anon34 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 What's your experience with it? How long did it take for it to kick in? Do/did you like it? Am or pm? Just getting started on Zypreza and want to know your experiences with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I have BP I. When I tried taking it long-term for maintenance, it didn't work out. I was an insatiably hungry zombie. Not saying that's how it is for everyone, clearly, but it was for me. I have a prescription of it to take in the event I start becoming hypo/manic, because it knocks that shit out within a day or so of taking it. I usually take a 3-5 day course of it, in the PM, at 10mg. And it (usually, though not always - case in point, this summer it didn't help stop a catastrophic mixed episode that left me hospitalized) nips any trending toward mania in the bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) I had a good experience with this med. I was also on wellbutrin with it. For the first week people thought my behavior was a bit odd, but I adjusted to the med I suppose. Just one 2.5mg pill and the next morning although feeling a bit hung over my anxiety was 90% gone. Very effective at tiny doses for me. The most I was taking was 5mg. Edited October 14, 2013 by Revan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_Rising Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I take it now (10 mg) and am very pleased with it. I have been stable for several months. I did experience a lot of side effects at first: ravenous hunger, blood glucose level increased and edema. But all the side effects stopped within a couple of months. I think its a great med. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarie Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) I took 7.5mg morning and 7.5mg evening for a mania that happened despite an increase to my other meds. I wasn't very stable at the time. It started working by first night, more so the next day. Edited October 14, 2013 by AnneMarie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 It started working very quickly for me as well. I took 20mg of it. Gained a buch of weight and then got off of it and was put on something different. I took it PM for help with sleep. It was a good med and I would go back on it if I needed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 it's the only atypical that hasn't caused more problems than it resolved and also worked. i still take it, at night, the dissolvables. it's pretty quick acting overall, i've found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I took it off-label for anxiety. It seemed to work for general anxiety but not the social phobia that was the main problem. I felt very zombie like and I was hungry like I'd never been hungry before. I gained about 30lbs/15kg over a few weeks on 5mg a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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