My doctor had said I could try Vraylar since there are bad side effects with Geodon. I’ve read Vraylar causes weight gain and insomnia. Have you experienced either of these side effects or other side effects with this medication?
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I was on Vraylar for a short while.
Let’s just say it didn’t work out for me but many people do well on Vraylar.
Good luck on it!
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i just started on vraylar about a month ago
has helped a little
i think it is causing weight gain but pdoc says it is the least med in the group to likely cause the weight gain
are you on clozaril pdoc says that it is the highest to cause weight gain
good luck on what you decide to try
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I take vraylar in the morning so it doesn’t affect my sleep.
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I take Vraylar in the AM, so no issues with insomnia. Not sure about weight gain – I’ve gained weight over the years, but that’s largely due to a bad diet and no exercise.
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I take Vraylar at night because it konks me out for the night. I have gained weight on it.
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My psychiatrist said taking Vraylat in the morning would make me not have insomnia. Weight gain is listed as a side effect on every website on Vraylar. Interesting my doctor doesn’t think it causes weight gain. Thanks a lot for weighing in. This has helped me make a decision not to take the medication. My doctor said I can stay on the Geodon. I experience a lot of bad side effects on Geodon, but I think I’ll stay on it until I can find another med I can tolerate.
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Don’t want to psyche you but I had a very bad reaction to vraylar, fell into really bad depression and my negatives were so horrific I stopped taking my meds for a while and baam … Otherwise no weight gain, I had the opposite of kinda not wanting to eat and throwing up some stuff, mostly coffee… I also couldn’t control my bowel which sucked big time…Some involuntary movements also, I was rocking back and forth and not realising it… I don’t know maybe I was just not a good responder.
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I was on Vraylar for a while. No extreme side effects except insomnia. I liked it, but funnily enough I’m on Geodon now and I’m doing so much better and I don’t get any side effects from Geodon when I take 40mg am and 120mg pm. Plus it’s the most weight neutral over any other AP.
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Personally, I gained 150 pounds on Geodon before finally getting that out of my system. Not that I am doing much better but I still forty pounds underneath my highest weight. As for Vraylar it has been a good one for me. I suffer from insomnia most of the time anyways and find that I sleep walk on sleeping pills like ambien and lunesta. I actually never thought about taking it in the a.m. I might try that and see how I do. It’s not like I am going anywhere in the next few days anyhow.
Just goes to show that even with reactions that are typical of those of the people that were studied during drug trials that everyone reacts to medications differently.
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