Posted by julie1977 on August 9, 2010, at 12:35:08
So I came off Olanzapine a month ago as I was sick to death of being obsessed with food and my uncontrolled binging. It meant I spent about 10 hours per week in the gym just to maintain my weight of 11stone (which was two stone heavier than my natural weight), meant I couldn't have anything in my flat, including bread and cereal. Meant I woke up at 2am and still ate whatever I had, inc cold tins of baked beans, and tins of tuna, yum, hmm. I came off it because I was/am still suffering from depression so it wasn't doing its job anyway!
I went from 5mg to zilch and for the first few weeks I felt terrible, total flat affect and more depressed. Now I feel only a little worse than I did whilst on Olz, mainly i'm noticing flat affect and a lack of enjoyment on my friday nights out (which I used to enjoy whilst on Olz).
So, I saw my GP today and he prescribed me an AP i'd never heard of called Pericyazine. There is hardly any info on it on the net, but its a Typical AP and dates from 1966. I will start it tomorrow.
Has anyone else used this med, and what were your experiences on it? I will be taking it along with Nardil for depression but as I can't find any info on it for treating depression i'm presuming my GP is giving me it coz he goes with the theory of anxiety/depression being linked praps?
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