Posted by Krazy Kat on November 16, 2001, at 19:00:41
In reply to Back again, posted by Greg A. on November 16, 2001, at 16:32:21
Greg + A :),
You're just so very helpful when you post - I hope you know that.
I did try Zyprexa - it was one of my first meds and I wasn't prepared for it. I had a spasm in my right eye and generally felt awful on it, so I stopped it before it had any chance to help. My pdoc did Not think the spasm had anything to do with it - perhaps it was pure suggestion from my reading the side effects.
Many folk have praised it on this site. One thing that is universal - weight gain - I'm pretty willowy, and I gained 10 pounds in, like, 2 weeks on Zyprexa. Took me about 6 - 8 months to get it off.
Thanks for the long post - do you feel it is mostly a thyroid problem, then? My sister and I speak openly (now) about depression in my family (manic depression evades her, though it's clear my brother and I are in that "category"). She thinks depression stems only from other physical ailments - I think it can be both. Say, rheumatoid arthritis seems to "cause depression." I'll go with that. But I also think it is an illness of the brain. But, probably, they should all be treated differently. How much more complicated can it get? :)
I know that the tests we have done for blood levels and thyroid, etc., are not perfect. So I will be fascinated to see how this all plays out.
Free-floating anxiety (did you mention that?) has been with me all of my life. I was hesitant to focus on that too much when intially speaking with my pdoc, because I had been treated as a "nervous female type" in my twenties by some doctors and I didn't want that stigma again. Also, the manic depressive elements are very clear in my family.
Wow, I am Rambling, Rambling. Thanks for your post again.
- K.
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