Asenapine for Schizophrenia User Reviews (Page 2)

Brand names: Saphris, Secuado

Asenapine has an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from a total of 45 reviews for the treatment of Schizophrenia. 67% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 18% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Asenapine

JediB...
Taken for less than 1 month
July 4, 2016

Saphris (asenapine) "About 1 week in, so far, this drug has worked well, still getting inappropriate laughter, but I feel much more functional than when I was on risperdal and lithium. I don't feel as hungry, I feel more purposeful, I get more done, I feel better. It's still to early to give a review in terms of how well I like the drug, but I have a good feeling about this drug, I believe it will be a step up from the medication I have been on previously. The most important thing is that I believe I'm sleeping well on this drug, better than any other drug I have been on."

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7ano
Taken for 1 to 6 months
October 10, 2020

Saphris (asenapine) "Saphris will knock you out at first, but after a few days it stops. The taste is not that bad. Especially when you get used to it. Saphris makes my hallucinations less substantial than when I'm off meds, it is also wonderful for anxiety. I haven't had any panic attacks since starting. My thoughts are also clear and less disorganised, as we schizophrenics tend to jump from subject to subject with no connection between them. It seems to vanish any excitement or good moods. My mood is low and in fact I was suicidal enough that I started to self injure and isolate. It's probably best to take this medication with an antidepressant if you are prone to suicidal thoughts, which is what I did. Also the amount of time it takes just to administer Saphris, sitting with a tablet in my mouth for 10 minutes is just inconvenient for me as I cannot do anything but sit there. Anyway, it's a relatively mild antipsychotic. I do recommend it if you've failed a few."

8 / 10

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bww
March 4, 2012

Saphris (asenapine) "Saphris was incredible for a few months as far as stopping the symptoms and no side effects. We missed my wife's dose by 2 hours and the wheels fell off and she had to fall back on Zyprexa again. It's a medicine we may go back to if the Invega stops working."

7 / 10

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Margie
Taken for 2 to 5 years
November 7, 2020

Saphris (asenapine) "Saphris couldn't be more perfect in getting rid of the psychosis but it makes me so hungry for unhealthy food, it makes me put on so much weight, it makes me go to sleep right away which is fine. I can still get up early in the morning. And also, I have another side effect that is my tongue moves against my inner mouth which is tardive dyskinesia. It would be the perfect medication if it wasn't for the increased hunger and weight-gain and tardive dyskinesia."

7 / 10

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Rose
August 9, 2020

Saphris (asenapine) "I've been on Saphris 10mg for about a month now, I was put on it in the hospital. I have been on almost all of the atypical antipsycotics and one first generation. All have either not worked well enough or caused horrible side effects so I had to stop. Saphris works pretty well, some days are even symptom free which is a definite improvement from before. Works good for my hallucinations, the delusions are easier to distinguish but am still working on my reality testing. Taste is fine its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. As far as side effects go they are more tame than most of the antipsychotics I've been on. I haven't noticed any increased hunger or any excessive tiredness or fatigue. The only thing is not a specific problem with Saphris just a problem with antipsychotics in general is my mood is brought down. My illness doesn't come with depression but, when I am medicated I feel an effect on my mood. This one brings down my mood quite a bit but it is manageable."

7 / 10

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Mystery
Taken for less than 1 month
September 1, 2020

Saphris (asenapine) "Um Saphris made me not go to the bathroom and I have IBS already. It has made me really tired and my mood has really decreased I have been really depressed the last couple of days and I have been on for for three weeks now. I had dry mouth and I have felt dizzy for two weeks but both went a way after two weeks. I have felt like I would pass out a few times but I was out side and got over heated so in other words on this drug don’t stay in the sun for long because you will get over heated and pass out with a heat strok. My dr at the hospital put me on this drug I would say from my experience my advice is don’t take it or try it out at your own risk because it is not working out for me. By the way I take5 mg in morning and 10 mg at night. At this point I would say this drug sucks and the worst drug I have ever been on with side effects and that has affected my mood in a bad way I would think really hard before you get on this drug. Good luck and take care"

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drita...
Taken for less than 1 month
February 13, 2016

Saphris (asenapine) "My first 4 days of 5mg am and 5mg pm was horrible. OK I have IBS and have problems frequently. As soon as I started saphris I develop severe diarrhea with vomiting through the night, durring the day I am so cramped up (and having very nasty smelling burps) that I can't eat or take it anymore. I wish it could've worked to help me as it has seemed to help so many others. But after the first four days of that I was ready to call it quits. I started and stopped 2 other meds at the time I started taking the saphris, so its taken about 3 weeks figuring out that it was the culprit. If only I could have been warned or read a review of this happening to other people. nasty experience"

1 / 10

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Anonymous
June 11, 2017

Saphris (asenapine) "The wife tried this medication several years ago. She liked how it affected her negative symptoms but her hallucinations and paranoia came back really strong after a few weeks. Doctor probably should have eased her transition from olanzapine to Saphris but the way he did it didn't work. I still will be open to this medication in the future with so many positive experiences."

2 / 10

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A Boo...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
February 16, 2018

Saphris (asenapine) "Saphris medicine is taken every evening when you plan on going to sleep. The dosage of medicine goes under your tongue as prescribed. The medicine is a tranquilizer and dissolves as soon as taken. Saphris have side effects the following day. Including tiredness when taken every evening"

4 / 10

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Bigt
Taken for less than 1 month
December 2, 2021

Saphris (asenapine) "Its worked wonders for reducing my hallucinations and disorganised speech. However I have barely slept after I started taking this medication. Small price to pay for peace of mind. And it's much cheaper than my previous medication being on the PBS."

8 / 10

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SeaBee
Taken for less than 1 month
August 22, 2019

"After 30 years of insomnia was prescribed asenapine and got the two most amazing nights ever of sleep!! Took it the third night and could not sleep AT ALL. Stopped taking it immediately, but still did not sleep for a further 4 nights. The prescribing psychiatrist wasn't believing it so I went to hospital emergency (for the first time in my life) to get some help/answers. In the end, they found online that it can cause insomnia and I went home. Unbelievable the psych convinced me it can't have happened so I tried it one more time. It fried my brain and I've felt cognitively damaged ever since. [Perimenopausal 52yo female, no history of psychosis.]"

1 / 10

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Casper
June 3, 2020

"I was on asenapine for two years after being on Seroquel XR for 7. At first, I found it a Godsend, no more sleeping all day and the weight fell off of me! It was prescribes after intensive counselling which brought forward an intense break. However, things started getting extremely dark and I started crying all of the time. Every time I took it I got scared. Socially, it was observed I was a lot sharper than I had been, though. But after two years I irrationally refused to take it and locked myself in a room for two years in rented accommodation, withdrew from the drug and uncontrollably cried with PTSD for those two years. They got me back in hospital and I'm now on paliperidone for non compliance. It feels really heavy, like I lost four years of my life that asenapine was involved in. I've heard it works great for some people but I was a mess with ptsd on it. The paliperidone is really heavy but at least I don't (and can't) have any ideas about throwing it out!"

3 / 10

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Anony...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 14, 2022

"I'm on month two of taking Saphris generic, moved from 5 mg once a day to 5 mg twice a day. For the first few weeks everything around me felt numb and unfeeling, but this went away and now I've noticed some improvement especially with thoughts that bothered me at night. I feel like I have more personality. I'm on 4 mg Risperidone, 600 mg Seroquel, and 1 mg Rexulti, as well as the asenapine. I still have episodes where I hear the voices and where my brain turns to mush. I'm hoping this eventually improves. The taste isn't bad, just a little bitter. Running out of options as I'm already on high doses of antipsychotics."

7 / 10

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Bart
May 31, 2013

Saphris (asenapine) "I have heard it described as the new clozapine. It is a good medicine with little side effects. I'm resistant. To most medications but finally found this medication and I'm getting well again."

9 / 10

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Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 14, 2022

Saphris (asenapine) "If you even try to taper off this drug, you will lose your mind. Never take this drug."

1 / 10

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Sundai
October 19, 2016

Saphris (asenapine) "Has an uncomfortable side effect shortly after taking it, where muscles, particularly in lower legs/feet, tense up. Goes away after a short while. Overall totally worth it."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 2 to 5 years
February 21, 2015

Saphris (asenapine) "This is an awesome medication for those patients that are immune to 1st and 2nd generation psychotropic meds."

8 / 10

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Grenas
Taken for 2 to 5 years
August 3, 2018

Saphris (asenapine) "I can rest well at night Controls my mood"

9 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for less than 1 month
December 7, 2018

Saphris (asenapine) "Made things much much worse. Total craziness on it. Anger."

1 / 10

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Kells...
Taken for less than 1 month
May 15, 2018

Saphris (asenapine) "I love this med. It does tastes horrible and makes my tongue numb but overall it is very helpful and helps with the voices"

8 / 10

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vmz
December 24, 2016

Saphris (asenapine) "really don't like the taste of it- i dread having to take it"

8 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 6 months
August 5, 2022

Saphris (asenapine) "Helps with anxiety, I can think more clear and less hallucinations. It really has a calm effect."

9 / 10

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