Posted by blueberry on December 6, 2006, at 4:38:31
Weaning off zyprexa is real tough. Probably because I've been on it so long...many years. Even though the highest dose was only 5mg. It's been 2.5mg for a couple months. Now 1.25mg for 5 days. I get more depressed with increased doses. I get more depressed as I drop the dose. I am quite depressed if I just stay at a dose. So it is like a rock and a hard place.
The primary symptoms are overall restlessness and anxiety, just general almost crippling uneasiness. Maybe a little bit of flu-like stuff such as headache and a drop in appetite.
I don't take much xanax and I don't take it every day but when I do it helps. I'm thinking of trying benadryl too.
I wonder how much the last part of olanzapine's name has to do with it all...it is a triazalobenzodiazepine...notice the benzodiazepine part. Though it has weak effects on the gaba system, it still closely resembles the benzos in molecular structure.
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