Posted by dms777smd on February 7, 2004, at 17:20:23
In reply to anyone used zyprexa with effexor to help sleep?, posted by EFFEXED on February 7, 2004, at 14:59:08
I have a friend that was on zyprexa and celexa but he was on the zyprexa cause he's schizophrenic.lol,,,,he seemed to do good on it,but if it's just depression your dealing with(I don't mean that depression isn't hell,I've been there and it really sucks) than I don't think your doc should be giving you zyprexa to sleep,,it's a major tranquilizer(antipsychotic)and it has a lot of bad side effects,,,especially when you've been on it for a while.Have you tried Benadryl?Or valerian root,,,that's seemed to help me sleep.If you have tried it than your doc needs to give you something else to sleep.Not Zyprexa,you're not a schitzo,,,,right?But anyway,I take Atarax for my anxiety and it makes me really tierd so I can't really take it during the day(at work)I just take it after work.50-100mg of atarax will make you sleep and it doesn't make me really tired in the morning like other stuff i've taken.You could even try 10-25mg of it if you are sensitive to drugs and the doctors seem to not be so stingy with it(like they are with benzos)because it's just an antihistamine,,,,but it doesn't give me a real tired or hangover feeling in the morning like benadryl does to me.You should try it,,,,it helps me sleep.
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