Reviewer: wdchuk20, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Was suffering from depression. Despite abstaining from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, meditating, socializing, and exercising regularly, I still felt very low, unmotivated, and did not experience much joy from anything. Psychiatric recommended Rexulti because I had mixed results with SSRIs in the past (they tended to make me hypomanic). Started at .25 mg for a week. Would get hypomanic for a ... Show Full Comment

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Was suffering from depression. Despite abstaining from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, meditating, socializing, and exercising regularly, I still felt very low, unmotivated, and did not experience much joy from anything. Psychiatric recommended Rexulti because I had mixed results with SSRIs in the past (they tended to make me hypomanic). Started at .25 mg for a week. Would get hypomanic for a few hours after taking dose in the evening. Felt like I had to get out of the house and do something. Impulse control went way down. Found myself watching Youtube video after video late at night despite knowing I should stop. Driving was very difficult as there was a brief delay in reaction time. I was legitimately scared to drive for a few hours after taking my daily dose of only .25 mg. However, it did take the edge off the depression. It was a bit easier to get out of bed in the morning. But I noticed I was losing empathy and connection with people. When I bumped up to .5 mg, the effects were even stronger. I felt more energized in the morning, but I also felt disconnected, rushed, unable to really connect with people. Started getting nauseous in between doses as well. Had trouble recalling information, difficulty concentrating and speaking. Felt like I was going senile or something. Overall, the minor positive benefits did not outweigh the negatives. Stuck it out for about 5 weeks, but it was making life harder to live. All that said, I did have a few moments of clarity that reminded me what "normal" felt like. It had been nearly 2 years of feeling dead inside, so that was the silver lining. Now I know what I should be aiming for mood-wise.
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Reviewer: #WinningEachDay, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I'm diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, MDD and SAD. I take Focalin (ADHD), Stratterra (ADHD), Pristiq, Rexulti (Anxiety/MDD) and vitamin D (SAD). Rexulti has worked to improve my antidepressant. On 2 mg and will probably have to move to 3 mg at my next appointment. *Advice to anyone taking medication.* - Take a good pro-biotic daily.Pro-biotics build up good bacteria in the gut to absorb the ... Show Full Comment

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I'm diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, MDD and SAD. I take Focalin (ADHD), Stratterra (ADHD), Pristiq, Rexulti (Anxiety/MDD) and vitamin D (SAD). Rexulti has worked to improve my antidepressant. On 2 mg and will probably have to move to 3 mg at my next appointment. *Advice to anyone taking medication.* - Take a good pro-biotic daily.Pro-biotics build up good bacteria in the gut to absorb the most of anything passing through. This helped me see the most improvement in the shortest amount of time. Hope that helps any and all. Keep at it! Remission is possible!
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Reviewer: Anita, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Began with .5 mg for major depression. Increased to 1 mg after 3 weeks. My major depression disappeared and my energy level went out of sight. I have experienced periods of impulsive spending, strong emotional periods, a racing mind, extreme anxiety to the point of a racing heart and I can almost feel panic attacks coming on. I have noticed that my OCD is 10x worse than ever before. I may ha ... Show Full Comment

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Began with .5 mg for major depression. Increased to 1 mg after 3 weeks. My major depression disappeared and my energy level went out of sight. I have experienced periods of impulsive spending, strong emotional periods, a racing mind, extreme anxiety to the point of a racing heart and I can almost feel panic attacks coming on. I have noticed that my OCD is 10x worse than ever before. I may have overcome my deep depression but I am certainly undergoing some heavy challenges in other areas. I don't know if this expensive medication is worth the other problems that it is creating.
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Reviewer: KayMarie, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I take Rexulti and Viibryd only, after 6mo of 7 diff meds. For months and months I googled symptoms of my mental illness (after a severe psychotic break and 8 hospitalizations) and could rarely find any thing good to read. Only the bad. I have been doing AMAZING (with normal ups and downs) for a year now! I am writing a review because I want people to have hope. I almost wasn’t going to because on ... Show Full Comment

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I take Rexulti and Viibryd only, after 6mo of 7 diff meds. For months and months I googled symptoms of my mental illness (after a severe psychotic break and 8 hospitalizations) and could rarely find any thing good to read. Only the bad. I have been doing AMAZING (with normal ups and downs) for a year now! I am writing a review because I want people to have hope. I almost wasn’t going to because once people are feeling better they rarely write reviews. Usually people more want to write or complain about negative stuff. Rexulti has literally SAVED MY LIFE!!! It took my out of a YEAR straight of suicidal depression/severe anxiety in less than a week. No pill is going to 100% fix you (you need therapy, lifestyle change etc) but I can’t explain how amazing this drug has been to my life. I am so grateful to come across my psychiatrist who does genetic testing, and has prescribed me this drug. Everyone’s chemistry is different. It took me a year of wanting to kill myself every day to becoming stable. Please hang in there, I promise you there is hope, even if Rexulti is not for you. I hope that my post can help someone. Don’t give up and don’t let your illness take your life!!!
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Reviewer: Bubbycakes , 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Second update - Rexulti was initially great for me at .5mgs, but slowly inching up to 3mgs, the drug made me incredibly restless and anxious. I didn’t take it at all today and I feel better. Sigh, back to the drawing board.

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Second update - Rexulti was initially great for me at .5mgs, but slowly inching up to 3mgs, the drug made me incredibly restless and anxious. I didn’t take it at all today and I feel better. Sigh, back to the drawing board.
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