Posted by B2chica on March 12, 2005, at 11:51:46
i was put on zyprexa while i was in the hospital about two weeks ago. i was on it a year or so ago at 10mg and infact lost weight.but then went off feb of last year. this time i was put on 5 and gained about 8lbs in this 2-3 week time. i took myself off it about 4days ago and last night while i was painting it was about 1/1:30 i suddenly got this INCREDIBLE urge to cut off my left hand. now i have a history of SI. so i did end up using some boning shears and cut slightly but i had to really fight hard not to go further, it's weird to say but i REALLY wanted it off-it was the act of cutting it off i wanted, not the end result. i told myself not to move from my chair...i turned up the music a bit and just sat there for a while...after about 1/2 hour and after little SI the urge slowly lifted.
-is this a weird reaction to going off the meds,
-is it something i would have had but since i went off they came back?
i like my hand. using it today to type...why would i want to do this?
d@mn that urge was strong...
-should i mention it to pdoc??
b2c.
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thread:470041
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