Posted by Whisker on March 4, 2016, at 21:47:20
In reply to Morning Terror. Please, please read this., posted by 4WD on May 17, 2005, at 22:21:29
61 year-old Female, Post menopausal
Diagnosis 1977: Unipolar Depression
Diagnosis 2007: BipolarI have been on just every psych med that has been available since 1977.
For the past almost 10 years I've been on:
Celexa 20 mg
Lamictal 300mgI have often had morning "fears," which recently morphed into morning TERRORS which often lasted for hours and might reappear as "sniper" Terror attacks during the day. Also racing, circular thoughts, jumpiness, inability to concentrate, intractable sadness, etc.
Then, about a month ago, my daughter's future father-in-law jumped in front of a train, killing himself. It spun me completely out of control.
Long story short, I was just hospitalized for a week. Landing there was only a matter of time as I shockingly discovered upon this admission that celexa and lamictal are both anti-depressants. I was never ON anything for mania because I fell through the healthcare cracks (it's complicated) before that was attended to. I thought both sides had been addressed all that long time. Yikes!
In the hospital, they immediately jettisoned the Celexa. Instead, I began taking at night:
Zyprexa 5 mg (mood stability)
Lamictal 300mg (depression)This Zyprexa (Lamictal mix?) has SO FAR (1 week) been a MIRACLE for me. (and one week of ANYTHING good IS a miracle!)
Not only have my morning terrors been reduced to a level of 3 ( 0-10 scale, 0 = none), which last only about 15 minutes, but I am calmer and my thoughts are more measured and focused than I ever remember occurring in my LIFE. I have no racing thoughts or panic attacks, AND miracle of miracles, I am NOT hungry. Not just a loss of appetite but NO appetite.
No appetite allows me to eat healthy foods in appropriate quantities at appropriate times.
I've tried meds before that created intense hunger pains within hours after taking them. I stopped them immediately. Zyprexa seems to be all about weight GAIN, which, initially, was a whole new set of terrors for me - especially when I discovered it was working so well for the mania. Frankly, I can't figure it out. I'm just hoping it lasts!!
Everyone's body chemistry is so unique and so finely tuned that you can never tell what might happen to any given individual taking any given drug and dose but I figured I'd jump in here and share my experience after stumbling across this post online.
This is so amazing that I fear it will be too good to be true. Whether you're religious or not (I'm not), please pray to god for me that this keeps on keepin' on because I'd like to think I could make at least a muti-year run on this before my metabolism changes again.
I don't know whether it matters that I'm 61, that I'm a woman, and/or that I'm post-menopausal but Zyprexa - along with lamictal? - may be worth a try for those of you who are bipolar, regardless of age, sex, etc.
If I don't repost, assume that everything is going well with no changes.
Thanks to you all for your many contributions. They have been invaluable to me :o)
Best,
Whisker
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