Posted by kotsunega on February 11, 2007, at 18:44:59
In reply to Re: Zyprexa w/d - progress - comments, posted by Sebastian on January 14, 2007, at 14:33:53
How are you doing Sebastian? I'm afraid I had a rebound problem with the Zyprexa. After being clean of the drug totally for 2 weeks, I developed the most amazing trapezoid muscle spasms. Had to be treated for horrendous muscle knots with muscle relaxants and pain meds. That regimen reduced the knots, but they persisted, pushing me over the edge of much lighter sleep sans Zyprexa, back into no sleep at all. I caved and took a dose, a single dose, of Zyp. Wouldn't you know...by morning all of my muscle spasm problems, that had persisted for more than two weeks, resolved over night. But I've now got to start all over with the withdrawal attempts from Zyprexa. Unfortunately, that withdrawal is going to have to wait until I have saved up a few more sick days from my job, seeing as how I used several of them to cope with the muscle spasms. Bummer. How does a person break free of this stuff. My pdoc called Eli Lilly to report this problem, and of course got the response that they had never heard of this problem before...sigh.
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