Posted by Cece on March 28, 2001, at 12:57:10
In reply to Re: Zyprexa v. Geodon?, posted by katrina on March 28, 2001, at 11:19:32
Thanks for the response Katrina- discouraging as it is. I'm not on the thin side unfortunately! I have however recently re-added a small (25mg/day) amount of Topomax to my cocktail- I took it for almost a year, up to 100mg/day. It did not seem to do much as a mood stabilizer for me, and did give me some word-finding problems, BUT I lost 40 pounds (gained from other meds) while I was on it. I'm hoping that on a small dose, I might get some weight loss benefit without the cognitive problems. Don't know if this will counteract any Zyprexa effect however, given people's accounts. I took Z. for the first time last night- definitely feel calmer today.
I started Lamictal almost a year ago- I increased VERY slowly as I am real sensitive to meds, I take Depakote (250mg/day) which potentiates Lamictal, and my pdoc (at the time) is cautious with that drug. I've been at 125mg/day for about 3 months now. I got immediate benefit from the Lamictal, even at a very small dose, in terms of mood improvement- I was able to enjoy things that I hadn't been able to enjoy for a long time. My new pdoc thinks however that, especially in light of my recent fall into a pit, I need to keep building the Lamictal to achieve a real mood stabilization effect. He, and my past pdoc, both think that it's a great med.
Good luck,
Cece
> I am on day 2 of geodon at just 20mgs at night. I am on the thin side anyway and have never really had med. weight gain until the zyprexa, which caused me to gain 5 pounds in 3 weeks or so...not so bad cuz it helped my poor appetite...I do notice my appetite is down a bit after going off zyprexa. The jury is still out on the geodon cuz it's only been 2 days. Oh, I did not sleep as good last night...I woke up 3 times, but went back to sleep whereas with zyprexa I slept through the whole night (finally). I only took 2.5 mgs of zyprexa.
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