hi, i was taking olanzapine which caused a significant weight gain and discontinued it and now i am on lurasidone (latuda) i tried metformin to reduce my weight i took it for one week and noticed reduction in visceral fat but caused severe insomnia i discontinued it but i still have insomnia for a week now anyone have the same problem? any advice? is insomnia will gone by itself? will it take some time?
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Yeah meds often fix one problem and cause another problem. It’s crazy.
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I did the same came off olanzapine because of the weight gain went on latuda couldnt sleep so switched back to olanzapine.
latuda didnt cause me insomnia metformin did that its a rare side effect it lasted one week now since i discontinued metformin and still cant get enough sleep i am afraid it could be irreversible side effect
i agree with you any medication has its side effect which in some cases could be Lethal
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To be frankly hornest to you Grodon is Latudas onkel and I’m never going to pick a fruit.from that family tree again because Geodon caused me to get insomnia for 20 years.
Thats one of the upsides to olanzapine the dreamy good nights sleep you get on it. But the downside is the weight gain from being so unmotivated and docile. I know sleep deprivation is horrible so I hope you find a med that works @MIDO .
Im emotion less on clopixol
I don’t know if anyone else has this numb flatness on clopixol?
I have a really hard time believing this.
Latuda is known to cause insomnia, metformin doesn’t usually cause this.
I’m on Metformin.
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My dad told me about sleep hygiene doing things like stopping caffeine and cutting screen time both hours before bed and reading to relax.
that’s the truth i am on latuda for about 9 months now never had any insomnia and i was having a good deep sleep. i made search on the internet and found that in some people metformin could cause insomnia as a rare side effect but they couldn’t tell the exact mechanism there is theories about a defect of the endocannabinoid system which is metformin target
lurasidone (latuda) is an excellent antipsychotic i was having a good deep sleep on it my problem developed when i used metformin
There are reports concerning metformin and sleep disorders.
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yeah i have read this
that’s a good advice but it wont help if you have a sleep disorder. you need to know the problem which caused the insomnia and solve it either by stopping doing what caused it or taking medication to treat it
thank you i hope so as well. its the first time in my whole life to have insomnia its terrible and i regret taking metformin i didnt know it have this side effect
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This was for other’s information in case they doubt it.
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Thanks @anon4362788, didn’t know that
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Insomnia could be from latuda.
I have insomnia and I’m on 80 mg latuda.
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as i said before i didn’t have any problem with sleep when using latuda my insomnia started after taking metformin .maybe you have insomnia before using latuda ? because it actually help you have good deep sleep there is a research regarding this issue on pubmed i cant post the link here search for it on the internet you will find it
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