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Re: zyprexa once or twice a week? good or bad? » 4WD

Posted by SLS on June 29, 2005, at 22:44:06

In reply to zyprexa once or twice a week? good or bad?, posted by 4WD on June 29, 2005, at 21:47:58

> I have found that if I take Zyprexa 2.5-5mg on say, Sunday night, I will have a very bad day on Monday, very tired, blah, etc. But then for the next 3-4 days I feel decent. Less anxiety, less depression. By the end of the week, though, I slip back into feeling *very* bad. I can't take Zyprexa every day - it wakes up my bulimia.
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> So- my question is: By taking Zyprexa like this, am I setting myself up to feel worse when it wears off than if I hadn't taken it at all?
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> I discovered this by accident when I took 5mg of Zyprexa one night when I hadn't slept more than a few hours per night for a couple of weeks and was desperate to get some sleep. I figured it would help with my early awakening.
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> I guess I'm afraid that by taking it off and on I am just joggling things up in my brain and it will never settle down and "normalize." I am too depressed right now to think coherently about this issue.

There are quite a few poeple who take Zyprexa as a PRN. I really don't like the idea of pulsing (intermittent exposure) something that is acting as an antidepressant, though. You might instead consider Abilify, a drug that has demonstrated itself to be weight-neutral. However, you must go into a trial of Abilify with the understanding that it might produce anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia over the first one or two weeks. However, the reward of making it through the startup side effects is a drug that offers both antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects. I find it to be a clean drug devoid of cognitive or sedative side effects.


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