Rexulti and Me/Cfs?

[Davsey27]

Has anyone had any success with this drug reducing flu like symptoms,pem,etc?

Psychiatrist rx'd this and I'm feeling a bit hesitant about picking up the script

I have heard abilify lowers dopamine at lower doses but not this one.Concerned about side effect profile of these drugs

Thank You

 

[jaybee00]

Rexulti Abilify and vraylar are all in the same drug class.

 

[gm286]

@jaybee00 yes, and usually that means expect similar results between them.

I did not try Rexulti but I would if it came to that.

Abilify and Vraylar gave me similar side effects (could not tolerate medications and began to inflate / bloat; there was also muscle weakness).

However I credit Vraylar with helping me shift my circadian rhythm back to early morning, from the DSPS and non-24 type issues I’ve dealt with all my adult life.

The trick is that I am not actually on the medication. Neither am I regularly on Trazodone, a medication which helps with sleep. Instead, I have both Vraylar and Trazodone in my cabinet in case I need them.

As it stands with the current class of antipsychotics, the guiding principle is not to be on them every day for fear of side effects — to be on them as rarely as possible and take them only when really needed, or when there is a relapse / worsening of ME/CFS symptoms (in this case, for me, those would be circadian dysregulation).

I also prefer Vraylar to Abilify.

 

[jaybee00]

What is your dosage of vraylar? (Vraylar has a very very long half life).

 

[gm286]

I mean at this point, next time I require using it, I’ll be opening a capsule and tapping a few small microparticles of it into water. A micro dose if there ever was one.

Was on 1.5mg for two days. Then 3mg for 3 days. Then 4.5mg for a day. By days 5 and 6, I started bloating, huge increase of flatulence, and by day 7 when trialing 4.5mg I got akathisia and weak muscles to the point of hardly being able to hold my phone. Awful.