Personally, I feel it after hour or so. I become more… relaxed as I noticed.
Does everyone feel the same?
I take only in mornings, so I can compare morning to evening as an example. In morning after ablify I feel a bit more anxious and nervous, but mentally more relaxed and have more clear thoughts.
No I don’t feel a thing. Vraylar in the morning picks me up though.
I have one… kind of strange question. @Speedy
Is vraylar everywhere very expensive?
In my country just a year ago it cost 90euros.
Now it’s better… in real shops ~60euros I guess. And if you buy it online it’s like ~50euros
Why I ask… I tried vraylar, it somehow made me feel worse than ablify. And the price scared me.
But my pdoc thinks that if I would try vraylar as long as ablify (for 5-6 years) I could even become asymptomatic.
It’s strange to hear such things from her. she is great doctor, but I don’t get why she thinks that meds could cure me forever. From what I’ve read they only help a short term, but they do not heal. As they say no cure from SZ.
I pay €160 for a month supply so yes, it is crazy expensive.
I’m also on olanzapine.
I tried abilify but got akathisia from it. I couldn’t sit still at all.
I don’t know about your prognosis or your diagnosis. So it depends how long you would need them.
I’m probably stuck on AP’s for the rest of life. Even if I got rid of symptoms I would be afraid of going insane so I wouldn’t dare coming off them.
I think vraylar is a good med. But it makes me a little bit irritable, causes heartburn and occasional insomnia.
Your doc seems optimistic about you. Which is good!
You could always try it for a couple of months?
Sadly my doc is way more optimistic about me than I am 
Yeee, that’s what I mean… vraylar is a very expensive med. But I actually know, that my doctor goes to seminars and other stuff, and she said it’s one of the best new meds. Like it helped for many many people.
I love ablify, but… it makes me blink a lot. It’s very uncomfortable in social situations. And I also can’t sit still sometimes. Mostly when I am nervous.
I tried vraylar for… mhh hell I don’t remember. Maybe for ~3-4 months, and it became worse. My pdoc said it seems that I am doing well with vraylar, but in my opinion I was way more paranoid and my body sensations were strange. I felt like psychosis is slowly coming back.
But actually strange! Because from what I’ve known (also from my doc) is that these meds, ablify and vraylar are very similar. Maybe I simply imagined that I am becoming worse.
And in short, about my situation, it started probably because of drugs. The illness, I mean. 
I was a very stupid teenager, indeed.
And my last diagnosis from my doctor is : Pseudoneuoritc SZ.
" Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia is a postulated mental disorder categorized by the presence of two or more symptoms of mental illness such as anxiety, hysteria, and phobic or obsessive-compulsive neuroses. It is often acknowledged as a personality disorder.[1] Patients generally display salient anxiety symptoms that disguise an underlying psychotic disorder"
Quite interesting. I’ve never heard this term before, but it made lots of sense to me…
And sorry to hear for these side of effects of vraylar. I started understanding that 99% of ppl has side effects from AP.
P.S. I also think I will be on meds for the rest of my life.
Heyy
Do you find Vraylar is better for negatives, cognitive and energy?
I guess when you say it picks you up is that , gives you a boost for the day?
I always want to have a rest or relax on the couch a little while after taking my meds. I take them at the same time every day.
Yea meds make me more relaxed. A good thing.
I totally agree with you that psychosis is horrible so if I had to take an expensive antipsychotic that I had to pay from own pocket then I would do so.
Only thing I feel is much more able to fall asleep (I get drowsy). It’s become important to time correctly just because of that.
It’s hard to say. It definitely works as a stimulant.
But I still suffer from negatives.
I don’t know about cognition as I haven’t done any testing.
You could always try it?
I get what feels like anxiety after taking medication but my last psychiatrist thinks it’s akathesia (restlessness)or what it’s called that feels like anxiety .
It makes me not want to be awake because it feels horrible and i don’t want to feel it so I want to sleep it away but i have insomnia.
I take medicine at 4 pm and go to bed 5 pm.
Unfortunately the medication doesn’t make me sleepy and i have insomnia.
You have been struggling with insomnia for very long.
It must be very hard on you. I hate it when I can’t sleep.
Hopefully you’ll get some good 8h of sleep soon.
Yes I look forward to that part of the day.
On Latuda I couldn’t sleep because of akathisia.
I was always prescribed benztropine with my antipsychotics. I got off it for a bit but started back a couple days ago. I couldn’t hack it on invega without benztropine and definitely couldn’t sleep. I’m now on perphenazine and benztropine. The akathisia from invega was intolerable without an anticholinergic. I pretty much feel the same throughout the day on my meds. I did look forward to my antidepressant cause it made feel good. I switched it with benztropine though.
Thank you @Speedy .
Appreciate it!