"i have some kind of depressive disorder-- never have had a diagnosis done but i ruminate a lot. i also suffered a manic episode a few months ago which served to make me feel more trapped and hopeless than ever. i started latuda about 6 weeks ago at 20 mg. my psych was confident about this medication. three weeks into the treatment i began to feel way less depressed. i was socializing more, and i wouldn&#039;t get stuck in my thoughts. it was wonderful. unfortunately it lasted only for a few days and the depression came back. i continued to work with my doctor and we increased the dosage from 40 to 60 to 80. right now, i am tapering off of it and feeling more miserable and incapacitated than i have in my entire life. it&#039;s horrible. i feel like i don&#039;t know what to do with myself. the voice in my head is relentless.

this medication made me worse, and my psych and i had very high hopes for it. i couldn&#039;t sleep on it as well. i wanted to stick it out to see if a higher does would work for me but decided that the depression i&#039;m experiencing now is much too intense to push on through. i&#039;m going to see her asap after the holidays and ask to be put on lactimal. maybe this will work for you, but it was not my niche. i&#039;m giving it a two only because i experienced no side effects aside from the insomnia, and seroquel took care of that."