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Posted by jimmygold70 on December 23, 2006, at 13:45:44
Hi!
I've just reduced my Zyprexa dose from 5 MG to 3.75 MG yesterday evening. Since the morning I'm having a bad headache. Any similar expereince or that I'm just catching cold?
J
Posted by ronaldo on December 23, 2006, at 13:45:44
In reply to Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache?, posted by jimmygold70 on December 23, 2006, at 9:13:10
Hi Jimmy
I got a slight headache, nothing drastic. Didn't connect it with Zyp w/d until you mentioned it. A flu remedy will still probably make you feel better... Jack Daniels does a good one I believe :-)
ronaldo
Posted by blueberry1 on December 23, 2006, at 13:45:45
In reply to Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache?, posted by jimmygold70 on December 23, 2006, at 9:13:10
Zyprexa is so hard for me to get off of. I don't know how. I've been at 1.25mg for a couple weeks, which is down from a couple months at 2.5mg and prior to that it was 5mg for many years.
Headaches. Fogginess. Disconnectedness. Depression. Anxiety. Fear. Insomnia. No appetite. Flu like. These are zyprexa withdrawal symptoms for me. They last about 2 weeks with each dose change. Even the tiniest change, like from 1.25mg to 1mg is dramatic.
I was off zyprexa completely for one month in 2005. The whole month I had serious crippling anxiety, total loss of appetite, bad sleep, and an overall sense of free floating fear. The sad thing is that it was originally prescribed as an antidepressant booster and for sleep, because there was no anxiety or fear or mania or anything else. Now I have all that stuff, thank you zyprexa.
I loath zyprexa. It is good for short term fixes of serious situations. But in my opinion it is way overprescribed and leads to more problems down the road. I don't know how to get off. I know this isn't much help to you. But I wanted you to know you aren't alone in your battles with this evil drug.
Posted by ronaldo on December 23, 2006, at 13:45:45
In reply to Re: Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache? » jimmygold70, posted by blueberry1 on December 23, 2006, at 11:47:14
the 'patient' only had a headache,
now he's got the whole Zyp w/d syndrome to look forward to;
Lucky Jim
:-)
> Zyprexa is so hard for me to get off of. I don't know how. I've been at 1.25mg for a couple weeks, which is down from a couple months at 2.5mg and prior to that it was 5mg for many years.
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> Headaches. Fogginess. Disconnectedness. Depression. Anxiety. Fear. Insomnia. No appetite. Flu like. These are zyprexa withdrawal symptoms for me. They last about 2 weeks with each dose change. Even the tiniest change, like from 1.25mg to 1mg is dramatic.
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> I was off zyprexa completely for one month in 2005. The whole month I had serious crippling anxiety, total loss of appetite, bad sleep, and an overall sense of free floating fear. The sad thing is that it was originally prescribed as an antidepressant booster and for sleep, because there was no anxiety or fear or mania or anything else. Now I have all that stuff, thank you zyprexa.
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> I loath zyprexa. It is good for short term fixes of serious situations. But in my opinion it is way overprescribed and leads to more problems down the road. I don't know how to get off. I know this isn't much help to you. But I wanted you to know you aren't alone in your battles with this evil drug.
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Posted by jimmygold70 on December 23, 2006, at 15:41:17
In reply to Re: Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache? » jimmygold70, posted by blueberry1 on December 23, 2006, at 11:47:14
"Headaches. Fogginess. Disconnectedness. Depression. Anxiety. Fear. Insomnia. No appetite. Flu like"
I suggest we devide the symptoms to two groups:
1. Symptoms that resemble SSRIs / venlafaxine withdrawal
2. Symtoms that may be related to loss of antipsychotic effect from D2 antagonismI don't believe 2 is a matter here, I didn't hear much about withdrawal symptoms from, say, chlorpromazine.
So on one side using some SSRI might do. What about Remeron? probably easier to quit, eventually.
Then we have "similar" SDAs with portent 5-HT2 antagonism. My personal experience is that risperidone is the most similar but don't even try to generalize from that (-:
All of this is still risky. If Zyprexa was given for bipolar disorder adding Remeron might result in mixed bipolar II. If risperdal adds to the (lower dose of) Zyprexa there we might get NMS. Not something nice to have.
Any ideas?
Posted by Sebastian on December 25, 2006, at 14:43:04
In reply to Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache?, posted by jimmygold70 on December 23, 2006, at 9:13:10
Yes I had headackes and felt like I was sick, stomake hurt.
Posted by Sebastian on January 4, 2007, at 17:54:45
In reply to Re: Zypirexa Withdrawal Headache?, posted by Sebastian on December 25, 2006, at 14:43:04
the headack is gone. Still taking 5mg.
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