Latuda and Nausea: What Users Say (Page 4)

• lin...
• July 7, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "Dr. decided to try Latuda. The side effects completely outweighed the benefits for me. For a while, I was able to tolerate the headaches and nausea and enjoyed the mood improvement. I was actually able to feel true happiness in happy situations. But it also affected my menstrual cycle to where I was experiencing a full week of cramps (not normal for me) and was 2 weeks late (also not normal for me). Then the nausea just became vomiting every time I took the pill. So I stopped it. I really wished it would work because I liked the happiness I experienced and no mania."

• LEO...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 3, 2018

For Bipolar Disorder "So far, so good. I have been on this drug now for about three weeks. No adverse effects. Taking for Bipolar II. I am coming off of clonazepam and started Latuda. Seems to be helping so far. I am a big believer in the placebo effect. But I haven't had the nausea like some other people on here, and so far not overly sleepy, but not getting more anxiety with taking. Less, in fact. I was concerned about taking it originally because I had a bad effect from Lamictal. This one seems to be working well so far, though."

• Sha...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 3, 2018

"It's been nearly two months since my last review. I lowered the score, and I'm getting off this drug. It worked for a while. My anxiety died down too. I realized I left out a thing or two about Latuda. First off, all desire, affection, ability to love, and libido are still stone dead. Second, having to eat with it still gives me a 50% chance of feeling nauseous even if I do. Third, my creativity and ability to care for anything is very low. Ready to try something new. Like I said before, it can work for depression, but the trade-offs are not worth it, in my opinion. I want to feel again."

• tay...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 20, 2023

For Bipolar Disorder "This was the first medicine to actually help with my bipolar disorder, but the side effects were just so awful that I had to go off of it. I gained 20 pounds in just a few weeks, but the worst part was the feeling I’d get a couple of hours after taking it. I can only describe it as wanting to crawl out of my skin. No matter how I moved or twisted, it felt like my bones were twitchy and irritated. It was such a horrible, restless feeling that I ended up trying to sleep through my hour or two of side effects every day. Not a fun way to live."

• Car...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 31, 2019

For Bipolar Disorder "I’ve literally only been on Latuda for 3 days, and ever since I started taking it, my vision is messed up, I feel sick to my stomach, and emotionally I feel kind of numb. Not sure if these will go away, but I start a new job soon, so hopefully it gets better. Fingers crossed."

• Hap...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 29, 2018

For Bipolar Disorder "I'm taking Latuda for bipolar 2. I started on 20 mg and eventually went up to 40 mg. It seems to work well for me. I haven't experienced any hypomania, and over time, the bouts of depression subsided. In the beginning, I experienced a lot of nausea and sleepiness. That went away after several months. I also experience anxiety an hour or two after taking it occasionally, so now I take it at bedtime. That seemed to solve that problem. Other than the anxiety, I really don't experience any other side effects anymore."

• Roh...
• April 29, 2018

For Bipolar Disorder "Took it three days, lowest dose. Day one mood lifted and curbed appetite by dinnertime. Day two some mild nausea set in, made me feel like I wanted to get things done for the first time in a long time-maybe I'd been borderline hypomanic because I felt the urge to completely clean and rearrange our garage. Also low appetite. Day three felt like I couldn't stop moving, no appetite at all, and wanted to lay in bed because the nausea was horrible-like I'd been spinning all day, but couldn't help but pace between the house and outdoors. Really wanted this one to work. Back to the drawing board."

• Eve...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 12, 2022

For Bipolar Disorder "This is among the most tolerable antipsychotic medications you could take, ignoring the few hours of anxiety that could range from dread to panic attacks after taking the medication, and this is something almost impossible to deal with, so I’d advise taking it when you are very, very sleepy. If you don’t eat enough, you will become nauseous, and nausea/headaches are a real issue. Restless legs too. Weight gain is a minimal issue, and the nausea can even reduce appetite, I find. As for sleep, you could find yourself sleeping for up to 12 hours initially, but after some months, insomnia could become a problem, or sleeping 3 hours, then dozing off in the day for at least 10. Now, the real issues would be hair loss to the extent of balding, facial muscle irregularities and tension (felt this in my jaw and had extreme asymmetry then went off and I look ok-ish), mild hypotension, very dry skin, tremors/trembling and shakes (this could be dramatic), and manic symptoms missing a dose for 2+ days."

• Neu...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 12, 2018

For Schizophrenia "Latuda has not taken away my sounds and lights (which I take/took to be divine signs), but I have gained a distance from the phenomena that I didn't have on Zyprexa (and no weight gain!). I'm like the main character in 'A Beautiful Mind' who never ends up without his 'CIA boss' being around, but he learns to ignore him, and he fades into the background and shuts up. They're still there, but it's not God torturing me; I just have schizophrenia (schizoaffective). (Must be taken with food or else nausea.)"

• Sid...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 19, 2017

For Bipolar Disorder "I was suicidal constantly since age 15 and went through every medication possible. SSRIs made it worse, mood stabilizers did nothing, and the antipsychotics worked like magic. I gained a ton of weight and developed metabolic syndrome on every other antipsychotic but this one and have lost all the weight I gained from this journey to the right medicine. Of course, I get nauseous sometimes, but I think for most of us who make it to a drug like Latuda, that’s nothing compared to the benefit."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 4, 2016

For Schizophrenia "I was put on Latuda by my doc along with my Geodon. Couldn't eat anything, or I threw up everything, including my other meds. I got extremely psychotic, so once off it, I felt a whole lot better with a small amount of Seroquel added instead."

• Ivy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 6, 2021

For Schizophrenia "I was prescribed this earlier this year, in July, and I was only on it for a day. It helped my benzodiazepine withdrawal SOME, but it immediately gave me insane akathisia, where I felt extremely anxious in my legs and couldn’t sit still. Everything was making me panic and cry, and I felt sleepy as anything, almost nodded off several times while in public and even on my date with my boyfriend, and I threw up a few times. That was my first and last time taking it. Never again, wouldn’t recommend 0/10."

• Red...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 6, 2018

For Bipolar Disorder "I am on 20 mg of Latuda and 1,200 mg of lithium and 300 mg of bupropion. I just started taking the Latuda about 2 weeks ago, yesterday was the first time I noticed any real side effects. I was at work when the nausea and vomiting started. Shortly after, I noticed my left leg was stiff and hurt. As the day went on, the pain only got worse. As for my bipolar, I am happier than ever. I usually would drink at gatherings, but I noticed I don't even want to drink. I hope I can get past the side effects, this is the first time in 10 years I found something that works."

• C L...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 31, 2015

"Seem that I struggle without medication, but I am worse off with suicidal thoughts and attempts. No nausea. Currently taking 40 mg in the morning, have been for about 4 weeks. I go back to the doctor in two weeks, where she suggested maybe going to increase the dose. I think I just need to try something else. Right now, that's the only psych med I'm on."

• Got...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 26, 2017

For Bipolar Disorder "20 mg & only made it 3 days. Day 1: cloud lifted. Appetite subsided. Day 2: couldn't sit still & kind of queasy, even with extra food. Appetite was practically gone (which, as a binge eater, was an amazing feeling). Day 3: compulsory restlessness; I literally had to be moving. The nausea, even with taking a meal, was too much to bear on day 3, which put me into a kind of medicated 'funk', so there was no day 4... My Pdoc said nausea gets worse, so why bother with trying day four. Had been on Seroquel XR in the past and dropped it because I was getting heart flutters where I had to catch my breath, and involuntary muscle movements. For 3 years, it had worked wonderfully, and I hate that I had to drop it."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 12, 2023

For Bipolar Disorder "The drug seems to make me stable, I wasn’t stable on anything less than 60 mg. I do best now at 120 mg. The real downside I have with the drug is I still struggle with insomnia, so even though this drug knocks out other people, I’m still wide awake with terrible symptoms. My stomach gets twisted, I’m nauseous, I start to get vertigo, and I get all shaky. It’s not a fun feeling to have, especially while you’re struggling to fall asleep. Other than that, it’s been great at stabilizing me through a really tough time."

• Nur...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 20, 2022

For Bipolar Disorder "I was diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder and began taking Latuda (20 mg for 5 days, 40 mg for 4 days, then 60 mg once daily). About a week after I had gotten to the 60 mg dose, I developed a generalized, itchy rash (most prominent on my forehead, upper back, and arms), so my doctor and I agreed to discontinue the medication as it was most likely an allergic reaction to the medication. I do feel that, in the short time I was on it, Latuda did help control my mania/hypomania, but I didn’t feel it helped with the depressive episodes. I did experience nausea/vomiting once when I took the 40 mg dose on an empty stomach, and I also noticed eyelid twitching while on the 60 mg dose. I did find it a bit difficult to take the medication with at least 350 calories worth of food because I’ve been dealing with a loss of appetite due to the depression. The medication also made me extremely drowsy, so I preferred to take it right before bedtime."

• Bip...
• May 9, 2014

For Bipolar Disorder "I'm currently on a low dose of Latuda (20 mg), experiencing very bad nausea and irregular bowel movements. Hopefully, I will adapt soon."

• Fel...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 25, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "Good experience overall. More motivated, less depressed, and no side effects. I take 30 mg. You have to take it with food, otherwise, you'd get nausea."

• Bet...
• July 29, 2020

For Schizophrenia "Latuda is a mental lifesaver for me and my schizophrenia! It got rid of auditory hallucinations in 4 days, no joke. Nausea and vomiting side effects."

• Liz...
• September 9, 2013

For Bipolar Disorder "Nothing but upset stomach all the time! Feel like I'm going to throw up every minute of every day for 3 months now!"

• Ren...
• September 1, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "Started taking 20 mg. Makes me sleepy (like almost knocks me out) and had a headache for a few days. Week 2, Day 2 of upping dose to 40 mg, now sleepy and nauseous."

• Pho...
• December 15, 2017

For Bipolar Disorder "Horrible. Made me nauseous, headache, dizzy, off balance, extreme fatigue, irritable, crying, depressed, shaking, anxious."

• Nan...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 2, 2016

For Schizophrenia "Horrific experience. Was only on it for 1 week (40 mg). Muddled thoughts, numb tongue, restlessness, severe insomnia, nausea."

• ear...
• October 26, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "Severe headaches and nausea. Awaiting the phone call from my doctor to get me off it!"