Posted by girl1969 on January 19, 2004, at 17:51:52
In reply to Exp. on Zyprexa, posted by morel1 on January 18, 2004, at 16:41:54
I was on 20 mg of Zyprexa for a bit over 2 years. I was floridly manic when I started taking it and I don't remember all of the side effects I had in the beginning. I do remember that I was tired most of the time, so I think I slept through the worst of it.
I gained a lot of weight on it, so I decided to stop. Every time I stopped on my own without tapering, I became hypomanic again and the racing thoughts wouldn't stop. I couldn't sleep normally and my head was just buzzing. I don't think that this was any kind of withdrawal - I think that's just the way I am without meds.
Finally, my pdoc agreed to taper me off of it and replace it with Abilify. With the taper, I was fine. I went down very slowly and increased the Abilify gradually.
I don't know what would have happened if I wasn't gradually increasing another antipsychotic, so I can't answer your question defnitively.
Why are you only going to be on the Zyprexa for a short while? Maybe you could correct your sleep problem on a low dose if you didn't have terrible side effects?
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