Posted by Squiggles on November 2, 2006, at 16:40:33
In reply to Re: Your meds » Squiggles, posted by ronaldo on November 2, 2006, at 16:11:16
> Hi Squiggles
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> Thanks for your arguments for the status quo - I will bear them in mind. I always keep the saying 'out of the saucepan into the fire' in the back of my mind. Ten mg of Zyprexa seems to be working for me, it feels more positive than when I was on the 5 mg. I feel as if I was not getting the full benefit of the drug at just 5 mg. If 10 mg Zyprexa continues to treat me this well, and maybe even better with the lapse of time, I will leave my meds alone - at least for a few months. At present I am living from day to day not knowing what the next day will bring and not knowing whether I will get a decent night's sleep. If I sleep well then the next day is most likely going to be good. I have had a good day today after a good night's sleep last night. I thank the 10 mg Zyprexa for that.
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> Like you I have been on Lithium for about 25 years altogether. I did come off it temporarily in 1987, after 11 years on it, without any difficulty but my wife persuaded me to go back on it after I blew my top about a work related matter. One thing I have learnt since joining psychobabble is that you have to give the drugs time to settle into your system. I think I was too hasty with my conversion to Seroquel, never mind the Zyprexa seems to be working.
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> Unlike you I have not been well settled psychologically on the 900 mg Lithium. I suffer flat affect, avolition, social withdrawal, and apathy. After the 10 mg Zyprexa has settled in I would like to address these negative symptoms ie if they have not already been addressed by zuper Zyprexa.
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> I'm glad Lithium at 900 mg split into three daily doses works so well for you. I agree it would be madness to mess with something that works so well.
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> ....Alan
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>Sorry, if I sounded a bit abrasive. It is
frustrating for me to have come to this
point of relative stability after so many
medical misadventures - it's hard to live
normally this way. I am sure you understand.It's very important to get feedback from your
own body and soul that *this* dose is right,
*this* drug combo is OK, etc.Sometimes a drug won't work well, because the
diagnosis is off. I was first put in imipramine
and i was sick as a dog. Lithium was like a
balm.This is why i keep yammering about the need
for psychopharmacologists. I think it's really
hard to get the right approximation and perhaps
it is not appreciated in the medical field, how
difficult it is to work and be under drug experimenation all the time.I'm glad you found a relatively good dose with
Zyprexa -- if you are anxious, maybe a benzo addition? If you are too sleepy, maybe a dose
adjustment -- that's how it goes, i'm afraid.Good luck.
Squiggles
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