Anecdotal stories are not the same as actual scientific data. It scared me straight. I was on 7.5mg of Zyprexa.I decided to stop cold turkey for my own reasons.

But for my own situation, the benefits outweigh the risks. We just don’t get to read about it because if they’ve done it, why write about it? I get night sweats and herky-jerky sleep, just general fatique – but it’s getting better with hydration, exercise and staying away from the caffeine.I’m candidly skeptical about adding drugs to the system to address the drugs being withdrawn from the system. Olanzapine is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and other psychoses.

You may experience a few of the symptoms or many and the severity of withdrawal will be influenced by individual factors.When it comes to withdrawal from Zyprexa, there is really no exact timeline that can be followed. and exercise helps with the side effects of withdrawal.5 months on a dose we tapered down to 2.5 mg and now 3 weeks of no Olanzapine at all. Substance abuse is one of my listed disabilities.We stopped the cannabis cold, six months now. Can’t go through that again! I hate this drug and hate what it does – you hang in there and let’s both remember that this will end!My name is Veronica and I am from Papua New Guinea. I really want to come out of it, please tell me if anything can help.The only way to do it, is with medical advice and by sticking to it. I’ve come off olanzapine and clonazepam at the same time, and obviously had withdrawal symptoms – the worst I guess was the insomnia. Panic attacks, crying, nausea, insomnia. It works more on serotonin receptors than dopamine receptors, but targets both. My self awareness is back and I am very aware not to trust anyone anymore.I’ve had it with this withdrawal process and now I’m hooked on Ambien and Klonopin. I went all the ways down to 0.625mg/day. But nowhere near as bad as when I started! Hearing about your experience really helps. I was hallucinating and felt like I was tripping on shrooms. I’ve recently come off olanzapine and after a few weeks I feel quite well, other than over sleeping a little, dizziness, and a few headaches. I developed paranoid schizophrenia in a couple of days, I was not even able to walk down the street from phobias and hallucinations I got.My hippocampus was damaged too, my spatial sense was gone, becoming unable to control and sense my limbs, I got severe memory and cognitive issues, and simultanagnosia. I’m too far along.Drugs like Zyprexa have their place. For weeks, the brain adapts to a level of olanzapine and requires more of the drug to maintain a neurotransmitter balance. For patients who have taken olanzapine in larger doses for longer periods, the decision to stop taking the medication becomes that much more problematic.For olanzapine to work correctly, the pill or orally disintegrating tablet should be taken every day or as directed by a physician. Like a bad case of flu with depression and anxiety – so I can relate to what you’re going through.I hate to keep taking the stuff but don’t know how to deal with this horrible withdrawal. Just sitting in the chair for hours. That becomes a problem for many patients who don’t know that antipsychotics like olanzapine can toy first with the body’s metabolism until their weight gain leads to potentially dangerous health issues.If only that were the issue. I wish it wasn’t the case, but I think we’re lucky that we have these options today.Far better to be a functioning, productive human being than shut up on a psych ward. National Library of Medicine. My son is in a similar situation and who has been on olanzapine for 12 years and just this year March has come off of the medication and he is going through hell. My sleep patterns are improving. For me the anxiety and irritability are the worst – I feel like I’m going to snap and hurt myself or someone else. It was about week 8 when I started getting good days and bad days.Now it’s almost all good days. In comparison to the older typical antipsychotic drugs, the only advantage this medication has is slightly fewer side effects. It’s been 3 days and so far my only symptoms have been nausea, diarrhea, headaches, insomnia, concentration issues and partial panic attacks. Last week my doctor put me on Trazodone to help with the sleep. I took my last dose of 1/2 2.5 mg in March.It was a living hell for 2 months. Then, again, I start with the same doses and same medication.Today I am once again starting to lower the dose of Olanzapine. I took it for about a year and quit cold turkey because this was not the thing I needed, I have social anxiety and not schizophrenia or bipolar. In general the tapering period should be influenced by your current dose as well as how long you took the drug.If you were on this particular drug for an extended period of time, it is recommended to taper at a rate of 10% per month. Zyprexa Sx are mild and recovery is just down the road a bit.My now 38 year old autistic son was placed on zyprexa in 1997. I was on venlafaxine for many years, and now rely on celexa and topiramate to function. The withdrawal symptoms and length have a lot to do with individual factors such as: how you tapered off the drug, how long you had taken it, and whether you are on other medications. My body kept building up a tolerance and I got up as high as 30mg/day. I’m so glad to hear how well you are doing. Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic that is given frequently in the ED for many of the same symptoms that are seen in patients who are experiencing opioid withdrawal, however its use in this toxidrome has never been studied.

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