Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebicycle
Yeah, that's probably it 
Latuda can be nasty to get off of. How are you weaning yourself off it? Are you going down by 20 mg each time? Or did you go from 120 right to 60?
Edit: When I went from 40 to 0 is when I got severely depressed. If you're not going down by 20, it might be a problem? I can't say how long it'll take for your symptoms to subside, though. I've always jumped back on Latuda when I couldn't handle the depression.
I went cold turkey off it again for the 3rd time (I'm currently not on it anymore), but I became manic from Adderall at the same time, so I think the mania somehow offset the depression. lol. |
Jumped straight from 120 to 60.
My pdoc is not good about gradual tapering. I'm going to ask him if I can do it more gradually with getting off the rest.
One thing I'm noticing is *almost* hallucinating. Like, seeing things out of the corner of my eye, and it turns out to be just a shadow. Or hearing things that are really not as big of a deal as I thought (like the sound of the A/C or refrigerator), as I was slightly alarmed by the sound. It's like my senses are slightly heightened, but I'm not manic. I'm totally chill (almost flat). I'm not really worried about this symptom, as I'm not *really* hallucinating, and I have no other symptoms of psychosis.
At least my heart palpitations are getting a lot better and I had no anxiety attacks today. Yay!!
__________________
...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN