User Reviews for Vraylar oral

I've been taking for a month with minimal side effects. Vraylar has impacted my life in a positive way. There aren't any sudden outbursts that were coming from nowhere. Thank you!

I like the way very large makes my mood swings less, and my manic day is more manageable

The tv commercials are so false about this drug. It DOES make you gain ALOT of weight. I went from 124 to 152 in less than 6 mos. I even tried to starve myself and still gained the weight day after day. My stomach is so tight now I don't know what's going on. I tried to wing myself off vraylar taking one dose of 1.3mgs every other day. It was excruciating, made my blood pressure drop to 68 over 44, felt like I was dying. Please never ever take this drug, you will regret it!

Was prescribed Vraylar as the new, best medication for BAD Type I. While my current medications were do quite well, it wasn’t fully helping the agitation, irritability and rapid shifts from feeling hopeful and motivated with my life and overwhelmed and pessimistic about life. After being on the medication for a month and a half, I didn’t experience any significant improvement which is unusual for this type on medication. I experienced more agitation/restlessness than before which was just unacceptable given how much this medication costs. My MD doc’s Vraylar, put me on another mood stabilizer(won’t say the brand) but it was a generic, 5X less expensive and so far it’s working quite well. This experience was so frustrating to me given just how emotionally and physically hard it is going on a new psych med, costing so much money and seeing little positive benefits. Read More Read Less

Bad After stopping 1.5mg after 2 months, it took me awhile to see the effects that Vraylar had on me. When I contacted my Dr. about the negative effects that I occurred I was told that the medication wasn't the cause and that I should be seeing a therapist.

Iv been on vraylar for over a year. First 1.5 mg daily, no effect.. bumped up to 3mg daily still felt like manic bipolar depression was getting the best of me. Then bumped up to 6mg daily and I felt sedated, tired, lethargic every damn day. Now I take 3mg 2x daily on top of my other meds... I feel kosher but not better like I cam deal with another day on this earth. I still hallucinate here and there or go into a psychosis phase, bipolar phase and I feel puke the meds have calmed them down to having it bout 1 to 3 times a month... I just hate how expensive vraylar is and now I'm paying over 3k a month for a med that makes me feel like I'm below base line... I wouldn't recommend unless you can see your psychiatrist 1x a week to check and watch how you are doing mentally and physically.. cuz rn the voices are gone but sometimes the voice is there and it scares me, I hallucinate also but those have become less over the time taking vraylar, maybe 1 to 3 times a month I'll hallucinate but it's more mellow now like idc who is standing in the corner of my room in the dark anymore... oh also no more nightmares because I don't dream on this med.Read More Read Less

The drug ruined my life as many others said. I read their stories and they are exactly like mine. At first on 1.5 I felt sedated/tired but mood was better. At 3 I wanted to crawl out if my own skin, paced ALL day and night, woke up with adrenaline or anxiety surges, intense irrational worrying, and felt I had to end my life at all costs. I am 42, the warning says may cause suicidal ideation in teens/young adults. I am neither. My husband had to watch me for DAYS until this med left my system. I began to feel better a few days after stopping it. Be careful. I lost my career, sold my house just because, moved across the county and almost died all due to this med altering my mind! I live in constant fear of living like that again. I have refused to take any meds after that. Too scared of who it will make me become. It was all so out of my control and I terrified myself!Read More Read Less

Horrible, felt constantly agitated. Never felt worse

I have depression, anxiety & confusion (brain fog) from COVID. My doctor prescribed Vraylar. I've tried all the standard depression/anxiety drugs on the market. Vraylar has been excellent with mood stabalization! My confusion has disappeared & I've returned to myself after many years. I don't feel "medicated" either. There has been no side effects for me. This drug has been like a miracle compared to all other medications prescribed for my symptoms.

I was taking an anxiety and antidepressant for 5 years and it was starting to loose it's effectiveness, and I was starting to have manic episodes. I am on the low dose Vraylar along with my other medication and the difference was astounding. I felt my mood stabilize in one week. I do have a wee bit of tenderness in my feet. Small price to pay for getting my life back. Thank You Vraylar!

Vraylar saved my life. I wasn’t doing life really good and my dr prescribed me vraylar. Since I started taking the medicine my life changed dramatically. I can participate in life and not be overwhelmed. My mood has changed from mean and hateful to happy. I’m not irritable like I used to be and my husband has really seen a change in my life. This medicine was a lifesaver

My husband become more paranoid & agitated on this medication. After 10 weeks he died by suicide.

Weight gain, but not super effective at dose that is being taken. Take once in the morning with other Bipolar medications. Could just as easily do without.

Vraylar is the best and worst drug at the same time. I was on this medicine for 3 and a half years. Yes, it did work for me as far as my bipolar and depression. I started on the 3MG and after 2 months, my toes started twitching non-stop and it hurt. We lowered it to the 1.5MG dose and the twitching went away after a few weeks. I gained over 150 pounds in the first 2 years. Did everything in my power to lose weight and it would never go down. I ended up getting diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, vision problems and really bad anxiety after the 2nd year. I was very healthy prior to this medicine. This medicine didn't even have the warning of diabetes when I started taking it. When I was diagnosed after the 2nd year is when Vraylar added that warning. Once I was at almost 300 pounds is when I decided to call it quits. Doctor weaned me off of it for the last year and I am so glad I am off. Now instead of battling my mental health of bipolar and depression, I am having to fight for my life to stay healthy with all my health issues caused by this medicine. Also, since being off the medicine, I have lost 100 pounds so far in a year. I would not recommend Vraylar to anyone. The cons are way worse than the benefits.Read More Read Less

I’ve been on this medication for going on 2 years. My mood has been stable and I’m sleeping well. However I’ve gained 25lbs and am now prediabetic. Also, I recently found out that I have a prolactin producing pituitary brain tumor. I’m not sure if this is a side affect of the medication but it is worth questioning.

Only antipsychotic I've tried that works or that I'm not allergic to. Taking the 1.5 mg dosage. I've ruled out latuda (caused mixed episode), abilify (immediate weight gain and increased irritability) and geodon (allergic reaction). It definitely helps with bipolar depression and some with irritability. I still have to watch that I don't spend too much money on it, though. I do find it more difficult to lose weight on. I was taking it every other day, but that made me sleepy so now I take it daily. Read More Read Less

I took this medication for 6 weeks. It was the worst time of my life. I could not relax. I paced and rocked back and forth. I went to bed just to escape the side effects. It did help with sleep. I stopped taking per my NP about two weeks later I had suicidal thoughts. Please be careful if you take and discontinue. Also, I was taking Lamictal with Vraylar.

Terrible from the start. I think dr is getting paid by drug company to hand it out. She told me it's very expensive vs the zoloft I am taking now. The vraylar made me jumpy and no sleep. Zoloft is a miracle drug. Vraylar is NOT.

I originally felt great and people were commenting how pleasant I was again, but I can’t get a whole night’s sleep to save my life. Can’t do this anymore

Husband takes 1.5 every other day. Has stopped his scary outburst episodes for a year now, whixh has been wonderful for the family, but he has zero interest in anything. Just wants to sleep. Says he feels anxiety more now than ever. Everything puts him on edge. Minor things are major now. Legs have started shaking. Families lives have been wonderful but at his expense on this drug. Not sure of next step.