Posted by blueberry on December 10, 2006, at 14:36:47 [reposted on December 11, 2006, at 1:04:29 | original URL]
In reply to Zyprexa withdrawal - baby steps, and slowly slowly, posted by ronaldo on December 10, 2006, at 12:33:49
I weaned off of zyprexa in 2005. 5mg to 0 in 3 months. Serious trouble at 1.25mg. I toughed it out. I went about a month without it. A month straight from hell. Extreme out of this world anxiety, extreme restlessness, poor sleep, no appetite, fits of crying depression at random times, no interest in living, free-floating fear. It just would not get any better.
The sad thing is that none of these conditions existed prior to starting zyprexa, except the depression. 10 years on zyprexa. Yikes.
After that month I had extreme paranoia at a week long company meeting and started it up at 1.25mg twice a day. It's been 2.5mg for months. Recently I whittled down to 1.25mg and thought it was going ok. Yesterday symptoms hit again full force. Absolute fierce terrifying anxiety, knee shakes, finger and thumb shakes, overall free-floating fear. This morning I had to play guitar in church and was an absolute wreck when I woke up, so I took an extra 1.25mg first thing when I woke. It kicked in just in time and I got relaxed and the withdrawals went away. So now I'm back at 2.5mg. Damn.
I can't take the suggested doxepin or remeron because they made me extremely depressed when I tried them before. I'm thinking my only alternative is to do a crossover taper onto xanax. I mean, if I have to live with a calming agent the rest of my life, I would rather it be xanax than zyprexa.
Amisulpride and xanax sounds pretty good. Amisulpride was good when I tried it 10 years ago. Xanax has saved me a few times. The whole reuptake inhibitor thing just doesn't cut it with me. Goodbye sex life though, unless maybe a dopamine agonist could help that. In any case, zyprexa withdrawals are going badly, my st johns wort and lithium orotate are not doing much more than putting a weak floor underneath me.
Zyprexa. The true meaning of sweet and sour.
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