Posted by stann on March 28, 2006, at 19:26:29
In reply to Re: Stann, posted by deniseuk on March 21, 2006, at 4:45:06
Hi...For now zyprexa has not worked out for me.Akathisia and heightened anxiety happens at a low dose.Higher doses will probably make it worse.I am dissapointed because initially Z seemed to be helping me.I will keep it in mind as an adjunk though...
Stann.....
> Hi Stann,
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> Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. The Zyprexa helps with my depression and the awful agitation and anxiety. I've heard of people getting akathisia on it, including people on this board and I've noticed it seems to mainly affect men for some reason.
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> I've taken Zyprexa with lots of different anti-depressants and it always helps (touch wood) regardless of which drug I'm taking it with.
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> I've also heard of people for whom Zyprexa helps with Akathisia.
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> I'm not sure how 10mg would affect you but if it helps even for a short while then take it until you find something else.
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> Let me know how you get on.
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> Having said that I wish I would heed my own advice, I always feel like I'm cheating when I take Zyprexa ironically because it helps.
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> Denise
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