Posted by Zo on June 29, 2001, at 19:51:08
In reply to Re: Anybody Taking Geodon?, posted by SalArmy4me on June 29, 2001, at 12:15:12
Hi, Sal, your posts are great. Am taking it as a replacement for low-dose Zyprexa, which dampened emotional over-reactivity. . .I have CFS from a pesticide exposure, also TLE and ADD. The Zyprexa was incredibly brain-orgainzing. . I'm a writer, and was able to begin working on my novel again. But the weight gain was *horrendous*. . .and I seem to be holding onto the gains from 6 months on Zyprexa.. . and Geodon doesn't seem to be the same at all, it's kinda neither here nor there. Usually I get a clear intuition about meds. . .Maybe I should have hung on thru the increasing fatigue at two weeks. . am seeing pdoc in a few weeks, but thought somebody here might have some experience. They are *supposed* to be equal drugs, but as we know. . .everybody is different. And I'm incredibly med sensitive.
I originally got on Zyprexa because I was coming apart in his office one day - am recovering from an abusive marriage - and he said, Here, take two of these and your ego will reassemble in the morning. Damned if he wasn't right!
Since then, my life conditions have gotten better. . .maybe I don't need the limbic dopamine blockade at all. . or maybe there's something else.
Thanks for listening!
Zo
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