So after nearly a two week wait I finally have in my hand some Lurasidone (Latuda) . I took it with my dinner as you have to take it with an evening meal of 330 calories. It didn't make me feel sleepy in fact I noticed nothing. Because I have stopped my Quetiapine though, I am not sleeping at all. I got around 4 hrs last night and woke up feeling alert and ready to start the day. I have been on Quetiapine for around 10 years so you can imagine this was an abnormal start to the day for me. Its not nearly 2pm and I still dont feel tired. Usually I am tired when I get up and tired throughout the day. I'm starting to think that was the Quetiapine all along and nor just me or something like a Vit D deficiency.
The Latuda takes around 6 weeks for it to fully kick in so maybe my sleep pattern will get back on track then. Although if anything like last night was to go by I dont think I am going to be spending my days sleeping throughout the day in spits and spats. It just goes to show how sedating psychiatric medication is. I am on the lookout for anxiety , I dont want that to return, or I will have to go back on the Quetiapine. Im keen not to go back, as I feel I can be so much more productive without Quetiapine, besides it not only sedates it makes you put on weight. This is something I have already researched with Latuda, it fairs average for weight gain and is generally well tolerated.
At least Latuda didnt knock me out straight away like Asenepine. That was a disaster.
So I am going to carefully monitor how I feel and If my sleep pattern finds a natural rhythm and I can sleep normally then I will be much happier.
Latuda pill in hand.
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