gammaalphabeta Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'm currently taking 20mg of latuda and started getting hypomanic. When my pdoc saw me she confirmed that I seemed hypomanic/manic but then raised my dose of latuda to 40mg. Why would she raise it if latuda is supposed to raise your mood? Wouldn't it just make me higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 It's also approved for schizophrenia which can mean it can help with mania too...at really high doses it's actually sedating to me and makes me sleep. I'd give it a chance that's still a low dose ...I had a pdoc use it for mania @80mgs and it was anti "mixed episode" at 120mgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordansonfleek Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Maybe you weren't responding to 20mg dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 A higher dose of latuda will increase its' antipsychotic abilities which tend to control mania. Some meds are stimulating at lower doses and sedating or not stimulating at higher doses. Abilify is a good example of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Yeah, huge difference in sedation for be at 40 vs 120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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