Posted by Janelle on August 20, 2001, at 20:20:22
In reply to Re: COLLETTE: more -- » Janelle, posted by Collete on August 20, 2001, at 16:55:26
I can understand your sticker shock and how it would cause you to stay at 2.5 mg of Zyprexa for now! And what a COINCIDENCE that you said you had been a a TCA, Elavil because that was also the very first a-d I ever took. It was GREAT for sleeping for about a week or two, then the sedating effect wore off completely! But those first two weeks, it literally lulled me into sleep and I slept through the night like a baby. Zyprexa sorta does that to me - but it's more of a med-induced drowsiness. I have yet to get back that "normal" tired feeling at the end of the day.
I'm not sure I understood you about Prozac, but if you were indicating that it helped you sleep (which puzzles me because I've heard it's activating and gives people insomnia!), maybe you could take Prozac at night? I had to do that with Celexa (which did not work for me and I eventually stopped it) - I found it sedating, put me in a fog and gave me headaches, so while I was giving it the ol' 4-6 week try, my pdoc told me to take it at night.
Good luck and I sure hope the Zyprexa kicks in and works for you like it does for me! A good night's sleep means so much!
-Janelle
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