u/Radiant_Net8928

Hi all. I've been on Latuda for coming up on a couple weeks. It hasn't been long enough to have any significant impact on my mood, but I think it might be causing some gastric issues. For example:

I had a big meal two days ago. I have felt full since that meal. That's two days of feeling full after one meal! I can still eat, but it makes me feel sick and bloated. I'm tempted to blame the Latuda.

Anyone else have this with Latuda? I'm trying to take it with the required calories, but it's hard. Does taking it without 350 calories cause significant stomach upset?

I really don't like the calorie requirement :( It seems insignificant, but it already feels like a deal-breaker for me.

Hi all. I recently came off Effexor (~1 month ago). I came off with a Zoloft cross-taper (started it, stopped it, than started it again), which I am still taking at 20mg.

Over the past week or so, my mood has completely plummeted. I feel awful. I have my emotions back, but it's all the negative, and it's hitting me really hard. I just feel so sad and worthless.

I haven't felt this sad since I started Effexor (it just made me numb), but I don't want to say it's 're-emerging depression' when it could be protracted withdrawals.

Has anyone else felt very depressed after coming off Effexor? How did you push through it?

Hi all. I started Latuda 20mg about a week ago for Bipolar. It was supposed to be for my low mood, but I've been feeling pretty bad lately. Just feel very sad and physically weighed down.

I also recently came off Effexor (~1 month ago), so it could also be the SNRI withdrawals.

How long did it take for y'all to feel the positive effects of Latuda? Did the initial period cause some low mood?

I'm trying to figure out whether I should just soldier through or let my psychiatrist know that it's not working very well for me.

Hi all. To preface - I understand that everyone is entitled to speak about their own experiences. I might not like how they do it, but that's a personal issue.

I can only speak to my experience with the US healthcare system, but psychiatric hospitals have not advanced as far as the general public would like to think. Abuse is still highly prevalent.

Centering light-hearted "grippy sock vacation" stories neglects the truly horrific experiences of patients who were not lucky enough to stay in advanced, well-funded facilities, who may have entered the ward in handcuffs, who were raped while under psychiatric care, or who were restrained while they were in acute crisis. You can have traumatic experiences in the psych ward and still choose to speak about it in a light-hearted manner - my gripe is not with these people. My gripe is with people who only choose to engage with these light-hearted stories.

My psych hospital was not advanced. It had not been updated since the 1990s. The facilities were infested with mold, and half the patients there were admitted in handcuffs. You were strip-searched upon arrival, and refusal to take meds or co-operate with group programs was met with threats to extend your stay indefinitely. Patients in acute psychosis gave out death threats and were ignored or loaded up with tranquilizers. Patients without loved ones to bring them extra clothes walked up and down the halls in unwashed paper scrubs for days. And still, I know my experience was nowhere near as bad as it can get.

I was brought in directly out of a car wreck and left to deal with my injuries on my own, because getting me into the psych ward was all they cared about.

You are absolutely allowed to tell your story however you like, but I think truly de-stigmatizing mental illness requires being aware of and open to rectifying the deep, institutional issues still present in psychiatric care.

Hi all. Recently I had some strange blood-test results. My doc informed me that my TSH is high (8.9) and my free T4 is normal (1.58). Also had elevated monocytes and albumin. She indicated that this could be sub-clinical hypothyroidism, and she added some hormones to check my other levels.

She called me a few days ago and informed me that my free T3 is abnormally high (no specific number for this one). We did blood tests again the other day and confirmed that TSH and T3 are high.

Aren't these results contradictory? What would high TSH together with high T3 indicate?

Hi all. I'm starting Latuda 20mg for Bipolar. I was taking Seroquel, but my psychiatrist wanted to switch to something milder for daily use.

What should I be aware of as I start this medication? What are the common short- and long-term side effects?

Any advice is appreciated!

Hey all. I've recently been spiraling about the prospect of taking psychotropics for the rest of my life. It's really just now hitting me that I'm expected to be on these meds (or atleast *a medication*) for the rest of my life.

I'm scared of the side effects I've already experienced, and I'm scared of the side effects that will come with decades of medication use. I know the vast majority of research on psych meds focuses on short-term studies. There's just so much I can't know about how my meds could affect me long term. Looking down potentially 50+ years of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics is really messing with my head.

Do any of you currently not take medication? If so, how has your experience with Bipolar been without medication?

Asking for someone with experience rapid-tapering to chime in. I feel so disgustingly ill. Doctors don't believe me when I say it's the withdrawals. Apparently Effexor withdrawals should only last a week. (Only a week!)

It's been a little more than two weeks, and the withdrawals are only getting worse. I can't function like this long-term. How long am I looking at? Another month? Several?