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Originally Posted by Sad&Bipolar
I have had an onset of very intense anxiety. It is crippling. I cannot function. I recently started Latuda, and every six days increased the dosage, per doctor's directions. I am now on 80mg. The anxiety started when I upped it to 40mg. and continued to get worse at 60mg. My Pdoc is on vacation and I cannot ask her about it until June 2. Has anyone had this problem with Latuda?
I went to an Urgent Care and got some Lorazepam. But it just makes me sleep. So that is not helping my functioning level at all.
Also, since being on Latuda, I have had a lot of thoughts about harming myself. I have reached out a lot about this (here, private messaging, therapist, hotlines). I just want the thoughts to go away, and the anxiety to stop. Right now I feel so defeated.    |
I found that I have increased anxiety later in the day since upping my Latuda to 80mg. I take Latuda around 9pm and by 3pm the following day I can start to feel the anxiety creeping in; by late evening it can be quite bad. I also had to add 1mg Lorazapam at night so that I could sleep and get through most of the day; I've so far avoided having to take it during the day as I'm worried about the drowsiness and becoming totally non-functional.