Posted by 4WD on July 23, 2005, at 23:04:17
In reply to Re: Zyprexa, anxiety and depression, posted by blueberry on July 23, 2005, at 6:49:23
> I have found zyprexa helpful for the symptoms you described. I have tried doses from 2.5mg to 10mg and I like 5mg the best. Any less and there is too much anxiety. Any more and it actually makes me a little depressed. Kind of like I have a therapeutic window.
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> You'll never guess what worsened those symptoms for me though...lithium. With zyprexa in the mix, you may find you can go without the lithium. Lithium helped me in some ways, but actually made the symptoms you described more pronounced. I felt better after I got rid of it. Anxiety especially was a lot worse on with lithium.
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> Celexa probably mixes well with zyprexa, but most of the literature suggests prozac is the best with zyprexa. I like prozac the best of all the ssri's.
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> The time of day that I take zyprexa has a huge effect on how well it works for me. It's almost like a completely different drug, depending on when I take it. I used to take it at about 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening. But I always woke up with this horrible feeling of impending doom, a sinking feeling in the gut like abandonment, and sort of a butterflies in the stomach feeling. It went away mostly during the morning, but was hell to wake up to every single day. I tried it at 5:00p.m. instead and was pleasantly surprised to see all that morning crap gone. Experimenting with different dosing times can be helpful.
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> Though zyprexa is helpful to me for the symptoms you described, more helpful than any of dozens of meds I've tried, it isn't perfect. I'm not sure anything is. But I'm better off than at any time in my life. I wouldn't even think of going without my prozac and zyprexa.
Did you not have issues with terrible food cravings?Marsha
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