Posted by laima on January 1, 2007, at 18:54:29
In reply to Re: Are there any positives about Zyprexa?, posted by kotsunega on January 1, 2007, at 18:01:04
It's really striking what a consensus users seem to have about zyprexa. I manged to get off it relatively painlessly compared to others, but I only used 2.5 and up to 5mg for about 6 weeks while coming off klonopin. Some of the warnings here on babble served as motivators- and I now feel better without it. But I gained at least, at least 10 pounds in 6 weeks despite not really doing anything different! (Except for starting adderall- which supposedly is such an appetite suppressant. But it's no match for zyprexa!) Plus I think it made me apathetic and lazy. It's as if it started bringing on the very symptoms which it's instructions claims it helps... I hope very much my metabolism isn't completely screwed up. Oh sure it made me feel better- for a handful of days until I started freaking out about how I couldn't quite zip my pants right anymore. Now, I am a vegetable and excercise sensation, but weight comes on easier than it comes off. I can't afford a new wardrobe, and I don't want one. I can't for the life of me figure out any good reason that doctors are so enamored with this med.
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