Posted by Racer on January 19, 2005, at 16:16:00
In reply to Re: Atypical Antipsychotics in Anorexia Nervosa? » Racer, posted by SLS on January 18, 2005, at 21:40:36
> Sorry.
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> I guess I misunderstood your motivation behind your use of an AP. I thought you were trying to treat anxiety without causing further weight gain. Zyprexa sounds good to me if you are looking for something to help stimulate your appetite. Additionally, Zyprexa should act to reduce any obsessiveness that might be present.
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> - Scott
>No reason to apologize, Scott -- you pretty much had it right. Dr CattleProd suggested an atypical for anxiety, saying it might cause a few pounds of gain -- which in theory would be a good thing. Problem is, most of my anxiety right now is centered around my weight gain! If something like Zyprexa would reduce the anxiety to the point that I could manage to meet my eating goals regularly, without an increase in anxiety because of the weight gain, then it might not be such a bad thing. Otherwise, I guess I'd rather suffer through the anxiety and struggle with eating.
(I know, that's all confused -- but so is my whole eating/body image/etc. If something could calm me enough about the gaining that I could work harder on it, that would be OK -- kinda -- but it sounds from Maxime's post that that isn't the case.)
You're always such a dear, Scott. Never apologize -- except for not letting me know how you're doing more often ;-D
xoxo
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