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.
All of this needs to be reported back to your pdoc as soon as possible. Your job is to find a place of emotional stability if this medication isn't helpful in getting to that goal you need to find one that is.....
I took Latuda for a while, had the black box nms symptoms and quit. Didn't go to hospital or call Dr. Was OK in about 2 days. I also didn't sleep any differently on it. At the time of the symptoms I had become hypomanic and knew I'd have to quit anyway. It kind of gave me stupid head. I became very forgetful mid sentence and dizzy and that was an interesting mix with hypo.
However, a large number of bipolar people do amazing with this drug. I've met the UCLA Dr that did the clinical trials