When i was taking Latuda 140mg i developed akathisia, so my pdoc reduced it to 120mg which greatly improved things. Although it was reduced, it didn’t go completely away. So she prescribed me propanolol 10mg, twice a day as needed. I find that it works sometimes and doesn’t other times. Just wondering if you take propanolol, does it work for you? How much do you take? I don’t see my pdoc until the end of January and this isn’t killing me or anything but i will definitely bring it up when i see her.
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I know that with propronalol and other beta blockers, you must take it as directed, and only come off under doctor supervision. The withdrawal can be deadly if done wrong.
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Yeah, i only take 10mg and only when the akathisia gets bad. I try not to take it unless i have to but it’s certainly been no magic pill for me.
I take propranolol at 10mg, twice a day, every day. But I am only on 80mg of Latuda. The propranolol helps me every day. I almost never have akathisia.
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I’m on Invega 6mg tablets. I get akathisia pretty bad so my doc upped my propanolol to 10 mg twice a day. It helps a lot but not all the time. I take benztropine for akathisia as well but that too doesn’t help all the time. It’s pretty frustrating so I’m trying to take my Invega in the morning instead of night to see if it helps. It helped a little last night when I normally get it bad. I hope this makes sense. lol
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I am prone to akathisia on AP medications, they tried propranalol but that did not seem to work. All I take for it is Benztropine as needed.
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Yeah it makes sense. I also take benztropine for a hand twitch i get. Glad it’s helping some. I guess some is better than none.
@FlyingPurplePeopleMeeter Glad the propanolol is working for you. Maybe it’s because i’m on a higher dose that it doesn’t work for me.
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I have never really gotten akathisia until going on Latuda and i’ve been on many different meds. Good luck with the benztropine.
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I’ve never taken propranolol for that. I take Benztropine.
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I’m on invega. Started at 100mg and the akathisia was bad. Then my doctor lowered me to 75mg and now I only have akathisia when I’m standing up. He also gave me inderall aka propanolol but for me it didnt help at all
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