Talked to my Psychiatrist about Zyprexa and Ritalin LA

[unico_love]

I talked to my psychiatrist about my overeating while on Zyprexa, to the point of making myself very ill. I said how taking Ritalin LA in the early evening, as well as in the morning, controls my hunger and keeps me from overeating. His first idea was to decrease my Zyprexa dosage, but he doesn't have my file at home and I don't know if he

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[unico_love]

I don't know what the LA stands for, but it's an extended release form of Ritalin. I definitely notice a difference in taking it from the regular Ritalin.

[azalynn]

I am pretty sure LA = Long Acting.

[unico_love]

Ah, that makes sense! Thanks:-)

[unico_love]

Abilify made me vomit a ton. I've been on many medications and Zyprexa works best for me. I started taking an appetite suppressant alongside it to prevent too much weight gain, but even when it was making me eat a lot without medication at the right times to offset my appetite I never became overweight. I think the most I ever weighed from it is 103lbs. Also I've been checked for diabetes while on it and everything was fine.

[unico_love]

By the way -- Abilify is also linked to diabetes.

Zyprexa has risk

[exjehovah]

Psychotropic meds are indicated for true clinical conditions.
Zyprexa was pushed by Lilly Drug Reps.

They called it the "Five at Five" (5 mg at 5 pm to keep nursing home patients subdued and sleepy) and "VIVA ZYPREXA" (Zyprexa for everybody) campaigns to off label market Eli Lilly Zyprexa as a fix for unapproved usage
I was prescribed Eli Lilly Zyprexa by my physician *off-label* for PTSD and it was all wrong,cost me a lot of money and the side effects damaged my pancreas and gave me life-long diabetes.
Daniel Haszard http://www.zyprexa-victims.com

Re: Zyprexa has risk

[unico_love]

I've been checked for diabetes and out of many, many medications Zyprexa works best for me. I've heard the criticisms before.