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Old Nov 22, 2013, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse View Post
I just took my last dose of Zyprexa after several weeks on it for mania w/ psychosis......maybe now my appetite will go back to normal! I still have it on a PRN basis for if/when I get manic again, but I am SO glad to be done with it for the time being. I'm certainly not manic anymore, in fact I've gone the other way. But I think that's still just me adjusting to being off Celexa and I'll even out (or so I hope) eventually.

I wish somebody would invent a drug that has the effectiveness of Zyprexa with the weight neutrality of Geodon and Latuda and is NOT so bloody expensive!! Z is cheap in my neck of the woods (I paid $14.73 for 30 days' worth) and it works so much better for me than everything else. But I just can't ignore the increased appetite, weight gain and effects on my diabetes.
I' m not sure if Geodon and Latuda are available in Australia. My pdoc has only offered me Seroquel and lamictal as alternatives. Zyprexia is on the Pharmaceutical benefits scheme and because I am in employment costs me $35 AUD for a box of 28-5mg.
I'm glad to hear things improving BipolaRNurse.
Thanks for this!
BipolaRNurse