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Old Mar 20, 2016, 12:00 AM
crescent_moon crescent_moon is offline
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Originally Posted by scatterbrained04 View Post
Latuda works well for me. I've been on 20mg for about 9 months or so. It's really helped with depression and with sleep.

The first month on it was crazy though. It made me hypo for like a week then super irritable for 2 weeks. I almost quit it. Glad I hung in though because it works well for me.

It is supposed to be taken with at least a 350 calorie meal, which can sometimes be a pain. Also, you can't eat/drink grapefruit.

It can cause restlessness or restless legs. Many people here have quit it because of that. I get a little restless leg thing sometimes, but I find I'm ok if I take it a little closer to bed. If you get this real bad, make sure you tell your pdoc. I think many people get akathisia.

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I'm glad it worked for you and you didn't give up on it!

I actually had no idea about the grapefruit/grapefruit juice so I'm glad you said it. Which is a bummer because I love grapefruit. Oh well. I'd much rather give it up and have a medication that helps.

I haven't experienced any negative symptoms thankfully! I take mine close to bedtime as well