honestly its tough. ive tried every other ap on the market before. Zyprexa is the only one who pulled me out of my bed. i am still in suffering in the day but its better.
but the big problem is my 4 hours after taking my med. it really depresses me. even my face changes, i got so low for 4 hours after my pill in the evening… what i can do against this? can this depressive effect fade away with time? cause its 4 hours stolen of my life, its not nothing. i cant be around people when i am like this, its a real zombie effect…
the other solution MAYBE is to take my Zyprexa right before sleep but i have different patterns of sleep and i am worried of taking the Zyprexa in different time…
pls help-should i primo hope that the depressive effect will fade away or secundo, taking it right before sleep? which one will work better?
If it were me, I’d try taking it at night (at the same time every night). If that doesn’t work, you can always switch back.
I take mine half an hour before going to bed. It might help you get a regular sleep pattern if you take it at night also.
i always take it in the same time everhopefull that’s the problem. around 8 pm but i dont go to bed right away so i feel the depressive effect. if i am around people they will notice straight away that i am drugged…
@Gollum, but do you fall asleep at different time? does it mean that you take your med at different time every night?
I take my zyprexa at 7pm and don’t go to bed till around 10pm. I sometimes will go to bed earlier if I feel sleepy from the meds. On nights that I know I’ll be hanging with ppl later than normal I’ll either skip the dose or I’ll just take it late.
my Zyprexa doesn’t make me get sleepy. i just get depressed on it. so @johnny5, noproblem to take it in different hours the night eventually if i go out?
@Anna1 As johnny5 says if I’m socialising and stay out later then I will take it later but I always take it about half an hour before I go to bed.
you take it when you start to feel sleepy is that right Gollum? pff, i am sorry to be annoying but i am the only one who get depressed on Zyprexa. plus, i dont get sleepy on it.
I don’t have a very active social life so I always tend to go to bed at the same time and it is part of my routine to take it as preparation for going to bed. It does make me sleepy.
ok, thank you Gollum. i guess ill have to take it in different time. my Zyprexa doesn’t make me sleep, it justs takes my energy. i dont have a choice i guess. but i dont want to be a zombie in the evening…
How long have you been taking it? The effect it had on me has changed over a long time. At first it just made me feel weak and blank in the head but that went after several months to a year.
Yeah see if you can take it at night and sleep through the depressing part. Or ask your doc if there’s a supplement or something that could help with it. It seems kind of weird to go on an AD to help with depression caused by an AP but I don’t know. Seems easiest to just take it before bed though.
I take it at night about 9 and go to bed about 11 or 12
Maybe you’re on too high a dose
Gollum, I take it since 8 months. in the first months I didn’t feel the depressing part cause I was in a bad state in general. now, I feel it. yes, maybe the best is like @Anna says - take it right before sleep. me too, I dont want an ad because of this depression… its like a smashing effect on my brain, it sucks…
thanks mmasters, its a solution too to decrease my dosage. I am on 7,5 mg of Zyprexa now, maybe I can decrease it to 5 mg… ill try first just to take it before sleep and then ill see I guess.
thanks to all 
Yeah try taking your Zyprexa dose right before going to bed.
This may be the best solution.
Good luck Anna …
Before you do anything ask your doctor.