Posted by abajo1 on November 8, 2001, at 23:51:47
In reply to Re: zyprexa withdrawals ?Abajo, posted by ttt on November 8, 2001, at 21:53:31
ttt...I had to register again. I guess they are going through some administrative stuff. I had to change my handle from Abojo to abajo1. I appreciate your response. I decided after my first post that I wasn't going to mess around with this drug if the doctor who put me on it wouldn't continue to see me. Things just didn't seem right. I suspected that there might be some significant side affects if I had to withdraw from it. A week ago I started a quick taper off the drug after consulting with my pdoc, who never wanted me on it in the first place. He told me to withdraw from it as fast as I could tolerate the side effects. I dropped from 15mgs to 0 in a week. I really had no significant side effects with the exception of some moderately severe upper back and neck tightness. I had the approval of my pdoc to use whatever amount of xanax needed to alleviate those symptoms. Last night was the first night I didn't take any. I did experience the insomnia you mentioned, but I am no stranger to insomnia anyway. Thanks for your info though, I have some other online friends who are curious about withdrawing from zyprexa and they will be very interested in hearing what you had to say. I guess I lucked out.
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