Posted by blueberry on October 6, 2005, at 20:02:44
So I am stabilizing on depakote, which saved me almost instantly beginning on the first day, from a 3 month visit to hell...mixed mania. Not fun. Very scary. No one ever told me mania and depression could be mixed at the same time. Now I know. Not cool.
Anyway, my zyprexa which I've been taking for 5 years was useless against the monster. My doc wants me off it. I agree. It's time. After 5 years on 5mg, how to taper?
I'm good at cutting pills to custom sizes. I'm thinking maybe 4mg for 2 weeks, 3mg for another 2 weeks, 2.5mg for a month, 1.25mg for a month, 1.25mg every other day for a couple weeks, and then let it go. A 3 to 4 month process probabably.
But I wanted to hear what you all might have for suggestions on tapering off longterm zyprexa. I'm scared to go too fast.
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