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Posted by suebirds on January 26, 2008, at 9:17:03
Well ive been off of zyprexa for a little over 1 week and I have been going through a lot of different things my sleep is very poor and I am still having tremors when i wake up from being asleep and my stomach has been sick i have lost close to 8 pounds I did wean down on it before I stopped it can someone tell me how much longer these things are going to last. I really need some help the p-doc did give me rozerem to help me sleep but hate taking another med but have been taking it but just half the dose. Thank You Suebird Oh Yeah I'm still taking paxil and klonopin.
Posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2008, at 9:17:03
In reply to need advice no more zyprexa, posted by suebirds on January 25, 2008, at 8:40:52
Hi Suebird why not try the full rozeram hear it's very mild and good luck sounds like you're doing well. Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2008, at 12:52:41
In reply to Re: need advice no more zyprexa » suebirds, posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2008, at 9:17:03
Just repeating above message to stay on thread. Phillipa
Posted by bleauberry on January 26, 2008, at 18:56:15
In reply to need advice no more zyprexa, posted by suebirds on January 26, 2008, at 9:17:03
I remember when you started the zyprexa weaning process. You've done great to get this far.
I've been in your shoes. I think for me it was a lot tougher than you. I had no other meds on board and just sweated it out, literally taking every 5 minute segment of a day one at a time.
All of your withdrawal symptoms do go away, except maybe for the weight loss. My zyprexa tremors subsided very slow and subtle. I noticed improvement in a month, but didn't have totally calm fingers, neck, knees, for maybe 3 months. Improvements happened so gradual that I could not see it on a daily basis. But it did happen and was happening all along. Sleep issues improved in a couple weeks, really good at a month. Appetite improved about the same, better in a couple weeks, baseline normal eating in a month. This was after 8 years on 5mg. All I can say is hang in there because it does get better. Some days better, some days worse, but with steady progress forward, kind of like 2 steps forward and one step back, then 2 more forward, and so on.
Weight went from 142 to 125 and now I cannot get it to budge from 125 no matter how much I eat.
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