Posted by blueberry on April 12, 2006, at 18:02:02
In reply to Zyprexa anyone?, posted by Anne-Charlotte on April 12, 2006, at 15:22:42
I took 5mg zyprexa for 5 years along with 20mg prozac.
It is a half decent antidepressant, very good for anxiety, very good for sleep. It could seem way too sedating at first, but the sedation level drops pretty quickly. Watch out for increased appetite and weight gain. The nicest thing I liked about it was how fast it worked. It was an overnight significant change.
While changing other meds while keeping the zyprexa stable, I did go through some horrible depressions, mixed manias, and anxieties that zyprexa was not able to prevent. I think just natural bipolar swings could be prevented by zyprexa, but other drug induced swings not.
Zyprexa was my best friend and my worst enemy for a long time. The friend part was sleep, anti-anxiety, anti-depression. The enemy part was just not wanting to depend on an antipsychotic, and knowing that it did not save me from the pain of other meds gone wrong. Every day I think about restarting it.
Another possibility to calm things down real fast is 500mg depakote extended release. For me it had excellent antidepressant antimanic antianxiety action on the very first day. But unlike zyprexa, the benefits of depakote seemed to fade away in less than a month. Zyprexa lasted years.
Honestly I just wish none of us here needed any meds. Whether zyprexa is right for you or not, only a personal trial will tell. Some people can't deal with the appetite thing. Some people get depressed instead of undepressed. Some people get a wired feeling instead of relaxed. But clinical evidence is strongly in favor of it.
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