LRae00 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Can anyone share any experiences with Bipolar and Vraylar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La La LOLocaust Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) I'm bipolar and started vraylar last week. It was hell on my stomach for a while, but now it's mellowed out and the people around me tell me i'm much better. I was also profoundly depressed, but that seems to have lifted. Actually, it lifted very quickly; within a day or two. I can't tell if it's sedating or not. It's not sedating like Geodon or Zyprexa, for sure. I am however, getting less agitated and feeling more calm. Edited August 18, 2016 by La La LOLocaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifequake Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I tried Vraylar in the hospital and liked it (except for the akathisia). It was moderately sedating and seemed to glue my brain back together. I'm trying Saphris while I wait for prior authorization on the Vraylar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I'm on Vraylar for the second time (first time I got akathisia and had to stop for a while). It does a moderately decent job at helping with my bipolar depression (which I primarily struggle with, hypomania isn't so much of a problem for me). It does seem to keep the hypomania at bay pretty well from my antidepressants, which I could only assume would surface were I to not have an antipsychotic on board along with my mood stabilizer (Zonegran). It made me feel like crap at first (for just a few days), but then it became somewhat stimulating and gave me a little energy boost. That has worn off, though, it seems, and it's actually so innocuous I can't really tell I'm taking it, which is probably a good thing (I asked my pdoc about switching to something else recently and she emphasized that while this may not be the best thing for my depression at the moment, I seem to be tolerating it well, and it's better to stay on it and see what it can do after taking it for several months rather than switch after just a month of taking it and potentially run into some bad side effects from another AAP and have to switch yet again). I like that it's weight neutral (or so it seems to be, anyway...) because I tend to gain weight very easily from psychiatric medicines, even from medicines that aren't supposed to cause weight gain (like Prozac...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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