I’ve switched from Zyprexa to Depakote. I don’t even have Loxapine to help me sleep anymore. Man, I’ve been having the best week of my life (not in a manic or hypomanic way, I would know since the biggest culprit is buying $3000 of random stuff in 1 week). I didn’t know it was affecting me that much since I’ve been on Zyprexa for a long time now at different dosage the lowest being 7,5mg and the last dosage I was on was my highest at 30mg a day. I’ve been getting my creativity back and my ability to create, I write a lot of poems, I journal a lot, I gained back my ability to daydream (which helps a ton my creativity). The only downside I have is I get vivid dreams and weird sleep overall. I told my psychiatrist I don’t have psychotic symptoms which she seemed to agree with so I trust her.
That sounds like a lot, wow. Doc had me on 3mg and also had me split the pills in two since we couldn’t get lower dose. Even then I could tell how much it affected me. Almost like seeing in black & white only every sensory perception was like that.
You’re probably having a bit of a rebound though. Brace for some sort of impact. But balance should return in like two weeks. You’ll probably notice the dreams calming down first.