Posted by purplestarchild on September 3, 2004, at 11:44:10
Wondering if anyone has any advice. I"m new to the board. My husband has been on 5 mg a day of Zyprexa since November 2003. He previously had no trouble sleeping before starting the medication. Once he started the meds, first month he went to sleep early (like 8pm), slept all night (sometimes 10 to 12 hours) and then felt groggy and sleepy all day. This lasted about 6 months. Beginning in June 2004, he can't keep his eyes open past 9pm (normally doesn't even make it till then) and then later on in the night, awakens between 2:30am - 4:00 wide eyed, can't sleep, then leaves to go to work at 6:40AM, extremely tired, and says he feels as though he never went to sleep the night before. He's not on any other meds and doesn't take anything over the counter like vitamins, etc. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Anyone have any ideas? He's so worn out now after months of this, he went off Zyprexa for the past two days, thinking its the medication, but I'm concerned, as the Zyprexa has been GREAT in battling his other bipolar symptoms.I"m seeing much frustration from him.
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