Posted by med_empowered on January 14, 2007, at 20:03:50
In reply to Re: med depression, posted by Sebastian on January 14, 2007, at 15:48:26
antipsychotics can change your mood, for better or for worse. With the old ones, there was a definite tendency towards drug-induced depression. They make the negative symptoms of schizophrenia worse and can cycle bipolars into depression (and keep them there). The "atypicals" are sometimes helpful for depression, but I've had neuroleptic-induced dysphoria (apathy, sadness...kind of like depression, only intense and clearly drug-induced) from the atypicals. I think shrinks may pay attention to this sometime in the future, maybe after some more atypicals go generic.
You may want to try cutting the zyprexa dose. Are you taking anything else with the zyprexa? Drug-drug interactions complicate the picture; depending on what you're taking, that could be part of the problem. Have you tried Provigil? If you really think zyprexa is **the** med for you, then adding Provigil (maybe another stim) to the combo might counteract some of the drug-induced lethargy while maintaining your results.Good luck!
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