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Posted by Sebastian on November 16, 2002, at 20:37:51
Hi!
I recently tried to get off Zyprexa. It did not go over too well and I am back on the full 10mg dose at my request. I wonder if I am doing the right thing. He put me down to half and I seemed to be fine, it was quite a rough transition. 3months later I thought I could handle getting off the drug completly. Felt I was doing fine but after a few days I could not eat or sleep. Nights of 3-4 hours, and half a meal a day only liquids would go down. Eventualy I called my doctor and was told to take 2.5mg right away. When I went back to see him, he asked me what dose I wanted to take. I was affraid to say, so he put me on 5mg. When I went back 2 weeks later I said it wasn't enough and was given some 2.5mg to take when I could not sleep or felt extra ankshous. I tried at first but 5 was not enough 2 days I took 7.5 and decided that was not enough. Decided to take the full 10 I was on in the first place and started feeling better. I did call him and ask if it was ok and he said as long as I am ok with it. The time befor the initial reduction I had complained of just about every side effect on the list and had been thinking the drug was not doing anything for me. I wonder if this is why he might have taken me off the higher dose? Whats your input? I take the 10mg and feel better taking it now than I did before and actually am afraid to go down or off it. He is mentioning that I could take geodon but I am afraid and not sure if I should try it or not. Anyways my thinking on the Zyprexa is that I am affraid to come off it as all my grades in school were going down and my thinking was not clear and most importanly I could not eat or sleep, I wonder if that would be the case if I switched to geodon. Anyone tried that or had a simmilar experience?
Sebastion
Posted by oracle on November 17, 2002, at 0:06:20
In reply to Long story about Zyprexa withdraw, posted by Sebastian on November 16, 2002, at 20:37:51
What condition are you treating ?
Posted by Sebastian on November 17, 2002, at 0:23:35
In reply to Re: Long story about Zyprexa withdraw, posted by oracle on November 17, 2002, at 0:06:20
I'm not sure. Origionaly it was sicosis. Now it might be just anxiety.
Posted by Denise528 on November 19, 2002, at 5:56:56
In reply to Re: Long story about Zyprexa withdraw, posted by Sebastian on November 17, 2002, at 0:23:35
Hi Sebastian,
I just take 10mg when I feel really lousy, as in suicidal, anxious etc, so far this has been about once a month and I don't have much of a problem when I don't take it.
Anything less than 10mg doestn't seem to work much, so I suppose I am just taking it for use as a tranquiliser when I feel really desparate.
If I can't find anything else for my depression then I may go on Zyprexa full time. Have you spoken to your doctor about just taking 10mg of Zyprexa as and when needed? Or do you need it all of the time? It might be that you will initially feel really bad after having been on it for so long but perhaps if you give your body time to adjust you might be ok to take it every now and again.
Denise
Posted by sebastian on November 19, 2002, at 13:05:27
In reply to Re: Long story about Zyprexa withdraw, posted by Denise528 on November 19, 2002, at 5:56:56
I take it 10mgs every day. I was kind of having bad experiences when I tried to lower it and get off it. My thinking wasn't clears, basicaly I fell apart. So now that I'm back on the 10 every day I feel great. Wish it happened with out the drug. I feel hoplessly addicted.
Sbastian
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