Posted by Christ_empowered on April 2, 2014, at 20:25:47
In reply to Re: Zyprexa and antidepressant effect, posted by rjlockhart37 on March 31, 2014, at 22:56:22
"depression" covers a lot of ground, as does "antidepressant." Amphetamine is an antidepressant. So is low-dose flupenthixol, a neuroleptic used in the UK. They do completely different things.
I didn't much care for zyprexa at therapeutic doses, but low doses were awesome. Sedating at night, mild tranquilization that carried through the next day...good stuff, especially in combo with other meds/supplements for what was going on back then. Too bad I got akathisia :-(
Anyway, I guess I'm saying that its not strange that zyprexa by itself would help "depression," because "depression" comes in many forms and covers a lot of ground in terms of symptoms. You just gotta go with what works for you, with an eye to side effects and costs.
My personal recommendation would be to get the melt-in-your-mouth zyprexa. It may cause substantially less weight gain. With Prozac, zyprexa is supposed to both tranquilize and stimulate in all the right places (something about increasing dopamine, serotonin, and NE levels in all the right places). I imagine it'd do the same with other AD drugs, too. I just wouldn't take it with Zoloft, personally (too numbing!).
Good luck to you!
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