[chasms]

i bet this will get moved to the med section but no one replies there. i was wondering who here, with schizophrenia has been on both latuda and loxapine. I would like to know the differences. I'm currently on the max dose of latuda and if my symptoms dont get better by june 4th my psych will probably switch me to loxapine, she said. which one is stronger?i've been on a host of antipsychotics with no help. latuda is the first thing to even midly help me but it still isn't enough sometimes. She also mentioned some other typical antipsychotic that began with a P but im not sure what it was.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Loxapine is one of the older meds....I had never even heard of it until you mentioned it. I'm not sure which is stronger but there are greater risks of eps with the older meds.

[The_little_didgee]

I've never taken Latuda so I cannot compare it with Loxapine.

Loxapine has a lot of side effects (akathesia, dry mouth, low blood pressure) and is quite sedating. It is best to take it in the evening. I took it for a year and found it helped, but it wasn't motivating like Zyprexa. The side effects gradually lessen.

The antipsychotic that begins with P is probably perphenazine.

I've noticed sedating medications can cause hallucinations because they appear to put people in stage one sleep even when they are up. These are the hypnagogic variety and shouldn't be confused with psychosis.