Posted by purplestarchild on January 25, 2005, at 13:39:31
In reply to Re: Period of Withdrawal Symptoms - Zyprexa (Help!), posted by HappyGirl on January 25, 2005, at 13:22:29
Thanks HG and Sebastian. I found it strange that the Dr. would remove the Zyprexa cold turkey from 5mg and not give anything for the sleep issues. He tried 50 mg of Benadryl, but it didn't work. The Dr. said he will just have to ride it out. Not sure if he should take anything else for sleep over the counter or not. Dr. used this only for short term crisis and states since nothing else is reappearing, he will just have to suffer through this until it gets totally out of his system/brain. I'm concerned thou.
> Hi:
> I was the Zyprexa 5 mg. for the past three and plus years and slept REALLY good every nights without any interruption. However, for some reason, my sleep-pattern became 'fragmental.' Only after the Trazodone 50 mg. made such a BIG difference to the point where I was able to sleep good, even without any 'dreams,' ... called, 'sound sleep.' I nomally sleep 8 - 10 hours for my 'mental well-being.' Because, I read somewhere over the Internet, SLEEP is very crucial for cell-regeneration in the brand(if my recollection is correct, ... but not quite sure for this tho').
>
> In my suggestion, try to take a small dosage of the Trazodone(originally anti-depressant) before the bed.
> H.G.
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