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Posted by Suziebell on October 20, 2008, at 14:02:53
Has anybody ever gotten off lithium and zyprexa completely and been pain free?
Posted by Bob on October 20, 2008, at 18:36:47
In reply to lithium and zyprexa withdrawal, posted by Suziebell on October 20, 2008, at 14:02:53
> Has anybody ever gotten off lithium and zyprexa completely and been pain free?
Do you mean psychic or physical pain?
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Posted by Phillipa on October 20, 2008, at 21:16:41
In reply to Re: lithium and zyprexa withdrawal » Suziebell, posted by Bob on October 20, 2008, at 18:36:47
Are you withdrawing from both at the same time? Phillipa
Posted by greywolf on October 21, 2008, at 2:47:26
In reply to Re: lithium and zyprexa withdrawal » Bob, posted by Phillipa on October 20, 2008, at 21:16:41
I've been on both and have gotten off both. Of course, I'm more like a lab rat when it comes to discontinuing. I rarely have disc syndrome or anything like that.
Greywolf
Posted by Phillipa on October 21, 2008, at 12:49:44
In reply to Re: lithium and zyprexa withdrawal » Phillipa, posted by greywolf on October 21, 2008, at 2:47:26
Greywolf I like that analogy lab rat. You can at least laugh and that is good. Thought I was the only one that didn't withdraw from meds with symptoms except that pesky 50mg of luvox. Sorry for going off on a tangent. Love Phillipa
Posted by bleauberry on October 21, 2008, at 17:33:06
In reply to lithium and zyprexa withdrawal, posted by Suziebell on October 20, 2008, at 14:02:53
I was only on low dose lithium for a few days, so that experience doesn't count.
As for zyprexa, I was on it for 8 years. That counts. It took about 2 months to carefully wean off, and honestly about 3 months after that to finally settle into a baseline where I was sure withdrawal adjustments were behind me. Of course, the new place I found myself was no nice place either, but at least I no longer needed zyprexa and the ill effects of getting off it (mostly anxiety) were behind me. So yes it can be done, easier for some than others. I suspect if a med is truly doing something to keep a disease at bay, then maybe that med could never be stopped unless it was replaced with something else to do a similar job. Or if some bright doctor were to figure out where the symptoms were coming from in the first place rather than just putting a label on it and trying to minimize the symptoms.
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