r/caplyta

I don’t care about people who have good reactions. This caused a traumatizing event for me. I took it the first night 42mg and was a little out of it but okay other than some burning in my legs. When I woke up I felt like I had been roofied. I was slow, confused, disoriented, with major visual effects. I could barely walk straight and felt like passing out. I could barely move without pain. I could barely breathe deeply without pain. I had a fever and felt completely drugged out of my mind. I spent the day sleeping until 8pm waking up on and off but only slept because I couldn’t even look at my phone. I couldn’t even toss and turn without pain. I felt like I had been really drugged… when I’d stand it felt like vertigo and I had to take minuscule steps just to walk. I walked hunched over and very slow as my legs felt like weights on my feet and were so painful to make any steps. Nothing made sense and I was terrified. I didn’t take the med again after my first dose and still had effects into the next day. I’m on day 3 now and finally feel back to normal but am so genuinely terrified. (I am someone who has treatment resistant to medication. This was the last med they could put me on as everything else has failed.) I called my doctor and told them I will not be coming back because now I have developed a true phobia to psych meds. Be careful. Advocate for yourself. People who are taking this for weeks with side effects if you have other options and this isn’t your last option TAKE THOSE FIRST

I sweat at rest. I sweat during sleep. I sweat in my neck folds? My armpits are dripping. In between my toes are …. moist.

Granted it suddenly became 85 degrees where I live and AC isn’t on yet.

But even before that, I’ve been feeling like I’m heating from within

Has anyone found ways to mitigate this? Does it get better?

context: been on cappy for several months now

I started 10.5mg about a month ago (starter dose). I wasn’t having any side effects until about a week ago. Randomly I’ll get slurred speech, tremors, numbness and tingling in one side of my body. Sometimes pins and needles. My anxiety has also heightened. I did tell my provider about this. Has anyone else experienced these side effects?

As the title states, I’m out of 42mg Caplyta (until Thursday). Can I take two of the 21mg capsules I have left over from when my psych started me on the low dose?

hey all! i’m a daily weed smoker and i start caplyta (21mg) tomorrow. my psychiatrist who prescribed it to me told me that 21mg was better for me than the usual 42mg because of my daily maijuana usage.

i guess my question is, daily weed smokers, how has caplyta affected you, if at all? can you still smoke on it?

thank you!! :3

I swear to god if it’s not like 3 nuts and 2 raspberries I can not eat a damn thing during the day. Nothing looks good or sounds good, to the point of just complete aversion. Then I take meds at like 9, and by 11/12 I get ravenous in a pregnancy cravings type way. Almost like munchies. Is anyone else having this experience?
I realized my body might be deprived of god knows what when I grabbed a pickle, bagel with jam, veggies/hummus and ice cream..🫠

I’m trying to start Caplyta at a time that won’t tank my capacity to work. It sounds like each gradation comes with a pronounced period of side effects as the body adjusts. Work is demanding right now and I can’t afford to be off my game right now. If I start with 10, what do the initial side effects look like and, generally, how long do they last?

EDIT: Thank you all for the feedback. I feel much better about starting!

I have been on the 10.2 capsule of caplyta. I am not quite sure when this specific side effect started, I just noticed it has severely impacted my day-to-day life about three weeks ago (I’ve been on caplyta about 6 weeks) and I am not even sure if this is from the caplyta or I am having some other unknown health issue.

I cannot eat anything really, at all. At most I can get down minimal amounts of fruits and vegetables but only when I am craving them. I have struggled with low-blood sugar ever since I was a toddler (non-diabetic that I’m aware of) so when I feel low I drink a glass of orange juice or Gatorade. These past few weeks I have been relying on mostly these juices to remain alive. I can get down a few bites a day, and occasionally about half a meal a day.

I am not understanding why I can’t eat. I can cook protein (I am vegetarian, so veggie based protein), I have even tried real meat, which was worse… but then when I’m about to eat the food I get extremely nauseous and by body sort of rejects it, and I’ll gag and have to spit it out.

This has left me very weak, tired, dizzy, and feeling faint.

I see my psychiatrist this Friday, I even start seeing a nutritionist this Thursday to see what I should do. Depending on that, I might be contacting my PCP.

I am so sorry if this isn’t allowed in this sub, I am just not sure if this is caused by the caplyta, but that is the most recent major change in my health. I was wondering if any of you have had this experience, or know someone who has?

Ive been on Caplyta 42mg for 2 weeks. Its going well, the side effects I previously wrote about have gone. I am feeling better depression/bipolar wise. But, I cant laugh? I can acknowledge things are funny, they make me smile, but I just... dont laugh? Anyone else experience this? Just trying to gage if this is mental health related or medication related.

I just took my first dose of caplyta in the last 24 hours and since then I feel really out of it and my head has been pounding. Anyone else get severe headaches from it? If so did it last long? Im on the 42 mg dose since coming off Wellbutrin 300mg.

Would love to know if anyone has tips for the headaches possibly, thank you guys!

Hi all! I am about to start Caplyta 21 mg as the only SGA not yet tried. What works for me is either Lybalvi or Zyprexa as monotherapy or a combo of medium-dose Geodon and low-dose Seroquel for sleep as polypharmacy.

However, both Zyprexa and Seroquel cause extreme hunger, and Zepbound/Mounjaro helps only a little. The hunger is so bad that it wakes me up in the middle of the night, and I need to eat to quell the pangs and fall back asleep.

I consume about 3000 calories, all good, healthy food, mostly homemade, versatile, high in protein and fiber, etc., but way too much. I do not have metabolic syndrome and exercise a good amount, but the hunger is just crushing.

Other SGAs didn't work. Lithium and anticonvulsants didn't work. Thorazine worked, but gave such bad EPS that my psychiatrist decided not to try any more FGA, since I have a very strong propensity for EPS, and FGAs are notorious for that.

The only remaining SGA not tried yet is Caplyta. The hope is that it might work, replace Lybalvi, and remove this dreadful hunger so that I can eat normally again.

But has it worked for anyone whose natural tendency is more towards an elevated than a low mood? I have had really severe depression episodes, but overall, I tend towards an elevated mood and insomnia more than towards depression, and I know that Caplyta is primarily for Bipolar Depression. Has it worked for anyone with a profile like mine, i.e., a propensity for mood elevation?

Has anyone found any solutions to the constant dizziness/lightheadedness that comes with starting Caplyta? I have been on 42 mg for 2 weeks now and I am insanely dizzy. It started just at night and it slowly got earlier and earlier to the point where I'm dizzy pretty much the entire day. Sometimes my face feels numb and I feel like I'm just insanely drunk. I'm really trying to push through to see if the medication helps my depression but it's really hard with symptoms like these.

I also take 300mg Lamotrigine, 50mg Seroquel (the next step is getting off that), and 3mg Vraylar. I just took my first dose about an hour ago and I am really slow and out of it. So, I'm thinking of taking it at night with my Vraylar and Seroquel, which also make me sleepy. I'm just scared of taking so many nighttime meds at once- freaks me out somehow. Anyone have a similar med routine, or just any experiences with this med?

I’ve been on caplyta for 2 weeks and some change now but ever since I started it my anxiety has been so bad with physical symptoms of passing out, sweating, chest pains etc. does anyone else feel this when taking this? I’m taking it with Effexor 225 mg. I just can’t calm down ever and I’m wondering if anyone else feels this way. Does it get any better l? :(

I’ve been on seroquel for treatment resistant anxiety and depression for 4 years. I have no libido from it. I’m looking to switch to Caplyta to see if my libido returns.

Hi guys, I have been on Caplyta for 3 months and it’s been a lifesaver. I take it at bedtime and sleep well for the most part, although I’ve been waking several times through the night lately. Initially I did notice a little unsteadiness while walking when I first woke up but that’s mostly passed.

My question is, have you gotten less than 8 hours and had any side effects? My job wants me to take a red eye to NY which leaves at 12:30 am (way later than I would normally take it) and lands at my equivalent time of 8:30 am. However I do have a stop as well. And I would pretty much need to hit the ground running when I got there. So I’m a little concerned about my capacity to function.

Would you take it right before the flight and hope the 4ish hours before the layover is enough and then I can hopefully catch another hour or so on the second leg. Thanks for any advice!

This is the third mood stabilizer I’ve tried now. I’ve (27m) been in almost every SSRI in the book. Antipsychotics. You name it. But this mental anguish I’ve had the last 13 years is too much. Will this finally help me feel better? I feel like I have nothing. All my meds have given me increased anxiety and depression. Have fucked with my libido making dating impossible. I have social anxiety. I have trouble being alone. I’ve been on Wellbutrin 300xl once daily and lamotrigine 300mg once daily and that was the closest I’ve gotten to feeling “better” but then it all went to shit again and the meds stopped working. My doctor says I may have treatment resistant depression. I’ve tried ketamine therapy. Ive tried everything possible to help. Had this medicine helped anyone?

my (estimated) co pay with this new order jumped up considerably through CVS. has this happened to anyone else? do i need to be worried moving forward?

sorry if against rules im just freaking out

I starred Caplyta 42mg once daily on Monday. My side effects I feel have been odd. Im looking for some insight.

My side effects have been nausea, fatigue, feeling very cold, and body aches.

Anybody else have these?

hi! as the title suggests, has anyone experienced a prolonged sore throat on caplyta with no other flu like symptoms? i’m struggling to know if this is from the drug or is something else going on

i started caplyta on 4/28 & sore throat began on 5/4. i don’t get allergies, ive been tested for strep, covid, rsv, the flu, pneumonia, a few other viruses plus full sti panel & it’s all negative. this doesn’t feel like a run of the mill cold i’m experiencing, it’s literally just an intense sore throat with no other symptoms

any help or insight is appreciated! :)