My husband become more paranoid & agitated on this medication. After 10 weeks he died by suicide.
Whew! I had tried so many different antidepressants. But at the end of the day, I was still depressed and struggling mentally. It was a really rough period in my life. One day, my doctor walked in and recommended we try Vraylar. I was currently taking Cymbalta, so we added 1.5 mg of Vraylar with that. Since that day, my life has never been better. Truly. I was so angry all the time. I was always on edge. I wasn’t a good mother… I was struggling so badly. Antidepressants would help a little, but nothing helped fully. Vraylar gave me that 'boost' I needed. I currently take 3 mg. I can live my life again. I’m no longer angry all the time. I find joy in waking up every morning. I am so proud of the mother I am today. I owe so much of my growth to Vraylar. I had symptoms of bipolar disorder and treatment-resistant depression.
I originally started taking Vallar for bipolar depression. It made me gain about 30 pounds within two months and despite working out and eating healthy, I could not lose the weight for anything. Also, it made me have severe lack of apathy, lack of motivation to do anything and I have this weird bored empty hollow feeling. I have never felt this bad in my entire life. I do not recommend vraylar to anyone. This medication are almost landed me in the psychiatric hospital.
This has helped my mood in addition to the Venlafaxine I had been taking. I am able to wake up clear headed, and happy. This was not ever possible before. I've been taking it for a month. I have noticed dizzy spells. I'll see how it goes.
I take vraylar in addition to my lamictal for OCD and depression. Once the vraylar was added it has changed my life. My OCD and depression was so intense it impacted every area of my life. My symptoms are less than half of what they used to be once I started vraylar. I have tried for years to find something that works and until I started this I had lost hope.
Vralyar has changed my life. I've tried multiple meds for my depression, but Vraylar in addition to Wellbutrin has resulted in the perfect medicine cocktail for my depression. I have to take it during the night, or else I get nauseous and fatigued. However, the side effects are incredibly worth it. I am energized and my suicidal ideation has stopped.
I have only been on this a week but my brain fog is much better already. My concentration is much better ie reading, typing etc. I will update after I am on it for a few weeks, but now I am very pleased.
Vraylar is, without question, the absolute worst medication I have ever taken—a chemical lobotomy masquerading as a “mood stabilizer.” This drug didn’t just fail to help; it actively made my life worse in every conceivable way. It completely nullified the effects of my Vyvanse and Adderall, leaving me groggy, unfocused, and utterly incapable of functioning. By acting as a dopamine partial agonist, it blunted the very dopamine pathways that stimulants rely on, effectively sabotaging my ADHD treatment and rendering my once-productive brain a foggy wasteland. It didn’t stabilize my mood—it flattened it, destroying any semblance of motivation, joy, or energy and replacing them with a suffocating sense of lethargy and emptiness. Its 5-HT2A antagonism added insult to injury, dragging me into a perpetual haze where even the most basic tasks felt insurmountable. The long half-life means the dull feeling lingers, clinging to you like a parasite, draining your spirit day after day. Moreover, it caused some sense of inner restlessness that I've never experienced in my life. I felt like I was running in circles within my own body, while groggy and tired, and lacking any excitement.
The worst made my daughters mania worse.
Excellent! Keeps me stable with little side effects. Vraylar saved my life and keeps me living a full high functioning lifestyle.
I've been taking for a month with minimal side effects. Vraylar has impacted my life in a positive way. There aren't any sudden outbursts that were coming from nowhere. Thank you!
I like the way very large makes my mood swings less, and my manic day is more manageable
The tv commercials are so false about this drug. It DOES make you gain ALOT of weight. I went from 124 to 152 in less than 6 mos. I even tried to starve myself and still gained the weight day after day. My stomach is so tight now I don't know what's going on. I tried to wing myself off vraylar taking one dose of 1.3mgs every other day. It was excruciating, made my blood pressure drop to 68 over 44, felt like I was dying. Please never ever take this drug, you will regret it!
Was prescribed Vraylar as the new, best medication for BAD Type I. While my current medications were do quite well, it wasn’t fully helping the agitation, irritability and rapid shifts from feeling hopeful and motivated with my life and overwhelmed and pessimistic about life. After being on the medication for a month and a half, I didn’t experience any significant improvement which is unusual for this type on medication. I experienced more agitation/restlessness than before which was just unacceptable given how much this medication costs. My MD doc’s Vraylar, put me on another mood stabilizer(won’t say the brand) but it was a generic, 5X less expensive and so far it’s working quite well. This experience was so frustrating to me given just how emotionally and physically hard it is going on a new psych med, costing so much money and seeing little positive benefits.
Bad After stopping 1.5mg after 2 months, it took me awhile to see the effects that Vraylar had on me. When I contacted my Dr. about the negative effects that I occurred I was told that the medication wasn't the cause and that I should be seeing a therapist.
Iv been on vraylar for over a year. First 1.5 mg daily, no effect.. bumped up to 3mg daily still felt like manic bipolar depression was getting the best of me. Then bumped up to 6mg daily and I felt sedated, tired, lethargic every damn day. Now I take 3mg 2x daily on top of my other meds... I feel kosher but not better like I cam deal with another day on this earth. I still hallucinate here and there or go into a psychosis phase, bipolar phase and I feel puke the meds have calmed them down to having it bout 1 to 3 times a month... I just hate how expensive vraylar is and now I'm paying over 3k a month for a med that makes me feel like I'm below base line... I wouldn't recommend unless you can see your psychiatrist 1x a week to check and watch how you are doing mentally and physically.. cuz rn the voices are gone but sometimes the voice is there and it scares me, I hallucinate also but those have become less over the time taking vraylar, maybe 1 to 3 times a month I'll hallucinate but it's more mellow now like idc who is standing in the corner of my room in the dark anymore... oh also no more nightmares because I don't dream on this med.
The drug ruined my life as many others said. I read their stories and they are exactly like mine. At first on 1.5 I felt sedated/tired but mood was better. At 3 I wanted to crawl out if my own skin, paced ALL day and night, woke up with adrenaline or anxiety surges, intense irrational worrying, and felt I had to end my life at all costs. I am 42, the warning says may cause suicidal ideation in teens/young adults. I am neither. My husband had to watch me for DAYS until this med left my system. I began to feel better a few days after stopping it. Be careful. I lost my career, sold my house just because, moved across the county and almost died all due to this med altering my mind! I live in constant fear of living like that again. I have refused to take any meds after that. Too scared of who it will make me become. It was all so out of my control and I terrified myself!
Horrible, felt constantly agitated. Never felt worse
I have depression, anxiety & confusion (brain fog) from COVID. My doctor prescribed Vraylar. I've tried all the standard depression/anxiety drugs on the market. Vraylar has been excellent with mood stabalization! My confusion has disappeared & I've returned to myself after many years. I don't feel "medicated" either. There has been no side effects for me. This drug has been like a miracle compared to all other medications prescribed for my symptoms.
I was prescribed Vraylar for Schizoaffective depressive type I also suffer from other mental health issues one being anxiety this drug was an awful experience I'm sure it helps others but not me at all immediately I felt side effects extreme nasusa to the point of throwing up I felt sick all the time I tried to stick it out for a week but couldn't do it I also was restless and didn't want to eat this is just my experience with it I would also like to warn others about some ad's for the medication saying it's just an antidepressant no it's an antipsychotic with antidepressants properties I hope this information helps