty seemless. I'm taking 60 mg of latuda. I do feel a little more numb to things and have some trouble with the 350 calorie requirement. I'm hopeful that this will be a good drug for me with less side effects than the Quetiapine. So far so good.

My nurse practitioner gave this drug to me for bipolar, one and depression and Covid came along and we couldn’t go into the office so we were supposed to have video chat on our appointment times she never wood except one time video for a whole year, and I complained about the shaking in my hands in my legs and come to find out, she kept telling me it was tardive dyskinesia and never would look at me on video only call me every three months she neglected me and come to find out. I had Parkinson’s disease from this drug and I called the FDA and they said they was one of the side effects she ruined my life with this drug Read More Read Less

I was started on a low dose of medication, 20mg. I have fibromyalgia and began having what I believed to be more fibro pain. I was then moved up to 40mg and began to have major nerve pain all over my body that I could hardly stand... I mean, I was at the point that I was suicidal because of the pain. I finally figured out that it may be the Latuda because I missed a dose and the pain didn't come on. I quit taking it to test the theory and I had some pain the day after and haven't had it since. I don't know why it did me like this but thought I'd write about it in case someone else has the same symptoms and can't figure it out. It did work well for my depression and I hate that I can't take it. Read More Read Less

I have been on this for a month, was taking lamotrigine it gave me that rash and had to stop taking it , that seemed to work ok ! The she put me on Latuda and it has been amazing my moods are so good the only problem I have and this seems a little different than others , I CANNOT SLEEP!!! Keeps me up . Change the time I take it to the morning I hope this helps me! Anyone else have this problem? It seems like everyone gets tired with it.

I've been on fifteen different meds for bipolar and adhd and this simply WORKS

ONE STAR: The withdrawal is horrific if you already have Akathisia. One of the biggest side effects is Akathisia and no one talks about it. I had Akathisia from coming off meds cold turkey. Before being put on Latuda I was rapidly tapered off all my meds and given no time to adjust. The guy started Latuda along with another cocktail. I’ve been diagnosed as bipolar with depressive episodes. I’ve never been psychotic or had mania or even hypomania. Doctor tapered me too fast off Latuda and now I have all kinds of issues. New symptoms include grinding of teeth, jaw clenching, cracking jaw, flu like symptoms, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, muscle twitches and spasms, itching, headaches/migraines, diarrhea, irritability, fatigue, chills/sweats, brain fog, and more. My symptoms of Akathisia and Insomnia are unbearable now after being tapered from 80mg (was at 120mg for awhile!) down by 20mg each month. When I complained about worse Akathisia, the guy told me to stop. I jumped at 20mg. Anyone who says there are no withdrawal symptoms from Latuda is a liar. Did they not do any research on coming OFF the med? Seems like they want to keep you on for life. It costs over $1k every time someone fills it. The doctor who prescribed it got perks from Latuda’s pharmaceutical company for prescribing. I have records. He had like a deal with them obviously as he kept me on samples for months until I was on the highest dose for bipolar depression or whatever the guy thought I had. Taking Latuda made me sleepy. As I was having Akathisia all the time, no it didn’t work for me. It didn’t help with anything. And no I didn’t get Akathisia being on the med (to my knowledge). Probably didn’t help that I was taking Latuda which gives lots of people Akathisia. So coming off didn’t help, no it’s not reversible and no the “treatment” for Akathisia does nothing to help. I can’t take Benzos as that’s what eventually caused Akathisia coming off CT. No clue if Latuda works. It does nothing for Benzo Withdrawal and Withdrawal Akathisia. I’m back to having all kinds of fun symptoms like waking up frantic and shivering, I have like mini panic attacks. My teeth chatter. I’m usually hyperventilating. That just started recently after coming off Latuda. When I wake up, I’m in terror. It feels like there is a surge of energy or battery acid flowing through my veins. Suicidal thoughts are an issue. I don’t want to die.Read More Read Less

NEVER TAKE LATUDA. i have had nothing but problems with this medication. i started on it almost 2 years ago. i started at 20mg and went up to 40mg over a few months. i then got diagnosed with binge eating and my doctor told me that this medication can treat binge eating. i got up to 80mg. i had SO many side effects. i had heart palpitations, very vivid and terrifying dreams, very painful and large mouth sores, lost my period completely, gained around 80lbs, and while getting off (because it sucked so much) i had very severe withdrawal symptoms. while i was on this, i also was tired 24/7 and i had no personality, i was not myself at all, and i had worse suicidal thought. i believe this is also due to the doctor that put me on it, i believe she was incredibly negligent. she did not explain any possible side effects, put me on it while i have a family history of diabetes and i have hypothyroidism (causes weight gain) which, with both of those, i would for sure gain weight. also she put me on it with a family history of heart issues (can cause palpitations). this medication has not helped my bipolar 2 at all, and has cost me so much in heathcare costs from the side effects. Read More Read Less

I didn't get any side effects on this medicine except from akatishia. It stopped when I stopped taking it together with food. I used it for 2 years. I didn't get any side effects when I stopped taking it.

It stopped my obsessive suicidal ideation but made me emotionally numb so I was disconnected from loved ones, I barely spoke, had no motivation, didn't go anywhere, didn't take care of myself or the house, didn't cook, had no appetite, lost my creativity and connection to music, sex drive, had trouble thinking and remembering. I've been off over a year and am better but I'm not the same. I'm not sure what's worse being suicidal or this version of myself.

The weight gain of 30 lbs in 2 months isn't worth this drug. Suicidal thoughts gone but can barely function due to the weight gain. 5'2 at 200 lbs. Not. Good luck to everyone.

I haven't been using Latuda for very long. My experience is positive. I have zero negative side effects. I am having more dreams than usual, not nightmares, just very vivid and long. I have a bit more energy and my moods have stabilized. I do not take additional meds with it. I think I found the right medication.

I took latuda for two years for bipolar 2. The side effects for me were nausea, tardive dyskinesia, and when my psychiatrist took me from 40mg to 60mg I developed akathesia. I HAD to take another medication such as Clonidine to counteract the tardive dyskinesia, it was unbearable. I also simply could not tolerate a larger dose from 40mg. Overall, I would rate this drug fair to poor. I haven’t had a severe depressive episode for a few years which is great because my last one had me unable to get out of bed for 30 days. I still suffer from mild to moderate depression, though. I also have some suicidal thoughts still. As for the hypomanic episodes, they have not gone away and have still made my life a little unmanageable. I sometimes feel like a shell of a person and have a low mood most of the time. I have tried a lot of different antipsychotics and even antidepressants and I have not tolerated anything other than Latuda, though. Since I still have hypomanic episodes, suicidal thoughts, and moderate depression, my psychiatrist is switching me from latuda to vraylar next week. Hopefully that drug works and I don’t have to suffer anymore. I don’t think I would take this medication again.Read More Read Less