Posted by floatingbridge on July 2, 2011, at 11:55:15
In reply to Re: Zyprexa - Reluctant to Take, posted by Phil on July 2, 2011, at 10:00:21
I remembered when this happened, Phil. It was very scary, and I am very glad to hear from you!
I think if someone is a mental health patient, they have to reach their own bottom lines for treatment. AP's are beyond my experience. I did not tolerate the two I had, and they were withdrawn from treatment consideration.
When I re-present for treatment next week, I am very much hoping that the AP class will not be brought up. Then it won't even be an issue.
That said, they work sometimes when nothing else works. I have seen this here. I also believe in the therapeutic
value of gentle support, so that if someone is starting or on a med, that the person receives information +moral support. I think the information piece has been covered well enough in this thread for JG or another reader to come to a rudimentary conclusion about AP's.I have had a personal sense of outrage because AP's have been nosing into first tier treatment. It's very easy to get Abilify. It's advertised, and looks pretty. Seroquel is advertised as an AD. But I am coming into this thread as a mom
with a dependent child. I went off medication because very well-intentioned folks wanted to provoke a healing crisis. The stress of being alright around a child cannot be overestimated.If JG is knuckling through a zyprexa trial,
I say amen and trust she will make good decisions going forward regarding her treatment. I have not read anything that garauntees (sp.) permanent changes of any palpable sort from a zyprexa trial. That is, to my knowledge, the exception, and that is the knowledge I am going with today in an imperfect world.Hang in there JG with whatever treatments you decide. Everyone is supporting you in the ways they can.
With great respect for the integrity of this group,
fb
> I haven't read all the posts on this thread but will offer my input...it's not good.
> I know zyprexa helps many people and it helped me for a while. then i looked in the mirror while i was trying desperately to button my jeans, couldn't do it.
> on a more serious note, my pdoc believes that zyprexa gave me neurologic malignant syndrome. i was in the hospital for 6 days with rapidly spiking fevers. the doctor(and 5 interns!) ran every test known to man.
> I had bags of antibiotics on the tree but nothing helped. finally, he asked when i started zyprexa. i don't remember now.
> suddenly they took me off all that stuff.
> i was better and called a friend to pick me up. 20 minutes later i called him back and my fever shot up to 103.5. the nurse said we've got you for another night.
> it's rare and i don't think a decision should be made based on this post. just sharing my experience,
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