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Posted by porkpiehat on March 20, 2019, at 12:29:39
I'be been reading that zyprexa is the preferred AAP to help with borderline impulsive anger and interpersonal sensitivities, and actually helps to boost mood.
The weight gain idea sucks, but al the other AAPs I've tried made me flat and dissociated, and often made the anger worse. Looking to possibly mate it with trileptal and ditch the lamictal I currently take.
Thanks all
Posted by Schlepo on March 20, 2019, at 19:33:37
In reply to Zyprexa best for borderline symptoms, posted by porkpiehat on March 20, 2019, at 12:29:39
I don't find the mood boost very significant (I just recently raised it to 2mg.) "Flat" was actually how I described feeling on it the first day. It helps with anxiety, though.
Posted by Christ_empowered on March 22, 2019, at 5:30:13
In reply to Re: Zyprexa best for borderline symptoms, posted by Schlepo on March 20, 2019, at 19:33:37
i tolerated a low dose OK, way back when. dose got up to 5mgs...akathisia, couldn't sit still, barely making coherent convo. oddly enough, i do well on abilify, which is supposedly the akathisia-inducer.
it isn't just 'weight gain.' even in the absence of massive weight gain, it can mess with blood sugars, lipids. one former shrink...she was old school...told me she never started people on it, she only prescribed it when people came in on and were stable and/or reluctant to switch.
i read bits and pieces of this books by a psychiatrist on psychotic depression. kind of...interesting, because psychotic depression is relatively common, but not well researched. he referred to zyprexa as a 'frontal lobe tamer,' which...
frightened me. i appreciated his candor, in the context of the book, but one wonders...when he puts inpatients on it, outpatients on it...does he tell them 'why, yes..this will tame your frontal lobes'..." ? probably not. sounds kind of...like a Hannibal Lector phrase, honestly. -shudder-
metformin helps some people with weight gain, blood sugar. i read the abstracts for some small studies that found high doses of alpha lipoic acid, green tea extract helped, also.
i hope things go well for you. :-)
Posted by porkpiehat on March 22, 2019, at 17:53:33
In reply to Re: Zyprexa best for borderline symptoms, posted by Schlepo on March 20, 2019, at 19:33:37
> I don't find the mood boost very significant (I just recently raised it to 2mg.) "Flat" was actually how I described feeling on it the first day. It helps with anxiety, though.
how long on it so far? surprised you didn't start at 2.5mgs. Are you hungry and tired all the time?
Posted by Schlepo on March 27, 2019, at 19:56:53
In reply to Re: Zyprexa best for borderline symptoms, posted by porkpiehat on March 22, 2019, at 17:53:33
> > I don't find the mood boost very significant (I just recently raised it to 2mg.) "Flat" was actually how I described feeling on it the first day. It helps with anxiety, though.
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> how long on it so far? surprised you didn't start at 2.5mgs. Are you hungry and tired all the time?
>Sorry, meant 5mg. And yes, I am.
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