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Posted by zarathustra on March 7, 2001, at 8:58:02
I AM ON 5MG A DAY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BI-POLAR. I HAVE AN ODD TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION.
BUT I CANT FIND INDICATIONS ANYWHERE FOR UNIPOLAR!?
Posted by JohnL on March 8, 2001, at 17:17:42
In reply to IS ZYPREXA EFFECTIVE IN UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION?, posted by zarathustra on March 7, 2001, at 8:58:02
> I AM ON 5MG A DAY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BI-POLAR. I HAVE AN ODD TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION.
> BUT I CANT FIND INDICATIONS ANYWHERE FOR UNIPOLAR!?Is Zyprexa good for unipolar? Yes. For everyone? Well, like everything else, no.
It's worth noting though that most clinical trials using Zyprexa for various psychiatric conditions utilized combinations. For example, many patients failed to respond adequately to Prozac. They also failed to respond adequately to Zyprexa. But they had full response to the combination. Combinations of Zyprexa with other SSRIs is also impressive, though for some strange reason Prozac seems the most impressive.
So yes, Zyprexa is good for unipolar depression, as well as melancholic depression, cycling, anhedonia, treatment resistant depression, etc. If it alone is not doing the trick, try adding Prozac, other SSRIs, Adrafinil, or Amisulpride to it. Or any combination of those. Stimulants are helpful enough with Zyprexa to deserve mention as well. I think your best bets are with a combination such as Zyprexa+Prozac for starters.
Hope something here is helpful. Hang in there!
John
Posted by JaneB on March 8, 2001, at 17:32:55
In reply to Re: IS ZYPREXA EFFECTIVE IN UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION?, posted by JohnL on March 8, 2001, at 17:17:42
Why Prozac? Is Celexa much different? Has Zyprexa been tried with Celexa?
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