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Posted by rjlockhart98 on August 12, 2005, at 10:02:09
I took 5mg and i feel even more panicy.
Zyprexa is suppost to work on serotonin and dopamine well block some of it.
I am IRRTIBLE
Does anyone have this?
Posted by med_empowered on August 12, 2005, at 11:16:37
In reply to I hate Zyprexa, posted by rjlockhart98 on August 12, 2005, at 10:02:09
Hey! Antipsychotics have been used a good bit ever since they were first introduced to help with anxiety/depression...the *problem* is that they can sometimes make both conditions worse, although the atypicals (theoretically) help more with depression. When I took Seroquel, for instance, at one point I broke down sobbing and screaming after my nite time dose...it was *horrible*. Apparently, the older meds--haldol, thorazine, etc.--sometimes give patients full-blown anxiety attacks when used for control of psychosis. So, if Zyprexa's causing problems, and you're not psychotic, perhaps you should discontinue it and avoid neuroleptics in the future. Good luck!
Posted by blueberry on August 12, 2005, at 14:10:32
In reply to I hate Zyprexa, posted by rjlockhart98 on August 12, 2005, at 10:02:09
I might have you confused with someone else, but are you also taking 20mg prozac? Prozac can cause the feelings you are having, but it takes awhile for it to build up to levels where you notice a problem. It could be the prozac, if you are taking it, and a smaller dose like 10mg could ease things. If you wanted to drop the prozac levels quickly just to see, you could skip it for a day or two days. It has a half life of about a week.
I take 5mg zyprexa at about 5:00pm. I once tried taking an extra 2.5mg in the morning to help with anxiety. For a few hours it did help, but then later on in mid afternoon I got extremely wired and panicy. Oddly, the 5mg dose after that blocked it and calmed everything down, though it does take about 2 hours to work.
I was also at 20mg prozac at the time and lowered it to 10mg after that. I had cut back on smoking, and I do believe that somehow prozac levels had increased due to metabolic changes from less smoking. I don't have the anxiety panic wired stuff any more, so I don't really know for sure if it was the extra zyprexa dose that did it, the higher prozac dose that did it, or some combination of the two.
With both of these meds, I truly believe...contrary to what most docs would say...that there is a therapeutic window. Too much is bad and too little is bad. Finding just the right amount makes all the difference. We're all different though.
Posted by rjlockhart98 on August 13, 2005, at 10:07:59
In reply to Re: I hate Zyprexa, posted by blueberry on August 12, 2005, at 14:10:32
THanks,
Zyprexa makes me irrtible. Becuase it suppress me, and i get mad.
Wow, i would never take Zyprexa over 6mg. I did one time 8.5mg and i was ZONGED out.
Thanks really for your post. I appriciate it
Matt
Posted by denise1966 on August 15, 2005, at 5:15:42
In reply to I hate Zyprexa, posted by rjlockhart98 on August 12, 2005, at 10:02:09
Have you tried taking 10mg of Zyprexa instead of 5mg?
I think it might be the prozac making you more anxious, 10mg of Zyprexa always (and fingers crossed it will keep working) relaxes me, 5mg doesn't do much though.
Denise
Posted by B2chica on August 16, 2005, at 10:57:45
In reply to Re: I hate Zyprexa, posted by denise1966 on August 15, 2005, at 5:15:42
5 did about the same for me (nothing), once i was bumped up to 10mg, it really subsided my anxiety and it actually helped my thoughts.
> Have you tried taking 10mg of Zyprexa instead of 5mg?
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> I think it might be the prozac making you more anxious, 10mg of Zyprexa always (and fingers crossed it will keep working) relaxes me, 5mg doesn't do much though.
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> Denise
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