The FDA and other reputable medical institutions have approved it for Bilpolar Disorder. As for diabetics, it spiked my blood sugar from 7 to 21 on my meter on initiating 20mg dose, all other factors remaining the same. Also, if medical professionals are concerned about benzodiazepines causing falls, especially in the elderly, my experience, post latuda effect in hypersomnia resulted in a stuporous sleep lasting 6-8 hours, additional to normal sleep. I found it disabling for common day to day tasks and had to stop.
I am on diavalproex as now, which is fine for bipolar. I had to stop lithium due to chronic emergent tremor ( possibly due to kidney malfunction or hyperparathyroidism -- research on net, not a dr.). I regret that lithium could not have been started at a lower dose 40 yrs. ago, which may have enabled me to take it still. It is quite remarkable, but divalproex sodium sodium is OK too so far.
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Buggs333
10 Dec 2021
Hi :). We are all different. This med at 40 mg is very mild for me. It does or should say had caused severe restlessness though out my body yet found meds to conteract the problem. I can't take any other antipsychotic except this one. So I am grateful for it. best of luck to all. May peace abide.
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mmmousemaid
26 March 2022
I wonder why we are all different when it comes to psychiatric drugs, more so than others. For me, this is a terrible poison, and probably botched at the labs. The FDA should never have approved it.
