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Donna-1

back to Zyprexa

Since I haven't been getting much sleep and have been highly anxious, racing thoughts, irritability, etc., for the last 3 weeks, I saw my pdoc yesterday. He put me back on Zyprexa for one month. If all is better by the end of that month then I can go back on the Saphris, which I much prefer. Both meds have been "wonder drugs" for... Read more Chevron

posted 05/25/2011, comments (3)|

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Isn't life grand?

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Walking In Mexico

I haven't written a post for a long while so I thought to myself, well, let's do it ! My life keeps changing, the world keeps moving and I'm learning and growing. I haven't worked in two years but I feel this may change in the next little while as there are resources I work with that might find me the right job soon. My mental... Read more Chevron

posted 04/25/2011, comments (5)|

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Donna-1

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switched from Zyprexa to Saphris

One week ago, I switched from Zyprexa to Saphris and wrote about it at the depression forum. For years (approx 13) I had taken Zyprexa. Although it did amazing things for the sz and depression symptoms, it also had the bad side effects of weight gain and sedation. I tried a multitude of other antipsychotics, trying to find one... Read more Chevron

posted 11/22/2010, comments (2)|

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Have a 16 year old son with schizophrenia who is med resistant

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Excellent, Excellent Book

I recently read a book, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks (Aug 12, 2008). It is about a very successful woman who had schizophrenia. It turned out she went to Oxford and Yale Law School, then was a professor at UCLA, all while being schizophrenic. Very well written, and gives a great insight... Read more Chevron

posted 10/28/2010, comments (2)|

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Have a 16 year old son with schizophrenia who is med resistant

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Zyprexa's out, now onto the sixth medication!

We met with my son's psychiatrist today and he agreed to take my son off Zyprexa, since we were going to do that anyway down the road; we also increased the Seroquil; he's on a low dose (200 mg) and this will be upped to 300 mg and eventually we'll get to 600 mg/day. My son really wanted off Zyprexa; it had almost become... Read more Chevron

posted 10/15/2010, comments (12)|

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