{"id":533,"date":"2013-03-27T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T07:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/12\/14\/what-is-zyprexa\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:17","slug":"what-is-zyprexa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/what-is-zyprexa\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Zyprexa? Is it used to treat Bipolar Disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"zyprexalemon\"<\/a>Zyprexa is an anti psychotic drug (also known as a neuroleptic) used to treat bipolar disorder psychosis. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Zyprexa is called an ‘atypical’ antipsychotic as it is a new class of drugs with less side effects that the old anti-psychotics such as Thorazine and Haldol.<\/p>\n

Zyprexa is known for weight gain- an average of 20 pounds per person, but some don’t have the weight gain. It\u2019s used to treat bipolar disorder psychosis and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to find a balance between the benefits of Zyprexa and the side effects- but for many, the benefits are what matters. I have a friend who was on the drug for two years to keep her mania and psychosis in check. It definitely kept her out of the hospital- but she felt over drugged and gained weight.\u00a0 She is now stable and no longer needs the Zyprexa. It did the job it was supposed to do.<\/p>\n

Zyprexa is no longer the first drug of choice when a person is diagnosed.\u00a0 I see more use of Seroquel and Risperdal. It truly comes down to how sick you are and how much help you need.<\/p>\n

Outside of the people with bipolar disorder, it’s all about big pharma politics-\u00a0 much is done to hide the negative sides of the meds-\u00a0but that is another story!<\/p>\n

The new anti psychotics (Abilify, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Risperdal, etc)\u00a0basically work the same- a person’s physiology is\u00a0 what determines their success. It’s the same with the side effects.\u00a0 I find these drugs the most toxic- but I’ve also see them change a person from someone who literally\u00a0couldn’t \u00a0function in the world due to paranoid psychosis to someone who can work and be a productive part of society.\u00a0 He tells me his life is a lot better! But his face is puffy and he shakes.<\/p>\n

What can we do?<\/p>\n

It’s always a trade off. In one hand there are the dreaded and often physically destructive pills- on the other hand is a life out of hostpial and in the world.<\/p>\n

It’s our choice.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

I have absolutely no idea why I found a picture of a lemon with a zyprexa lable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"zyprexalemon\"<\/a>Zyprexa is an anti psychotic drug (also known as a neuroleptic) used to treat bipolar disorder psychosis. <\/p>\n

Zyprexa is called an ‘atypical’ antipsychotic as it is a new class of drugs with less side effects that the old anti-psychotics such as Thorazine and Haldol.<\/p>\n

Zyprexa is known for weight gain- an average of 20 pounds per person, but some don’t have the weight gain. It\u2019s used to treat bipolar disorder psychosis and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to find a balance between the benefits of Zyprexa and the side effects- but for many, the benefits are what matters. I have a friend who was on the drug for two years to keep her mania and psychosis in check. It definitely kept her out of the hospital- but she felt over drugged and gained weight. She is now stable and no longer needs the Zyprexa. It [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11411,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/11411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}