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luvyrself, I'm sorry you've had such a hard time with antipsychotics.
I guess different people define things differently, but for me, akathisia is a bit of a different animal from agitation. It's difficult to describe the differences, but I will say that I can be perfectly stable with zero anxiety and have akathisia. That's not the case with agitation, for me. Last edited by Anonymous46341; May 18, 2019 at 06:11 AM.. |
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I have to be careful with APs because some can cause QT prolongation in my heart. Same with Depakote. I'm not needing an AP now so I'm grateful for that. |
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have you tried vitamins? melatonin, natural form E, vitamin C, b-complex...all those (combined, lol) helped resolve some odd facial tics i had, for a season...
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I have been on latuda for quite some time now. Out of everything that I have taken, it has made me the most stable. I take it with adderall and trileptal. When I started to gain weight, i was placed on naltrexone, which helps for the most part. I stay pretty low and when i complained about it, my pdoc reduced my dosage to 40 from 60. I definitely have not had trouble with latuda causing manic symptoms.
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It's almost impossible, at this time, for me to know if Latuda is affecting my appetite. I'm on 600 mg of Seroquel XR, as well. I had my Seroquel XR dose increased only a few days before the Latuda was added. Seroquel XR at higher doses is not weight friendly for me. My psychiatrist said if Latuda works out that he would raise the dose and lower my Seroquel XR dose. As you all know, 20 mg Latuda is just a starter dose. Plus, my Tegretol may lessen its effect. I'm hoping I could get down to 300 mg or less of Seroquel XR while on higher doses of Latuda. Then I'd perhaps know if Latuda affects my weight in any way. Doses of 300 mg of Seroquel XR have been weight neutral for me, in the past. We'll see. If Latuda is not altogether perfect at preventing mania, I guess my Seroquel XR dose could again be manipulated if it will be lowered. That's interesting that you take naltrexone for appetite control. I had never heard of it being used for that, but I guess I can see it doing that. I took it for a short time a long time ago to reduce alcohol cravings. It wasn't that helpful for me. I found Campral (acamprosate) more effective for that purpose. I don't know if Campral could be used for appetite control, though I see a side effect is "appetite loss". At the time, naltrexone was much cheaper than Campral. Perhaps Campral is now available in generic. |
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I was on Vitamin E for a while but it didn’t help. Also on B12, and take L-methylfolate instead of folic acid. I take a multivitamin every day. Have to be careful with Vitamin C because citrus and citric acid causes reflux. Big thing though was getting off the med. I do eat a more balanced diet than before too because of acid reflux.
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I have almost always taken propranolol, but though that curbed my tachycardia and eased Lithium tremors, it did nothing for my akathisia. Eventually, I had to be taken off Geodon. Geodon withdrawal is pretty rough, too, even coming off of it quite slowly. Many months from 160 mg to zero. Akathisia was hell! Sometimes I think about how I feel nowadays without it, and it's a HUGE relief! I really pity the people who suffered with akathisia long-term in the long ago past when 1st generation APs were all they could take. It's a shame that many 2nd generations still cause it. I hope hope hope Seroquel XR and/or Latuda never cause it for me again. |
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