just wondering what does latuda do for you? I’ve been on latuda since 2012 and since 2014 i have been using it with another anti-psychotic. I just don’t see the point since being on haldol 10mgs and latuda 160mgs what does the latuda do for me. I’m worried because i’m almost out of latuda and i can’t get in touch with my doctor. I’ve thought about halving the dose of the meds until i can finally get a hold of my pdoc.
Latuda or lurasidone is an Atypical Antipsychotic - good for folks with depression or lots of negative symptoms.
It is FDA approved for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Depression - it is well known to be activating and acts like an antidepressant, but its actually an antipsychotic.
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I’m on Latuda with Seroquel.
The Seroquel helps my brain slow down… I get far more out there and panicky when I forget the Seroquel
The Latuda feels like it’s more of an anti-depressant… only I’m not depressed… it helps my motivation come back… it helps me get up and going… I guess it’s for my wax build-up and negative swing.
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So instead of using one antipsychotic to manage all my symptoms, he divided into two separate antipsychotics
My Doc put me on Latuda. I’ve been on Chlozaril since 1999 and it has been the only med that has ever worked for me. My Doc put me on Latuda last fall and during that time a New voice came into my head. I’ve been hearing very negative voices for 12 years. They are horrible. But the Latuda somehow raised a positive voice for me. This voice stood up for me and defended me against the negative one. As the dose increased so did the power of the new positive voice. I started to hear the negative one less and less. It was working so well for me that we took a chance to see How I would do on it without the Chlozaril. Unfortunately I couldnt handle being off the Chlozaril. Somehow the Latuda influenced my sub conscious mind and raised a helpful voice. I’m back on the Chlozaril and still on Latuda and I’m doing fantastic. The negative voice is almost completely gone. I feel as if Latuda was a miracle drug for me.
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That’s great @Tirisilex, when i first was sick i had a positive voice but left when introduced to meds. But now he’s back since being introduced to the combo of haldol and latuda.
It’s odd… a lot of my negative voices faded and went to neutral then when the latuda got raised a few months ago… the voices are almost gone.
I have a few break through ones… usually when I’m stressed. But under normal days… my head is pretty quiet.
I sometimes miss my voices…
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I been on Latuda 80mg for a period of a few months. I took it during the mid day after I got back from my shrink I remember because I went kayak fishing that day, anticipating the effect from the new AP lurasidone. It didn’t do much the first time. I remember a period of 6 hr of bad side effect, usually sleeping at this point so at least when we’re asleep we are not experiencing the side effects. Then in the morning it worked quite well. I quit because I could not take the pill unless I was going to bed. My weight held down, more so than seroquel…
Sounds like he might be trying to deal with something very similar to a manic-depressive (bipolar) situation. Combos like the one you’re on are usually prescribed to deal with combos of negative + positive sz symptoms. Are you hip to what that means?
Yeah best way to deal with my sza diagnosis I guess. I got a hold of my doctor and got refills for my latuda.
I’m not sure how relevant this is to you, but thought I’d share just in case. Latuda is meant to have properties that help treat mood related symptoms. I had serotonin syndrome about three weeks after starting it, I was also taking Lexapro. I have very odd reactions to drugs (neurological things and metabolism things are being looked into) so I don’t know the likelihood of someone experiencing serotonin syndrome while taking Latuda along with an SSRI. I wasn’t made aware of many possible side effects, but then again in January 2012 they knew very little about the drug still, plus my reactions are abnormally strong. But something to be aware of should you take/begin/change anything else which affects serotonin.