Posted by morgan miller on July 2, 2011, at 23:55:04
In reply to Re: Zyprexa - Reluctant to Take, posted by jerseygal1 on July 2, 2011, at 9:15:26
I don't feel that I am the same after my two times on Zyprexa. I also feel like lamictal kinda screwed me up in a way.
I only mention therapy because therapy with a good therapist and the right work done by the patient should help someone to get to loving themselves and feeling good about themselves the way they should have had they gotten what they needed in childhood, you may not be there yet. It takes far more than uncovering and understanding all issues, it takes hard work and much time spent thinking introspectively. Group therapy is probably the best way to achieve the final goal of loving our selves and better being able to thrive in relationships, which are what ultimately makes life full and rich.
I take supplements and I'm back on on oldy but goodie, Zoloft. I am also on lexapro and have been for about 6 months now. I'm not yet sure if the reintroduction of Zoloft is going to give me anything close to what it used to, so far it's been o.k., only been on it for 4 weeks now. I am bipolar and also take lithium orotate and depakote. I'm considering stopping depakote for a while to see what happens(I only take 500mg). I've been off depakote for 10 days without any real problems. I took valerian root during that time instead, and I was still taking the lithium orotate a few times a day. Have you tried lithium as an adjunctive therapy before? Low dose lithium is a far far better alternative to Zyprexa, this I am 100 percent sure of.
What has helped me the most? Not quite sure. I think time has helped me heal quite a bit. I'm a whole lot tougher than I used to be. If I had all the sh*t currently going on with my body ten years ago I would have completely fallen apart. Actually I did fall apart in a big way 3 1/2 years ago when a perfect storm of events came together, including me being off Zoloft for the first time in 7 years and realizing I had not taken care of my body as I felt it beginning to decline is some ways. I'm so much worse off in so many ways now than I was 3 and a half years ago but I am 100 times more stable. I just had to grow up and become tough eventually. Family and friend support has played a major major role here. I do think supplements and medications have helped quite a bit. The supplements that help the most are magnesium, lithium orotate, fish oil, ubiquinol, astragalus, resveratrol, methylcobalamin B12, and holy basil. The recent medications have all been equally as helpful I believe. I also recently dropped grains, added sugar, and other carb heavy foods from my diet. I started eating way more vegetables, especially dark green leafy stuff like kale. I eat red meat more than I eat white meat. I do not cut fat out of my diet. I eat an awesome wholemilk yogurt called Erivan. I try to only incorporate nutritionally power packed and lower glycemic fruits like blueberries, apples, grapefruits, and lemons. I eat a good handfull or two of nuts a day(I don't eat peanuts. They aren't nuts and are not good for health). I also incorporate coconut oil into my cooking of veggies and put a tablespoon in my whey protein/blueberries/wheatgrass smoothie I drink about 5 days a week. I often throw a raw egg or two in my smoothie and eat scrambled(I like them on the moist side) or overeasy cooked eggs. Fish is a big part of my diet as well, mostly consuming wild alaskan salmon and sardines. It becomes real easy to eat this way after a while, especially when you notice how much better you feel. Oh, forgot to mention, one of the main energy sources on this diet is fat. Nature did not intend for us to cut fat out of our diet that naturally occurs in good food. We just need to get the right amount of fat at the right ratios of different types of fatty acids.
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