CopperStar, I have 10 mg Zyprexa prescribed to me as a PRN for when I have my outburst/meltdowns that may be part of a mixed episode (not sure about that) or just bipolar rage. The idea is that if I feel myself escalating I run and get one and take it and hope it kicks in before I freak out.

Whenever I take one it knocks me flat out. As soon as it kicks in I fall asleep and spend most of the next 24 hours asleep. When I wake up I feel suicidal and in an absolute hopeless black depression. I can barely talk or function.

Thankfully I only have to take them a 2 or 3 times a year, but I wanted you to know that I get both extreme sedation/tiredness as well as the suicidal depression after taking them.

I'm extremely sensitive to drugs though. I see people on here taking that dose daily and I can't imagine, although I know the body adjusts after a time.