Posted by stan_the_man70 on June 26, 2012, at 10:01:44
In reply to Re: zyprexa withdrawal attempts, posted by huxley on June 26, 2012, at 7:28:56
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> I withdrew over a year of tiny tiny dosage reductions. Even at this slow rate I was unable to avoid nasty side effects. It was a horrid experience. Fainting, panic attacks, physical malaise, dereliazation skin and immune system problems.
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> Of course my doctor said it couldn't possibly be the Zyprexa.. it doesnt have a withdrawal syndrome.
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> Well it was and it does. Like other drugs, it only affects some people. Some can stop it over night without a problem but for people like me or you its dicing with out sanity to reduce the dose.
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> Withdrawing from zyprexa can induce psychosis in people who have never had it before.
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> I have mostly recovered.
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> For you I don't know. What were you like before you went on it?
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> I'm sorry to say that there was nothing I found which really helped me get off it.
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> Was just along hard battle.
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Hi Huxley, thanks for your message.
I have been reading your prior posts. Appreciate your insight.I started with Zyprexa in 2004 because I had a manic episode with SAMe. I could stop easily then but the doctors suggested that I continue.
I was afraid to discontinue on my own and so I tried ortho molecular therapy. Currently was trying Ayurvedic medicine.
I did read a posting on a website by a Dr who suggested to withdraw gradually from zyprexa to seroquel to haldol and taper off...
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