Posted by ronaldo on November 8, 2006, at 11:12:54
In reply to Re: Has anyone ever heard.....? » ronaldo, posted by ed_uk on November 6, 2006, at 13:36:25
> Hi Ronaldo
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> If you want to come off Zyprexa you will have to reduce the dose in small steps. You could get the 7.5mg tablets for your next prescription and stay at that dose for a few weeks. What do you think?Yes I have been thinking along those lines, Ed. I'm surprised you say 7.5 mg FOR A FEW WEEKS. I only envisaged one week myself, but then I messed things up the last time I withdrew from Olanzapine.
> Do you have a wife/partner (or anyone really) who can monitor you to ensure that you don't go manic during withdrawal? The risk of mania is that once you're there, you don't think logically - you might not even realise that there's a problem.
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> EdI came off my Olanzapine last time without telling my wife. She thought I was just having a bout of bad insomnia. She's pretty sharp so she would have picked up on it if I had become manic. As far as my CMHT is concerned I was manic but that was due to lack of sleep. I also tend to raise my voice to them when they don't understand. Sleep deprivation is a strong cause of mania. Of course the CMHT did not see it that way. Thank God my new pdoc is not endoctrinated to their ways....yet.
....Alan
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