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Posted by Delysid on October 9, 2003, at 2:00:55
Hi,
My 14-year-old daughter has recently started Zyprexa for treating some delusional symptoms. No actual hallucinations or voices but some paranoia and feeling like there may be cameras or microphones around, and also not sure if she is broadcasting her thoughts sometimes. But specifically, she said today that since starting the Zyprexa her dreams have been vivid and disturbing, and sometimes she is not sure if something she remembers in the recent past, like the past day or two, happened in a dream or in real life.
Has anyone had similar experiences, particularly this blurring of dreams and reality, with Zyprexa or other antipsychotics? Or could it be the underlying illness itself?
Oh I guess I should mention she was on 5 mg per day of Zyprexa for the first couple weeks, then a week at 7.5 mg, and has just bumped up to 10 mg a day. She was on Risperdal before that but blood work revealed her prolactin levels had shot up and there were some other abnormalities so her doctor switched her to Zyprexa.
Thanks for any responses.
Posted by Daniel J. on October 9, 2003, at 9:11:12
In reply to Zyprexa, vivid dreams and reality blurring, posted by Delysid on October 9, 2003, at 2:00:55
This is very possible, in my belief because of under/over medication with anti psychotic and AD meds. My 15 yr old son is on 20 mg zyprexa. It has allowed him to sleep on a regular schedule and eat (sometimes too much but he excercises a lot so doesn't gain weight). Now... he is taking zoloft if he takes the full 100mg of zoloft, he gets giddy and laughs inappropriately starting 2 hrs after taking it. I tried cutting the pill so he only gets 75 mg. guess what? The giddy effect goes away! The correct amount of meds really can make a difference.
Best of Luck, Dan J.
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