I was on Vraylar, or Reagila as it’s called here in Europe, from late January to mid March this year. To say it was not a good experience would be putting it mildly. The first 2 weeks were terrific, it basically eliminated my negative symptoms.
Somewhere mid February I think it started, tinnitus so loud it made me think of suicide, and I had just had the few best weeks since sz started. I went to the ENT(ear, nose and throat doctor) and she said I had 85 decibel hearing loss in the higher frequencies.
Because the tinnitus was so loud, I was up all night with triple dose of sleep medication, a few nights in a row, which obviously made me very psychotic. My doctor said it could not be caused by Reagila and not to quit it. I did quit it and it slowly got better for a few months but not much. Then 3 months in I started treating my tinnitus and it’s a lot better now, thought still not as good as pre Cariprazine.
Why I’m writing this is because of this thread:
https://forum.schizophrenia.com/t/new-to-vraylar-help/125444
He said he switched from Geodon to Cariprazine. Furthermore, he said(in PM) that the side-effect went away within a week. I too was on Geodon when on Cariprazine. Before this thread was made I was sure the Cariprazine interacted with Wellbutrin that I was on, but after it I was not sure anymore.
All I’m saying is be careful, not everyone gets every side-effect obviously, but there’s a chance of interactions when you’re combining so many medication.