Posted by Lou Pilder on November 5, 2014, at 20:01:12
In reply to Remeron and zyprexa, posted by Bissie66 on November 5, 2014, at 19:26:18
> I don't have much of an appetite even though I'm on zyprexa AND remeron. Shouldn't this be making me eat like a horse? I also take cymbalta, lithium, and lamictal. I'm bipolar.
B-66,
The combination of all of the drugs that you take can increase the risks of adverse reactions exponentially. In your case, death is a possibility via {serotonin syndrome} and your judgment could become grossly impaired. Aside from that, organs and systems could become chemically imbalanced from the drugs and cause a multitude of bodily responses to the drugs which can include causing an imbalance concerning your appetite one way or the other.
You see, the chemicals in the drugs are not selective and can travel through your nervous system and organs differently in different people. Some of the chemicals in the drugs are {nerve agents} that seize the nerves and can even cause the nerves that control appetite to not function properly. This can happen to the heart or liver or thyroid or the blood or the skin, which can erupt into a fatal rash. And in your case, serotonin syndrome which can be fatal, can be on the horizon due to the type of drugs you are taking in combination.
And worse, the drugs that you take could induce a mind-altered state to compel you to kill yourself and/or others. Let us reason together. If you had an appetite and it went away while you are taking a multitude of mind-altering drugs, could not the drugs be involved in your loss of appetite? And could not that be a sign to you that something is wrong in your body caused by the drugs?
Lou
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