Posted by ronaldo on November 25, 2006, at 15:20:32
In reply to Re: Avolition, Anhedonia, Flat Affect, Cognitive Bl... » ronaldo, posted by blueberry on November 25, 2006, at 13:35:44
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> > You say Adrafinil is real cheap. It costs $69.29 for 80 tabs delivered through your door. Less than $1 per tablet. Modafinil costs $126 for 30 x 200 mg delivered. Plus $4 per pill, yes that is expensive!
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> > Trouble is I will have to wait until I am off the Olanzapain before I can try it.
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> Ronaldo,
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> I was on 5mg zyprexa and 20mg prozac the entire time I was also using 300mg - 600mg adrafinil, which was about 3 years. Adrafinil and zyprexa were fine together. It breaks down mostly to modafinil, which is prescribed with many psychiatric meds including antipsychotics.
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> If you do go this route, please re-post when you are set to go. I have been through adrafinil start-ups, adrafinil withdrawal (minor) and zyprexa withdrawal (major). So maybe we can share some tricks.
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> I thought of another anti-anhedonia med that worked well for me and I just restarted this week...Kira brand st johns wort. Currently at just 300mg. I have taken it with 5mg zyprexa too as high as 900mg. I might be on my way to a Kira + adrafinil + 2.5mg zyprexa combo, with the hopes of slowing carefully dropping the zyprexa by crumbs at a time over a couple months. Though I buy Kira at Rite-Aid where I live, the same stuff is a prescription medication in Germany.
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> In the meantime, I wish some good babble folks would show up with some more ideas to consider.Thanks again for your thoughts blueberry.
To me it seems strange to be mixing Zyprexa, with its side effect of somnolence, with Adrafinil which is designed to keep one awake. The two seem opposed to each other but then you may not have experienced the somnolence. I do. I've worked out that it is going to take me about ten weeks to get off the Olanzapain :-( so I will have to wait 10 weeks before I can try the Adrafinil. I like to keep it simple - one step at a time.
Last time, two months ago, I came off 5 mg Olanzapine in just under 4 weeks which was much too fast. I had terrible insomnia and some anxiety too, plus my Seroquel wouldn't work and neither would my Zopiclone. I was in a bit of a pickle and in the end I had to go back on the Olanzapine at 10 mg. I am coming off this, slowly this time, and at present I am just down to 7.5 mg. I will reduce further to 5 mg once my GP has prescribed me some. At least I have the Adrafinil to look forward to - a light shining at the end of the tunnel. But I reckon I should feel better just for getting off the Olanzapine.
...ronaldo
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