sleepydog74I will follow up with my doc tomorrow (office closed and it's not an urgent issue), but I was fine waking up with just Lyrica 50mg for 3 weeks now. Upped to 75mg 2 days ago but also started Zyprexa 10mg last night. Both at bedtime, did not take the Clonezapam I usually take at bedtime because it looks like that doesn't mix well with Zyprexa. However, I am really feeling funky now... best word to describe it. I did wake with a migraine, but I slept way longer than usual and I will get migraines if I oversleep, so that is a possible explanation.
QUESTION: Is it a possible mixture of the two or maybe timing (take Lyrica at bedtime and Zyprexa when I awake, mid-day, or just perhaps a number of hours before bedtime and then Lyrica just as I hit the pillow? Sorry for the rambling... :) Who out there has taken these and what time of the day? My Adderall XR 30 should wake my butt up when I take it but not today. :-{
I have chronic neck pain and headaches from a car accident, plus sleep apnea (use a CPAP), migraines (5-10 a month avg), ADHD, and suffer from many of the FMS/CFS symptoms but not diagnosed. I think the Lyrica is helping... not taking as much Soma or Lortab (or Tramadol) for pain. I get manic but not really low and bipolar runs in the family a bit. I'm mainly using/trying Zyprexa for anxiety (fairly high level of it) plus maybe it will help if I do have mild bipolar issues.
Oh, and I'm a 38 year old male, in general good health except for what I posted above.
Thanks so much for any help or input!
anjeegyrl
Was wondering how you are doing. Did you see the doc?
anjeegyrl - Thanks for your time and input here. I didn't call the doc, office was closed yesterday, but I consulted with a pharmacist and took both meds earlier. Today, I took them an hour apart but 5-6 hours prior to bedtime. I can't isolate if it's one or the other or the combo... therein lies the difficulty in knowing where the issue is. I was able to function today and get up just fine, but I was trembling a bit and stuttering and just having some cognitive issues overall when talking. I am second-guessing the Zyprexa but the good news is that I've not taken any of the other anxiety, muscle relaxer, or even pain meds. Just don't need them. :)
No prob. I'm glad you had a better experience waking up this morning :)
The tremors & stuttering is no fun tho. You're right, the zyprexa alone could be causing the symptoms, and maybe you just need to get use to it being in your system, or it could be the combo in which case the dosing would need to be changed a bit. If it doesn't get better soon I would definitely see the doc. Take care, and let me know how it goes.
~anjeegyrl
anjeegyrl - You are an angel for taking the time to research for me. I went to 2.5, then up to 5 mg of Zyprexa and it definitely helped fend off anxiety... like I could feel a panic attack when I was starting to think about this and that that needed to be done NOW but I didn't have the energy or was in too much pain to do it NOW. However, I noted to myself, "Hey, that's kind of a panic attack that would have hit me but I feel okay... life's okay and it'll all work out".
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It was amazing that it curbed the anxiety. I still had bipolar issues as far as going manic and starting to try to do ten things at once for no reason, but the Adderall is a stimulant so it's going to affect anxiety and mania. I need it, but I didn't need the Zyprexa. I gave up on it, even though I worked up to 7.5 and then tried a 10mg one day and I have the trembles and some cognitive issues and stuttering no matter how low of a dose. I just don't feel the benefit is outweighing the side effects so I am currently just trying to see if a higher Lyrica dose (150 mg daily) will help with my pain but it's not quite cutting it and I need to look into maybe something else for my anxiety now that I stopped Zyprexa. It was way noticeable in 1-2 days and my clonazepam intake shot back up. :| I have some depression issues but prozac is ruled out for sure, tried it several times and it has a "yucky aftertaste" in my mood. Haven't tried Cymbalta or Lexapro, but I know lots of these meds are used for multiple things, and combine with other meds for added effects. The bad thing is that these aren't like tylenol where you just pop one and get it's effects in 30 minutes and then it is out of your system in six hours or so. These are the meds that take weeks to build up before you know if you're better but if you're worse they take weeks to leave your system and you can't try another yet. It's a long road for the right one - if it exists - and sometimes it is a combo that is the right choice. Since so many help in several ways, I feel I need this prioritization in one super-med:
1.anxiety;
2. mood (bipolar) stabilizer;
3. depression;
4. chronic pain
Nice, huh? Why don't I add "5. Do my work for me and, 6. Cook Dinner"?
Still, maybe wellbutrin may be my first step. I meet with my doc in 3 days so I can research and decide how much the Lyrica is helping in case it needs to come out of the mix to start anything else.
P.S. I just found out that I'm going to be a daddy (first-time)! All the more reason to get myself worked out in time to be helpful and supportive to my lovely wife and prepare for the bundle of joy in October. :)