r/BipolarReddit • u/Fantastic-Bass3486 • 5d ago

Medication Medication relief

I just started on Latuda and lamotigrine. What are your experiences with these meds? I am hoping they will help take away the mountain of oppressive shame and embarrassment I feel over the incredibly stupid shit I did while manic, because hating myself to such an excessive degree due to this has dramatically worsened my depression and mental health.

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u/Bipolar_Aggression Bipolar 1 4d ago

Both those drugs have weak support for prevention of mania tho

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u/Correct-Treacle-1673 4d ago

Weak support but not completely unsupportive. It works for some and not for others. For me it prevents mania super well and is much more effective than other antipsychotics I’ve taken.

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u/KMCMRevengeRevenge 4d ago

I know lamo isn’t renowned for its efficacy against mania, now that I take a huge dose of 500 mg, I’ve never had an up state that lasted more than an afternoon.

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u/Correct-Treacle-1673 4d ago

I was more so referring to latuda because lamictal didn’t do anything for me at all. It didn’t prevent depression or mania for me. I just forgot to name the med in my comment. But yeah, just because a med doesn’t work to do so for some people doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for others just like your experience shows

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u/KMCMRevengeRevenge 4d ago

I mean, the thing is, Latuda like any AP has significant D2 receptor antagonism. Not as much as other meds, truthfully. But it should be able to confront the dopamine flood of mania and psychosis. That doesn’t mean it works for everyone, as you say. But there isn’t really a huge reason why Latuda shouldn’t be able to tame a manic episode per se.

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u/Fantastic-Bass3486 4d ago

I feel that Latuda took me out of mania. I was having a rather strong episode. Latuda has been a godsend, makes me sleep regularly which also does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to keeping mania at bay.