realizer: Tapered too aggressively off Zyprexa / olanzapine

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On 18/10/2017 at 4:08 AM, realizer said:

I have been dissolving 5mg Olanzapine tablets with room temperature water in what resembles small coffee creamers. Using pestle I crush them and facilitate dissolution by slightly shaking and turning the object around.

 

I can't say whether Olanzapine helps me feel better or worse because there are other factors involved like my life is not where I would want it to be and once in a while problems emerge that make me feel from bad to awful like almost complete bottom (anxiety, panic, depression, suicidal thoughts). If my life was the way I want it then it would be easier to track how medication affects me. I know however that it causes me to gain weight so that's the first reason I decided to taper.

 

I am currently at 1.9 mg from 2.5mg and I take medication in the evening at 7PM. I wonder if this is optimal time to take it and at what time others in this forum take that medication? Is there doctor recommended time or you take it at a time you set?

 

Thanks.

I used to take my medication at bedtime - 9pm. Within a half hour I would be asleep. Most ppl take it at bedtime b/c of the sedative effects. 

 

I bought a scale and was weighing the pills and cutting them with a blade. That was much easier than trying to suspend it in water. Other ppl use a solution to dissolve it into. You need to research it on this site. 

 

Just look up tapering olanzapine. 

 

 

[realizer]

For 2 weeks I have been off Olanzapine 1.7mg because doc prescribed Abilify 2.5mg

 

I noticed it makes me feel better overall however a few side-effects that affect my quality of life:

 

1. I don't sleep well. It's hard for me to fall asleep. There was one day in that time frame where I managed to sleep 6 hours or so and felt good. Sometimes I would sleep 3 hours, wake up and sleep again for 2 hours minutes later. But majority of time 3-4 hours, is what I get and I feel kind of tired. I developed slightly dark circles around my eyes because of lack of enough sleep I guess. When I took Olanzapine I would be falling asleep so easy, I would be able to take nap too and none of that I can do now. I would also sleep more than usual too but it's slight side-effect.

 

2. I think I have muscle twitches which are mentioned in medication's leaflet. But I am not sure whether these should happen when one is aware and not asleep. I have these when I just about to fall asleep and this wakes me up too. I could have these twitches before too but could not tell if it's true because I was effortlessly falling asleep with Olanzapine.

 

Anyone here who is off Olanzapine and had these things to them? Does this forum has posts about insomnia caused by stopping Olanzapine?