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Re: Zyprexa - Reluctant to Take-Morgan

Posted by morgan miller on July 3, 2011, at 0:28:28

In reply to Re: Zyprexa - Reluctant to Take-Morgan, posted by emmanuel98 on July 2, 2011, at 21:01:38

> You seem to have this hostility to AAPs. I found them very helpful, though they put weight on me. Zyprexa, risperdal and abilify all stopped my depression within 48 hours. I just couldn't keeptakin them because of the rapid weight gain. But I would have liked to keep taking them. they had no side effects at all for me, except for weight gain.

I do have hostility toward AAPs. Have you seen how they are being used by the field of psychiatry lately? Also, I hear far more complaints from people on AAPs than I do on mood stabilizers or antidepressants. Did you read the links I posted? How do you know for sure that the AAPs you were on were not causing some type of damage. I drank for years, likely doing some damage, but I did not really feel like anything significant was happening at the time. The very fact that AAPs like Zyprexa cause such rapid weight gain that is hard to lose should be enough for anyone to be very cautious about getting on these drugs.

If other options like low dose lithium, low dose depakote, supplements, and drastic dietary changes have not been tried yet, no AAP should ever be considered as an adjunctive antidepressant therapy. I'm just warning that AAPs are the most invasive of all psychiatric medications and may be very difficult to come off of. Why would someone want to take this risk if they have not exhausted all other options? Now maybe Jerseygirl has exhausted all other options, if she has, then maybe it is a good idea just for a few months. But, I would not go any higher than 5 mgs, that should be more than enough. I even think staying at 2.5 mgs for a week should be done just to see if it is enough to make the necessary difference.


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