Posted by ronaldo on October 1, 2006, at 14:13:12
In reply to Re: sleep - melatonin, temazepam, bipolar management, posted by survivin bpd on September 29, 2006, at 14:06:56
Hi Maria
Sorry the melatonin did not work for you. If you want to try the Olanzapine try the 2.5 mg tablet for starters. You may find that you can cut the 2.5 mg in half. Such a small dose will not cause any weight gain with a bit of luck.
Mood shift: I rarely use chlorpromazine (largactil); olanzapine did not have much effect except long term it made me feel sedated and wooden (5 mg). Seroquel seems to have lifted my depression and placed me on the border of hypomania - I started on 25 mg, the lowest available, and ramped up to 100 mg but it did not help me sleep so I have come down to 50 mg again which is what the pdoc originally prescribed. 100 mg of Seroquel was horrible, gave me a hangover the next day. All I know is Olanzapine when I first tried it gave me wonderful sleep and that was just with 2.5 mg. Never experienced any weight gain or elevated blood sugars with it.
I hope you have better luck with the temazepam.
I've had a change of name. Fungalfoot was not very hygienic so he got the chop - amputation...
Alan
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