Posted by Justin L on January 4, 2008, at 8:24:26
In reply to zyprexa withdraw, posted by suebirds on November 15, 2007, at 7:48:35
Hi Suebirds,
you can come off of it - I have gotten my dose down from 10mg to 2.5mg and am stable on the lower dose. I answered another one of your posts which gives a fuller story for you. It can be done, though as I said in that other post, you will find it helpful to strengthen other areas of your life, and seek other things to help you in this process - I include exercise, meditation, yoga, breathing, diet and health supplements as ways of supporting my process in coming off of zyprexa, and I have done it very slowly (been on these drugs for 18 years) having taken 5 to 6 years to be stable on a low dose. As encouragement, I do suffer pain and other withdraw symptoms, but continue on in the battle to be free of these drugs in the light of knowledge that what I am suffering is withdrawal symptoms - I "get" this knowledge (and support) from websites like this one. Oh and I also stay determined! I do go through periods where I seem to slip backwards, and in my (and no doubt many other's) experience I know not to give up when I seem to be losing ground, as all ground gained will pay off, even if at times it is one hard-fought step forward and two steps back.
Keep fighting! Justin
poster:Justin L
thread:795244
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