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Re: Attn: COLETTE: Re ZYPREXA:

Posted by JohnL on August 19, 2001, at 5:29:16

In reply to Attn: COLETTE: Re ZYPREXA:, posted by Janelle on August 18, 2001, at 21:44:41

I totally agree with Janelle. I usually take my dose of Zyprexa around 5:00pm to 6:00pm, so that it helps me fall asleep at 8:00 or 9:00. It's sedative properties seem to take at least 3 hours to kick in, for me anyway. Its greatest benefit, in terms of sleep, is in the quality of sleep, not so much in initiating sleep. When I wake, I feel like I really slept good. Other sedating meds I've tried, such as Remeron, tricyclics, Serzone, Trazodone, were much better at initiating sleep, but they provided lousy quality sleep. Even though I slept solid, I felt like the quality of sleep was pretty poor. In my experimentations, nothing has been better than Zyprexa for high quality sleep.
John

> Hi, since the initial thread is so far above, I thought I'd respond to you down here - you asked how much Zyprexa do I take and at what time: I take 2.5 mg about 3 hours before I plan to go to bed at night. The reason for this timing is that I found that it does NOT knock me out or even begin to make me drowsy for quite some time after I take it.
>
> I had told this to my pdoc and that same day another patient had called her to say that she (the patient) needed to take Zyprexa a few hours before bedtime because it took that long to kick in!
>
> From what I know (and it's not a whole lot!), your experience with 2.5 mg of Zyprexa sounds "normal" - at that dose it won't do much to put you to sleep, but my pdoc claims and I am proof(!) that it does help lift one's mood/depression and also calm racing thoughts.
>
> Depending on how you fare, you may want to increase it to 5 mg/night, but give the 2.5 mg a chance first!
> Good luck,
> -Janelle


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