Posted by med_empowered on April 24, 2006, at 6:37:02 [reposted on April 24, 2006, at 19:41:17 | original URL]
In reply to Re: olanzapine, posted by rachel1309 on April 23, 2006, at 17:21:01
I think withdrawing from the atypicals is probably a lot like withdrawaing from the older drugs--it helps to have stuff for sleep and anxiety on hand, so if your doc will rx some benzos for a little while, that'd be helpful. Lacking that...start back on the olanazipine, slowly--get him to a dose where the withdrawal is minimal, and then taper it very, very slowly (over a month or more). I think Peter Breggin has all kinds of info on neuroleptic tapers--google him and see what you get.
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