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Old Feb 13, 2017, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
I gained around 33 pounds, was taking up to 30mg a day when very unwell and down to 5mg when stable and took it almost every day for over a year and had other periods of taking it for shorter spans of time like a few weeks before that. The weight gain occurred when I was on mostly high doses for extended periods of time and I was doing little exercise.
Have you read this article about Zyprexa? Just 1 tablet of 10mg is said to be equivalent to 1500 calories. Just to think that only 1 tablet could defeat the purpose for those who put in efforts to exercise to maintain their shape.

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Originally Posted by Hobbit House View Post
Zyprexa works well for me... even when nothing else works. It's my psychiatrists go to drug when I'm manic. 5 mg is a very low dose. I would say try it and see how you tolerate it.
In article I linked to above it is mentioned that 10mg of Zyprexa is equivalent to ingesting 1500 extra calories per day. That's half of daily norm for men and 3/4 of daily norm for women. 5mg would be half of that I guess but those are "empty calories" that I would rather get from "comforting food" or "feel guilty" food.