Currently tapering off of abilify as it was too activating. I have risperdal to replace but it throws me for a loop. I heard latuda is good for cognitive symptoms. Is this true?
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What does too “activating” mean?
Gave me anxiety, hyper racing thoughts
I found latuda to be better than risperdal and abilify. Those other two drugs I felt sick on. I find that sarcosine and omega 3s help with cognitive issues not really latuda. I hope you have good insurance because latuda is expensive. No generic is available for it in the US. Will be that way in US for the next three years.
Did it help with your positive symptoms?
All aps I was on helped with positive symptoms including latuda. However, everybody’s different. That’s not the case for everybody.
During the short time I was on Latuda I was often angry, but that could have been due to withdrawal from Geodon and Seroquel. I am quite pleased with Geodon and Seroquel, though, and I don’t want to tamper with my present situation.
I was on a latuda for almost two year.
Very effective.
I also could not tolerate Abilify or Risperidone
Latuda and Geodon are the same family type of drug, I got physically aggressive, flipped furniture, and absolutely lost my ever loving mind. Those are not to ever be given to me, big sticker on the old paper charts a few years ago. They basically said anything in that family because of that stupid gene mutation I have will cause it.
I haven’t tried Latuda. My psychiatrist told me we could add a little dose of Latuda at night, but I don’t want to, because I have read Latuda can cause tardive diskinesia.
I am on Latuda 80mg which works best for me.
It only works for positive symptoms. 120mg made me sleepy and 160mg caused Akathisia, resltless movement disorder. It doesn’t work for cognitive and negative symptoms. I read that Risperdone is better for negative symptoms because it increases glutamate function by increasing D-serine in the brain. I am thinking about trying it.
All antipsychotics can cause tardive dyskinesia but it depends on the dosage. Typical APs cause more TD. Latuda is not a typical AP. Its because APs block dopamine receptors.
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Yes, that’s true. But I want to avoid Latuda at the moment. If I need it someday, then I’ll take it.
It works well for me. I had to up the dose for a bit as I had a rise in symptoms, and then had to lower the dose because I was getting eps, but it has kept me out of the hospital for the year I’ve been on it.
I’m on 111 mg, but it hasn’t helped with negative and cognitive symptoms.