Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
offbalance
Anyone on Latuda?...
What has been your experience?
What has been your experience?
SensitiveHoboLady
I loved it for the first three weeks. Felt immediate change...like myself again...had energy! Then I hit trouble...started to make me hypomanic. And I was going on Latuda and coming off Seroquel. I think I had a bad reaction to the combo and had to cut the Latuda immediately and go back up on Seroquel.
deleted_user
Sensitive... I had exactly the same response in a shorter period of time only I was coming off Geodon. The Latuda made me hypmanic, which at first just meant that I had energy and was super productive but that is when the insomnia started and even though now I am off both the Geodon and the Latuda, the insomnia still hasn't resolved and I am fighting mild depression while trying to get the medicine balanced...
KatLin
did well on it almost right away.........about 3 weeks in had gained 9 lbs and my blood pressure was way to low.
bookmaven
i, too, have done well on it right from the start. it's made a real difference for me in some respects BUT while i was assured it was weight neutral i have gained a tonne of weight on it. i'm pretty bummed about that because i really like the effect it has on me. some lingering depression, but i added back lexapro and that seems to have done the trick. my p-doc calls it the magic bullet and has shown me studies of massive improvement across the board for beepers - from depression to anxiety to agitation to mood stabilisation, it's just the weight gain that's got me troubled (and i think it's thrown my blood sugars out of whack, too).
beckyp
Made me depressed.
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