Posted by Catling on March 14, 2013, at 10:37:56
In reply to Re: Perphenazine + diabetes + anti-psychotics, posted by Zyprexa on March 14, 2013, at 9:49:32
Zyprexa,thank you so much for your detailed feedback, it is super helpful to me. I think I am going to discontinue the perphenazine because it is making me drowsy at all hours and is not helping my mood the way the geodon did. My shrink wanted me to stay open to dealing with the sleep issues the geodon was causing and I think part of it may be my inconsistent bedtime so maybe I need to give it a more fair shot. All I know is that on geodon I was able to go take an hour and a half walk, something I haven't been able to do in about two years. So I think if it can help me motivate to get off my butt that will go a long way to keeping the pre-diabetes under control. (Seriously, I can't find the motivation to even walk around the block, so it was like night and day to be waking my BFF up at 8 am! on a Saturday to go for a walk with her dogs.)
I have tried Abilify before, I gave it a couple month shot and it didn't do anything for me. I am on the lowest dose of perphenazine already, for some reason I seem to be really sensitive to this class of med.
All the best,
Cat
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