Posted by bleauberry on December 15, 2007, at 20:22:57 [reposted on December 23, 2007, at 9:10:58 | original URL]
In reply to stopping zyprexa, posted by suebirds on December 15, 2007, at 16:25:09
I got off zyprexa after 8 years on 5mg. Took a few months to get off. Your withdrawal symptoms sound familiar to me.
Since you haven't been on it as long as me I think it should go easier. For me the worst of the withdrawals were over in a few days, but lingering problems of brain readjustment took probably 3 months. Lost a lot of weight. Was nervous a lot in unpredictable waves. Slept fine, but woke feeling like I had been juiced with a pot of coffee, very nervous almost paranoia. It faded in a couple hours. Also had shakey fingers, thumbs, and knees. This went on for weeks or months. Can't remember. It took quite a while.
I was not on an ssri so that probably made it harder. Since you are on ssri it is my guess that will help a lot to stabilize things and balance things.
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