I feel best, and will get better most readily by getting off the meds/substances. My doc gives me a big “NO WAY IN HELL” for benzos. I am 64 and look forward to my son being drug free one day soon.I have been off it for 2 years now from a maximum dose of 10mg and had taken it for 7 years. I’m sure the hallucinations were from chronic / acute cannabis use. Cannabis has made me manic in the past, and because it’s legal here in OR I over-did. Use of this website is conditional upon your acceptance of our User Agreement.© 2020 Remedy Health Media, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I too am doing this all on my own and have nobody to help me at all. The only conditions that this drug should be used to treat are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – after other options with less side effects have been explored.Most people that have taken Zyprexa end up coming to a point where they have to weigh the benefits they are getting with the side effects of the drug. I’ve come off olanzapine and clonazepam at the same time, and obviously had withdrawal symptoms – the worst I guess was the insomnia. The last 2 weeks I’ve felt much better.
Symptoms may include agitation, fast heartbeat, drowsiness, slurred speech, sudden and uncontrollable movements, and coma.According to goodrx.com, 30 tablets of 5mg Zyprexa cost approximately $400 for 30 tablets of 5 mg generic olanzapine cost approximately $50.The biggest disadvantages of Zyprexa are the potential long-term side effects, which can include tardive dyskinesia, increased blood sugar, and weight gain.This information is not designed to replace a physician's independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of a procedure for a given patient.
Hope this helps a little!Been on olanzapine for about a month or more and it’s not working for me so decided to go off it. My sleep is still hit and miss.
It was about week 8 when I started getting good days and bad days.Now it’s almost all good days. For now I just want to go off the olanzapine but I’m so scared of going through those side effects again.
Zyprexa withdrawals are the absolute worst thing.At week 4 my symptoms got worse and have stayed that way. Now, after being on medication, I maintain a career, healthy relationships, and much more. Antipsychotics like Zyprexa are very serious drugs and the withdrawal effects can be debilitating. Several docs have advised me that there is no medication available to treat Olanzapine withdrawal.Note: The author of this site is not engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. You shouldn’t generalize and give out this bogus information. I get night sweats and herky-jerky sleep, just general fatique – but it’s getting better with hydration, exercise and staying away from the caffeine.I’m candidly skeptical about adding drugs to the system to address the drugs being withdrawn from the system. For others, the withdrawal may only persist for a couple of weeks – it totally depends.If you worked closely with a professional for tapering off of Zyprexa and gradually weaned off of the drug over a period of weeks or months, you may not have many symptoms following your last dose. Good luck and keep in touch.Into the 9th week of withdrawal. The exercise also helped reduce my blood/sugar, high cholesterol as well as high liver panels.My Dr decided to take me off Zyprexa since I built up a high tolerance.
He was almost 300lbs, physically ill, cognitively regressing and completely out of control when I decided to begin the weaning process.We are down to only 15 mg of zyprexa (5mg, 2.5, 5mg 2.5) and ativan 1mg taken as needed (no more than twice per day). And then came off completely. You have no idea what you’re talking about and shouldn’t act like you do.Good for you, Mimi – I couldn’t agree more! Best of luck to you. However, when I did my first reduction, I got the same withdrawal symptoms as when I dropped by 50%. After a month I said screw this and stopped completely. !I was on 10 mg of zyprexa for 2 years, and slowly tapered down to 2 mg.
Anyone know how long nausea lasted for them?