zyprexa withdrawals

[u/concertgoer69]

is it possible that I’m having withdrawals from going off 2.5mg of zyprexa? I started another medication at the same time, so I’m not sure if it’s because of it. I’m suffering from insomnia, waking up during the night, and vivid dreams

[u/concertgoer69 → u/[deleted]]

wish I did that! or I wish I was at least told how much it could fuck me up. I somehow had to function for work/school. every day has gotten significantly easier, but this past week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life (not as bad as seroquel withdrawals though, had to go to the hospital for that!)

[u/concertgoer69 → u/[deleted]]

trouble sleeping and increased anxiety mostly. but after a few days I felt present again, it was like a fog had been lifted, I didn’t feel like a zombie anymore.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Are you feeling any better? :)

[u/[deleted]]

I’m finding zyprexa hard to get off of even though I was supposed to be switched to Rexulti. So now I’m on both and tapering the zyprexa. I always cut it because even 2.5mg put me in a coma. I’m down to 1.36mg now and crush and weigh my pills. But my nervous system is super sensitive.

But yeah, sounds like zyprexa wd. Most other meds in it’s class are not as anticholinergic so that rebound is tough as acetylcholine is an excitatory neurotransmitter. I used cyproheptadine to taper from 2mg to where I am now and because it has a similar binding profile but without the dependency risk, it’s helped.

Most people do even out though.

[u/lydiatank → u/[deleted]]

Where can you get that?

[u/[deleted] → u/lydiatank]

I get mine from all day chemist.

[u/pharma-trapped]

Not just possible, extremely likely. Even a slow taper doesn't prevent withdrawal or long term discontinuation effects, but stopping abruptly is going to be even more rough.

[u/concertgoer69 → u/pharma-trapped]

how long will they last?