r/Latuda

I spoke with my medication prescriber and she said that in animal studies, Latuda has been relatively safe during pregnancy. I’m meeting with my OBGYN/midwife next week to get their feedback and recommendation on Latuda in pregnancy as well — but I’m really curious if anyone has any stories of success/possible harm of taking Latuda during pregnancy?

Just started 20mg Latuda two weeks ago. I’m also on 300mg Wellbutrin (but dropping down to 150mg) and 100mg Zoloft.

I posted a couple days ago about skipping meds, but I completely stopped all of them after skipping for about a month, 8 days ago. I feel fine, motivated, active, sleep is good, eating less, work the same and doing just as much academically. I contacted my psych 3+ weeks ago and havnt heard back, despite reaching out twice again. I was just sick of taking pills and getting fat I stopped it all and so far: no withdrawal.

My first manic episode followed trying like 8 different anti depressants. Something makes me think I’m perfectly fine and just feel sad sometimes, but definitely not bipolar. I will be telling my doc all of this if he ever gets back to me but yeah, feeling good.

Any recommendations.

Im already experiencong bad akasthisia, and it's imparing the way I do my job and my home life.

Hello! F[32] taking 40 mg Latuda for the first time. Started about a week or less ago. I stopped abilify and started Latuda. No cross tapering.

I also take pristiq 100 mg.

Honestly. I think it is working. But I can’t tell if this is a placebo effect or if it is really helping. Can anyone tell me their experience with Latuda and how it helped or didn’t help? How long it took to start working? Also, biggest question- did you gain weight? If you did were you able to lose it eventually and if so how? Thanks in advance !

i have been on this medcine a long time ago and it helped a lot but now i am taking it again for the second time and its been a long while since ive taken it and im on week 3 and im still not really feeling great i feel very stressed. should i be patient or say something to my physciatrist? how long did it take to work for you?

Thanks!

(for reference I was just prescribed Letuda) I know it might sound superficial but i pride myself on my fitness and appearance as i’m proud of the dedication it took to get there. I recently gained some weight while in a depressive episode and have been getting back to my normal health habits but am concerned that Letuda will make it more difficult than normal to bounce back after reading people’s horror stories about weight gain on Letuda. I’m a pretty active person averaging 15k steps a day, 1 hour at the gym daily, and i eat a calorie deficit of whole foods. Do you think the weight aspect of the medication will still be very noticeable and impact my typical routine?

- i also almost always gain weight when i’m in a depressive period from binge eating and not moving so i’m wondering if that would balance it out too

I’ve been experiencing restlessness, brain fog, and tics from latuda. I really need something to take the edge off. Can I consume cannabis safely?

Hey there, everybody. I’ve recently made the switch to Latuda 20 mg, but my psychiatrist decided to cold turkey me off the Abilify and I don’t know what I’m in for in the next coming weeks to months. How bad are the withdrawals going to be? He said that because the drugs are in the same class there shouldn’t be any withdrawals, but it really doesn’t sound right to me considering how Abilify works comparatively to Latuda. D2 and D3 partial agonist to D2 antagonist?? Sounds horrible. Anyways, if anyone can let me know what I should do and what I should say to my psychiatrist next please help me

Hi my Latudanite friends!

I'm looking for something that's right at 350, or slightly over. Easy to eat. Relatively healthy, or at least not horrible for you with a ton of sugar. Relatively tasty.

Anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks!

Edit: I should mention because of work I typically eat dinner at 5 pm and I can’t take the med then because it makes me tired after an hour or two, so i take it at 10 pm. This makes dinner not an option for me.

I just started 20mg this week. I’ve read from this sub that most people take it in the evening because of the fatigue it causes… but I’m noticing that the fatigue actually hits me on the morning. I am awake but I feel like I am still asleep. I feel nauseous and my head feels funny. Almost like I’m still dreaming but I’m awake. It’s giving me a small tremor, mostly just noticeable in my hands.

I don’t really notice any side effects at night for the few hours that I am awake after taking the dose, so I’m considering moving my dose time to around noon and if that helps, maybe moving it to earlier as a morning dose.

Anyone have a similar experience?

I was hospitalized in the ER with a severe depressive episode(history of bipolar 1, BPD, and OCD), the physician prescribed 80mg at night as the starting dose (I heard starting dose is 20 or 40mg)but the first day they prescribed it into split doses 40 am/pm now that I'm on 80mg at night I'm feeling much more energy in the morning but tired in the evening which is sorta helpful? But I'm having a few other side effects, I have a weird pit in my stomach I can never seem to fill like even if I eat it never goes away and morning nausea, I also take latuda with a combo of lamictal and lithium

How did you taper? I would not cold turkey, as it's potentially very harmful, and I'm doing what's called a hyperbolic taper. So this is really a question for people who went down slowly. Did you use a scale or compound it? I am currently facing a $100 charge for getting it compounded by a pharmacy. A scale will be nearly impossible to measure for the amount I'm taking now, which is reducing by 1mg from 10 mg, eventually by .5 mg. To me, it's outrageous that we are put on these drugs that cause health problems, and then in order to safely come off should we choose, we have to pay exorbitant fees. I believe this is a major barrier, maybe more than gets spoken about? I understand there are ways to taper on your own, and some do it successfully. How did you do it?

Hi. I'm schizoaffective bipolar type, was taking Abilify but feel unlike myself so we switched to Latuda today. Most other mood stabilizers/antimanics seem to be contraindicated with a kind of congenital anemia I have. The psychiatrist said that Latuda is an antimanic but I see no FDA indication that this medication can prevent mania like Abilify can. Worried about this. Can anyone share personal experiences with this med and mania?

I have been dealing with bipolar depression for awhile and like most people, tried and stopped quite a long list of meds.

I started latuda in May after lamotrigine wasnt doing anything for me and after being switched to the X-tended release lamotrigine I had horrific night terrors and anxiety.

Latuda did wonders for me at first. I felt so clear headed and put together. I was getting out of bed with no problems and was genuinely doing so well. That was until like a month or 2 in, I started getting excruciating akathesia and was forced to stop. Has anyone else had this problem?

I am currently 17 days in and the withdrawls have been pretty messy. I am hoping for relief soon. My doc wants me to try Caplyta but I am scared to try anything else. Especially as a second year grad student. I really need to be on my game and I can deal with the med changes again. I was trialing meds during my first year and it made my life hell.

Any advice or thoughts would be helpful. I feel very alone during this time.

Best,

I’m just curious what it’s like coming off Latuda and antipsychotics in general, I’ve been on meds for a year or so now. Switched to lurisadone last November and have loved it ever since

Thing is I’m so used to it and the only time I can remember what being in unmedicated was like was when I was manic and in psychosis.

So for the people that have come of it, what was your withdrawal symptoms and what was the difference when. You were fully off? Like did u have more energy, clearer mind? If you were chatty bubbly beforehand, did that come back?

Anyone else? I can even breath better. Whats up with that

I am so so so fat I cannot take this med anymore. I take a 100mg of latuda, 12.5 Seroquel, bc, iron, and vitamin d. The pills are too much and too big I can’t swallow them. I’ve been stable for 2+ years on this concoction and just waiting to hear back from my psych because I want to tell him I no longer want to take this. I’ve been skipping every other day. And I’m started to get really creepy thoughts and anxiety. Ik the right thing to do is to just take my prescribed dose until I see my psych but I can’t I can’t get myself to take this knowing it’s making me fat. At the same time I am not stupid enough to stop cold turkey

I have issues with eating food. Sometimes when I eat, a few bites in my body will decide it doesn't want to eat that day and I'll end up throwing up. Sometimes even the thought of eating something makes me gaggy. I know that liquid calories aren't the best for taking latuda but it works well enough for me. I'm hoping to get some suggestions for drinks or drinkable things I can keep on hand because I'm starting to burn out on my chocolate milk and protein shakes. Anything I would need a blender for isn't possible due to my schedule and living in a communal situation with other people sleep when I need to take my meds.

Has anyone experienced a stiff neck upon starting Latuda and saw this side effect diminish with continued use of the medication?