Posted by Christ_empowered on March 25, 2019, at 19:13:38
In reply to Re: Alternatives to Olanzapine., posted by Schlepo on March 25, 2019, at 15:20:37
hi. before i went completely and totally crazy insane...and, therefore, I now -require- a full dose 'atypical,' often + mood stabilizer(s), etc...this is what really, really helped me: skip the antidepressant(s).
its 3 drugs: 1) sedative (gabapentin, lyrica, benzodiazepine...perhaps a nicer, cleaner mood drugs, such as lamictal, since they tend to be camling, too) 2) 'atypical' (take your pick...id skip over risperidone, invega, or, in your case, olanzapine) and 3) an upper (amphetamines pack a punch, but I think ritalin or focalin are better, long term).
i didn't know it when I was on it, but that was a pretty common combo back in the 50s-maybe 70s (the so-called "Golden Age of Psychopharmacology").
deal is..."antidepressant" is more a marketing term than anything else. the MAOIs were originally drugs for TB...some people went manic on them, and boom...mood elevators. tofranil, the 1st tca, was intended to be a Thorazine rip off, a 50s me-too drug...
the psychosis people got worse, a lot of the severely depressed got better, and again; something like 1/4 of the depressives turned straight up manic.
now, so many people seem to be on the constant med go 'round with the antidepressants, in particular. im oddly 'lucky' in that most of them are not an option, but the prescriber person is ok with wellbutrin, which...again, is not an 'antidepressant'; its a mild stimulant, closely related to Tenuate, a milder diet pill from back in the day.
that's just what worked for me, way back when....not all psych docs will go for it. if you have excellent insurance, Provigil/Nuvigil might be a mild, less euphoric 'upper' option. wellbutrin....maybe? i do well with it, but it seems (to paraphrase one of many former psychiatrists) "less predictable than the stimulants..."
ok. oh, and I seriously recommend orthomolecular, or at least...some heavy duty b and c and e, additional antioxidant supplementation...to anyone and everyone, especially those of us on psych drugs.
:-)
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