andy: Finally off zyprexa

[Mogiebear]

Nice job andy. I made my jump off zyprexa 6 days ago

 

5.0mg

2.5mg

2mg

1.5mg

1.0mg

0.75mg

0.5mg

0.25mg

 

Was the way i did it.. i held at each dose for roughly a month.. i can feel thehealing taking place.. moods r up n down though, still on luvox and anafranil for my excessive ocd though. But no longer require zyprexa it was meant to be a short term sleep aid which turned into a year long drug.

 

Peace god bleas

[sumit153]

@andy how many hours did you sleep in insomnia? In how many days insomnia gone?

[Guile1]

@andy I'm so glad you've posted how you dealt with withdrawal symptoms getting off Zyprexa. I too noticed that exercise made me feel better (I had stopped exercise because I had gotten new shoes that didn't fit me). I've been juicing vegetables (an orange with peel) and roots, and eating power greens and steamed vegetables daily, but I think exercise is also an excellent way to purify the body and possibly get the vitamins to work better in the body. 

[apollyon]

Wow, this is seriously the only success story I've found on getting off olanzapine. On the entire freaking internet.

 

I am horrified and I haven't even begun my taper yet and I'm at twice your dosage for over a year. I am starting by dropping the dose to 7.5mg tomorrow. I don't know if anyone will see this. I feel so alone in this.

[ChessieCat]

@apollyon

 

SA recommends reducing by no more than 10% of the current dose.

 

Please see Post #1 of this topic which explains how to get non standard doses:

 

tips-for-tapering-off-zyprexa-olanzapine

 

and

 

Why taper by 10% of my dosage?

Dr Joseph Glenmullen's WD Symptoms Checklist

 

[hayduke]

9 hours ago, apollyon said:

Wow, this is seriously the only success story I've found on getting off olanzapine.

Quite a few people have managed it.  I have posted some topics for you to read over in your intro thread.  All the best.

[Spideygsm]

14 hours ago, apollyon said:

Wow, this is seriously the only success story I've found on getting off olanzapine. On the entire freaking internet.

 

I am horrified and I haven't even begun my taper yet and I'm at twice your dosage for over a year. I am starting by dropping the dose to 7.5mg tomorrow. I don't know if anyone will see this. I feel so alone in this.

Here yah go! Go to my story. I managed to get off Zyprexa also.

[apollyon]

On 4/1/2022 at 4:20 AM, Spideygsm said:

Here yah go! Go to my story. I managed to get off Zyprexa also.

Thank you will check it out.

 

I talked to someone yesterday that calmed me down, they were able to jump cold turkey off zyprexa at 5mg. And while this is not what I plan on doing, there story reminded me that not everyone has the same withdrawal or taper side effects, and most importantly, there are probably a plethora of people who've gotten off zyprexa that simply haven't felt the need to share their story, or didn't have much of a story to share, or didn't feel the need to seek support while in the process of getting off it, so I can be rest assured that others have successfully gotten off this drug.

[apollyon]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:12 PM, hayduke said:

Quite a few people have managed it.  I have posted some topics for you to read over in your intro thread.  All the best.

Thank you. I've talked to some people on reddit that have successfully gotten off of it as well which has calmed some of my anxiety.