Posted by Caper on May 18, 2004, at 4:11:42
In reply to Re: Symbyax for Bipolars:can someone share experie, posted by B2chica on May 17, 2004, at 8:25:33
Thanks for taking the time to tell how Symbyax worked (or rather, didn't work) for you. It's helpful to know that not everyone gains weight from it, since weight gain contributes to diabetes and that's my main fear. Sorry it didn't work out for you, but I appreciate your info as I make my decision.
Best wishes,
Caper
> Hi Caper,
> i was on Symbyax a while ago, unfortunately it didn't do me much good. I think i reacted badly to the prozac. My depression shot downward, however i could sort of feel it coming on a few days before i started it. i was on it for three weeks and ended up in the hospital, depression so bad. So i don't know if it was that it didn't work at all yet for me or if it made things worse.
> i did get that really "flat" feeling, didn't care for that.
> i didn't however, notice any weight gain. of course i had been on zyprexa before and didn't have a problem with weight gain then either.
>
> When they took me off the med i had a quite horrible reaction, luckily i was in the hosp. at the time, and the pdoc thought it was due to the zyprexa...but not 100% sure.
>
> I don't want to scare you off trying this drug though. Cuz everyone is a little different and for the most part my pdoc was just raving about it saying it had excellent results...etc. So, just weigh the positive and negative carefully and remember you'll never know till you try. Keep an eye out on that diabetes thing though.
> Hope you hear from a doc. about it.
>
> Best of luck
> B2c.
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