Posted by Zyprexa on May 13, 2010, at 20:29:46
In reply to How long can this thing last?, posted by hansi555 on May 13, 2010, at 8:38:33
I had a similar thing happen to me. I over worked myself for 10 years. I was very stressed out. I could feel it for a long time, years. I could not tell if it was my meds or some thing else. I think it was just working too much. I made a lot of med changes for a number of years. Finaly I tried abilify, and that was the straw that broke the camels back. I was getting no sleep, could not function at work. I was not making good relationships at work. I finaly got so frustrated that I was going to trash everything at work. So I walked. Went straight home and drank. I tried to get a job after that, but no one would hire me. I've been out of work now for the most of the last 3 years. I had one job that lasted 4 months and anouther for 2 weeks.
I've been back on the zyprexa now for 3 years and slowly getting better, very slowly. Some times it does not seem like its working. But I don't change it because I know its helping. Right after the abilify I went back on zyprexa and took as much as 50mg a day with little relife. 3 years later and I don't need more than 15mg, but I added perphenazine to it, which helps to calm me. I'm trying to get a job now, and its looking promissing, hopfully they will hire me soon. She atleast made it sound like she is going to hire me. We'll see. I feel like I'm back where I started when I first got sick. Starting over again.
Its funny though, for the longest while the meds seemed to not work as well on some days as opposed to others, or for periods days. Wonder if it has anything to do with being manic or what. I'm schitzoaffective. I could tell because some days I was calm and some days I was so frustrated that I could not work even cooking dinner, or leave the house. I would feel crazy like I wanted to just throw the remote through the TV. I drank more on days that I could not handle. It seemed to help a little.
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