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Originally Posted by still_crazy
yeah...that's one reason I'm kind of glad the zyprexa didn't pan out. it -is- very effective...its 2nd only to clozapine in terms of overall response and improvement, kind of a big deal, but...
abilify gets the job done w/o nearly as much metabolic stuff, plus its non-sedating (at my dose...and each person is different...). The downside is now it seems to cause TD more often than the "experts" had thought in years past, but...maybe that's because they're prescribing it to everybody (and their mama) for everything imaginable?
geodon and latuda I think are OK, in terms of weight gain and metabolic stuff. Saphris, too. I don't know much about Rexulti or Vrylar. Some of the older, now generic drugs are surprisingly helpful for some people, and they're cheap and usually have fewer metabolic adverse effects. loxapine, perphenazine, navane.
sorry you're going thru it.
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Thank you! I don't recall if I had akathisia while on Abilify, I was also manic so sometimes that agitation can feel like akathisia. Unfortunately Zyprexa is causing akathisia for me now
I was supposed to be on Latuda but unfortunately it's too expensive and my insurance doesn't cover it.
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Originally Posted by GoldenSnitch
I was just on zyprexa and Prozac but my new pdoc took me off of both. I think for the most part zyprexa helped me stay pretty level but I gained a ton of weight. Prozac did nothing for me. At all. So we are trying some new meds. Hopefully they help you!
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Yeah I think I might have to stop being on both, too. Prozac is also doing nothing for me (I was secretly hoping it would make a just a teensy bit hypomanic, but nope!) and the Zyprexa may or may not be causing anhedonia (or maybe it's just a negative symptom, idk). It's a shame since the Zyprexa destroyed my mania and psychosis but I just can't enjoy anything, it's driving me insane