Posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:26:10
In reply to BIPOLAR I ON ZYPREXA + SAPHRIS, posted by DORY72 on October 22, 2012, at 21:52:27
> NEWLY DX BIPOLAR I. ON ZYPREXA 20MG Q D ( 5MG AT 4PM &15MG HS) SAPHRIS 10MG HS AND AMBIEN 10 MG HS.
> MOOD IS WAY LESS MANIC BUT NOW SUPER SLEEPY AND FLAT. AFTERNOON RESTLESNESS AND WORRY ALOT. FEEL JUMPY AT BDTIME AND HARD TIME SLEEPING. GOING TO PDOC ON TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST CHECK UP AFTER STARTING MEDS. MANIC EPISODES WERE REAL BAD AND LONG AND LOWS WERE REAL LOW.MADE REAL BAD CHOICES AND HAD TO GET MY LIFE BACK WILL IT EVER GET BETTER?????? HELPHi.
It is difficult to know what is producing the daytime sedation. Zyprexa does not affect me that way, but it does others. Saphris has a half-life (amount of time for half the doaage to be eliminated by the body) of 24 hours, so I could see its sedative effects lasting into the next day after administration at night. If Saphris turns out to be the culprit, a low dose of Seroquel might act as an effective hypnotic (sleep inducer) as well as anxiolytic (anti-anxiety). The half-life of Seroquel is only 6 hours, so its sedative effects might not carry into the next day.
P.S. I have a difficult time reading text that is written in capital letters.Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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