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Alternative to Zyprexa

by therese83, Apr 16, 2008 01:44PM

I just take Zyprexa alone and it works for me. I am lucky I only need 2.5 mg it has a pretty strong effect on me. Because of the weight gain I want to know if anyone has found an alternative that works as well as zyprexa?
Best wishes to you all

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by god7help7me7, Apr 17, 2008 12:01PM

abilify is the only one I can think of that is not known for wieght gain

by therese83, Apr 18, 2008 09:30AM

To: god7help7me7

Just wondering what is anyones experience with abilify?

by xanweaner, Apr 18, 2008 11:36PM

To: therese

Have you considered Lamictal? It doesn't cause weight gain, and when I take it alone, I don't feel any negative effects at all. I take a low dose...

by therese83, Apr 20, 2008 04:41AM

Hi

Thank you. I will bring up lamictal with the Doc. Thank you. I researched it looks good to me, fingers crossed it will work for me.

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