[RockyXX]

I read that Zyprexa (olanzapine) is a medication used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but I also read that it's used as an anti depressant as well. How is that?? And has anyone had any experience with it before?

 

[Shanny]

My husband has taken Zyprexa for the last 10+ years. He tried to go off it once, with poor results. We monitor carefully & have adjusted his dosage once or twice during that time, but it has served him well. I think it isn't for everyday depression though . . . it was only after a psychotic break in 2000 that Zyprexa was added to his other antidepressant meds.

 

[Patdart]

No personal experience, but I do correspond with a woman who participated in a trial and now controls her bi-polar disorder by keeping herself in ketosis and is now off all meds. She says it is very helpful and can immediately tell if she's out of ketosis.