1/2 I was on zyprexa for almost two years (40.m.g). The withdrawals are awful. The first week was absolute h*ll I couldn't even keep water down. I threw up so much my throat bled. I had to try to sleep sitting up. I lost a lot of weight and I'm not talking about five or ten pounds. I have been off it for almost a month and I'm still facing a lot of problems. Depression,rage,manic highs and lows,trouble regulating my temperature (from sweating my tail off to freezing it off),suicidal thoughts.
"My 6 yr old son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder I thought it was ADHD but they started him on zyprexa and we've seen a lot of improvement in his behavior.would highly recommend, Virtually no side effects. He eats a little more but most 6 yr old hyperactive boys could stand to eat a little more."
2 months into withdrawal after 8 1/2 yrs on Zyprexa, it's very tough. Some coping strategies that have helped me: 1) Take a good multivitamin to help keep energy up, as your eating will be spotty at best, 2) Pepto-Bysmol helps with severe bouts of nausea, 3) Keep a handkerchief nearby, as in my case 8 years of repressed emotion finally came out. Best of luck to anyone going through this, it's very traumatic.
Fuck you zyprexa you took my life away now i have to suffer to get better. ok so ive been on this stupid med for about a year 3 months. i stopped it a month and a half ago because i got my head straightend out but putting the right vitamines and minerals in my brain that it needs. but this med destroyed my thinking my memory is shot and thoughts foggy. ive been withdrawaling for 43 days now and i have had a few days where i was as clear as air. but im just suffering the protracted withdrawal now
@dean3425 Itll pass, dont you worry. the withdrawals length all depends on how long you were on meds for. While you are on meds it is being stored in your body, like you kidneys, fat cells just all over. So you have your intial withdrawal which can last up to a month maybe even longer, that is the psychoticness, very very scary, severe symptoms you have never had before is withdrawal. so after a that its protracted withdrawal when the med is being released and getting to your brain 1/2
@dean3425 2/2 when it is getting to your brain you will be experiencing flash backs, some times you will get an over dose because large pockets of stored medication will be released although it is fatal. anxiety is hell and it comes with the protracted withdrawal. I highly recomend protein isolate thatll help fight the withdrawal and shorten it after a cup of it its a protien shake btw you will feel chill. I dont know if you experience what they call brain fog but i had it, its finally lifting.
@tachelbel211 i didn't talk a lot about my mind. there was a kind of reluctance to talk openly about many psychotic moments that developed during the withdrawal but that's stuff for another video.
I was put on Zyprexa to help me gain weight and sleep. This was 3 years ago. I was taking 2.5mg for 3 years. I have no mental issues. I was going through a difficult divorce and lost a bit of weight and became depressed. I took Pristiq which I weaned myself of without difficulty. I was feeling better, no depression so now it was time to wean myself off the zyprexa. I am on my 4th try. It is horrible. I weaned myself over months and finally quit taking the drug when I was down to 0.625mg
@fushapanther patients can make reports to the FDA as well. it;s called medwatch adverse event reporting program. insomnia for 6 weeks is a severe event that can have drastic influence on the ability to cope with life for a sufferer. if the doctor doesn't report please ask your friend to report this event.
@rajosta I was on zyprexa for 3 years. My Dr. put me on it to help me gain weight and sleep. I was getting over a nasty divorce that left me depressed. I was taking Pristiq, weaned myself off no problem. I am now on my 4th attempt to withdrawl from the zyprexa. I was on 2.5 mg every night. Got myself down to 0.625 for weeks. Thought it was time. First 7 days were fine. Day 8, total extreme anxiety, nausea, insomnia, extreme night sweats. I am a nurse who knows not to mess around with drugs.
@frankerfart I would highly recommend that if you are just browsing and recently started Zyprexa GET OFF THE DRUG NOW! It truly is the most mentally draining, fearful withdrawal effects you can imagine.
I pray everyday for God to help me through this. I don't have a lot of support from friends and my husband. They say just stay on it.NOOOOO I am o.k. inside I know I am this drug is not healthy nor any other addicting drugs. I would really love to hear of someone who made it through this
I got off the zyprexa with huge withdrawels. First of all, the zyprexa made me soooo depressed and suicidal one day. THey cut off the entire dosis one day and soon after that I became psychotic. THen I came back in 1 month while being in a mental hospital. THen I became depressed for 31 days. The other medication didn't work. Could that be a zyprexa withdrawel thing? HOw long does it take to come of the zyprexa?
They called it the *Five at Five* (5 mg at 5 pm to keep nursing home patients subdued and sleepy) and *VIVA ZYPREXA* (Zyprexa for everybody) campaigns to off label market Eli Lilly Zyprexa as a fix for unapproved usage. Big Pharma companies that have relied on fraud to market industry's worst pharmaceuticals--antipsychotic drugs--which have become industry's most profitable cash cow. ---
@rajosta I got off the zyprexa with huge withdrawels. First of all, the zyprexa made me soooo depressed and suicidal one day. THey cut off the entire dosis one day and soon after that I became psychotic. THen I came back in 1 month while being in a mental hospital. THen I became depressed for 31 days. The other medication didn't work. Could that be a zyprexa withdrawel thing? HOw long does it take to come of the zyprexa?
Hi, i'm not able to give you advice on this. There seems to be no research on withdrawal and what happened to me doesn't need to happen to you. Please find a doctor who sympathetic to your view of things and who khas experience in this. Dr. Breggin is an expert and you might be able to find a contact over him. google his name. all the best. Raphael
coming off zyprexa cold turkey was a terrifying experience for me it was like severe depression anxiety i just wanted it to stop so suicide was always on my mind i was very tense because i was stressed from my thoughts it was fukin terrible it lasted for months but eventually i kinda went back to feeling normal and ok with myself. i was on zyprexa for 8 weeks after being admitted to a mental institue because i had problems with my family. I also had nightmares every night on zyprexa
@nate899889 zyprexa has some extra potenty in the medication, which makes it hard to get of it cold turkey. I experienced and it was just one bad experience. BUt now I am of zuprexa and on abilify i feel more human althought maybe I should be on meds for ever. don't know what is gonna happen. HOw are you doing after the admission?
I think the difficulty may be that all the 5-HT2 serotonin "action" takes place in the first 2.5 mg or so...that is there is a point of diminshing returns above that dosage which means cutting from say 5 mg to 2.5 mg may be easier than from 2.5 to nothing. You can view the neurotransmitter receptor binding profile of Zyprexa if you do a google images search on "Zyprexa neurotransmitter site binding."
Your story gives me hope that getting off is indeed possible!
@bitrex hi, i don´t know, wether the slow reduction is good or prolongs the agony, i honestly don´t know, it seems there is no research on the issue of withdrawal symptoms, as long as there is no research mainstream psychiatrists are probably tempted to treat what i experience as withdrawal symptom as a re-emergence of my condition, ......for me this aggravated my whole psychological situation,...the medical explanation is that i aggravated my state by not taking this drug or a similar one.
@bitrex (..) i suffered as much from supposed withdrawal as i suffered from total lack of medical support in coming off this class of drug that compromises my individuality, my health, and my right to feel, think and act free....we have to somehow press on impartial research in those withdrawal situations. . after denial of weight gain, diabetes and high blood fat levels the huge withdrawal problems might bring about the next wave of legal litigation.
@WankerYank , i didn´` went off cold turkey, i did everything by the book, slowly reducing, cutting the pills with a cutter over months, ...there are theories on the net that nerves have to grow back which seems to need time, i wish you all the best in this process,...for me it feels now like a kind of Re-awakening, ...a challenging and potentially dangerous process,,,,
1/2 I was on zyprexa for almost two years (40.m.g). The withdrawals are awful. The first week was absolute h*ll I couldn't even keep water down. I threw up so much my throat bled. I had to try to sleep sitting up. I lost a lot of weight and I'm not talking about five or ten pounds. I have been off it for almost a month and I'm still facing a lot of problems. Depression,rage,manic highs and lows,trouble regulating my temperature (from sweating my tail off to freezing it off),suicidal thoughts.
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AkathisiA101 3 months ago
Thank you so much for uploading! Fantastic video!
PsychosisUnitFM2 5 months ago
Thnaks so much, you seem like a lovely operson, have had similar, and, your video is inspiring :)
sharyn404 5 months ago
2 months into withdrawal after 8 1/2 yrs on Zyprexa, it's very tough. Some coping strategies that have helped me: 1) Take a good multivitamin to help keep energy up, as your eating will be spotty at best, 2) Pepto-Bysmol helps with severe bouts of nausea, 3) Keep a handkerchief nearby, as in my case 8 years of repressed emotion finally came out. Best of luck to anyone going through this, it's very traumatic.
TheGranthowarth 6 months ago
Fuck you zyprexa you took my life away now i have to suffer to get better. ok so ive been on this stupid med for about a year 3 months. i stopped it a month and a half ago because i got my head straightend out but putting the right vitamines and minerals in my brain that it needs. but this med destroyed my thinking my memory is shot and thoughts foggy. ive been withdrawaling for 43 days now and i have had a few days where i was as clear as air. but im just suffering the protracted withdrawal now
ThoughtsFromTheMyst 6 months ago
@ThoughtsFromTheMyst youtube empower plus if you want to treat your illness because all meds do is treat symptoms then make more symptoms.
ThoughtsFromTheMyst 6 months ago
i am on zyprexa too i dont know if i am crazy but i cant think straight and i dont know my self anymore someone plese help i wanna feel normal again
dean3425 4 months ago
@dean3425 Itll pass, dont you worry. the withdrawals length all depends on how long you were on meds for. While you are on meds it is being stored in your body, like you kidneys, fat cells just all over. So you have your intial withdrawal which can last up to a month maybe even longer, that is the psychoticness, very very scary, severe symptoms you have never had before is withdrawal. so after a that its protracted withdrawal when the med is being released and getting to your brain 1/2
ThoughtsFromTheMyst 4 months ago
@dean3425 2/2 when it is getting to your brain you will be experiencing flash backs, some times you will get an over dose because large pockets of stored medication will be released although it is fatal. anxiety is hell and it comes with the protracted withdrawal. I highly recomend protein isolate thatll help fight the withdrawal and shorten it after a cup of it its a protien shake btw you will feel chill. I dont know if you experience what they call brain fog but i had it, its finally lifting.
ThoughtsFromTheMyst 4 months ago
@tachelbel211 i didn't talk a lot about my mind. there was a kind of reluctance to talk openly about many psychotic moments that developed during the withdrawal but that's stuff for another video.
rajosta 9 months ago
I was put on Zyprexa to help me gain weight and sleep. This was 3 years ago. I was taking 2.5mg for 3 years. I have no mental issues. I was going through a difficult divorce and lost a bit of weight and became depressed. I took Pristiq which I weaned myself of without difficulty. I was feeling better, no depression so now it was time to wean myself off the zyprexa. I am on my 4th try. It is horrible. I weaned myself over months and finally quit taking the drug when I was down to 0.625mg
frankerfart 10 months ago
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blizzardxc1 10 months ago
This happened to me to friend, there needs to be research done on withdrawal, the doctor never said a thing about it
fushapanther 10 months ago
@fushapanther patients can make reports to the FDA as well. it;s called medwatch adverse event reporting program. insomnia for 6 weeks is a severe event that can have drastic influence on the ability to cope with life for a sufferer. if the doctor doesn't report please ask your friend to report this event.
rajosta 10 months ago
@rajosta I was on zyprexa for 3 years. My Dr. put me on it to help me gain weight and sleep. I was getting over a nasty divorce that left me depressed. I was taking Pristiq, weaned myself off no problem. I am now on my 4th attempt to withdrawl from the zyprexa. I was on 2.5 mg every night. Got myself down to 0.625 for weeks. Thought it was time. First 7 days were fine. Day 8, total extreme anxiety, nausea, insomnia, extreme night sweats. I am a nurse who knows not to mess around with drugs.
frankerfart 10 months ago
@frankerfart I would highly recommend that if you are just browsing and recently started Zyprexa GET OFF THE DRUG NOW! It truly is the most mentally draining, fearful withdrawal effects you can imagine.
I pray everyday for God to help me through this. I don't have a lot of support from friends and my husband. They say just stay on it.NOOOOO I am o.k. inside I know I am this drug is not healthy nor any other addicting drugs. I would really love to hear of someone who made it through this
frankerfart 10 months ago
sounds like opiate withdrawal to me
WuRCaine 10 months ago
I got off the zyprexa with huge withdrawels. First of all, the zyprexa made me soooo depressed and suicidal one day. THey cut off the entire dosis one day and soon after that I became psychotic. THen I came back in 1 month while being in a mental hospital. THen I became depressed for 31 days. The other medication didn't work. Could that be a zyprexa withdrawel thing? HOw long does it take to come of the zyprexa?
schizophrenik8 1 year ago
Eli Lilly Zyprexa suits
They called it the *Five at Five* (5 mg at 5 pm to keep nursing home patients subdued and sleepy) and *VIVA ZYPREXA* (Zyprexa for everybody) campaigns to off label market Eli Lilly Zyprexa as a fix for unapproved usage. Big Pharma companies that have relied on fraud to market industry's worst pharmaceuticals--antipsychotic drugs--which have become industry's most profitable cash cow. ---
Daniel Haszard Zyprexa victim activist
DannyHaszard 1 year ago 3
i was on Zyprexa and Epilim for around 8 years.
rajosta 1 year ago
@rajosta I got off the zyprexa with huge withdrawels. First of all, the zyprexa made me soooo depressed and suicidal one day. THey cut off the entire dosis one day and soon after that I became psychotic. THen I came back in 1 month while being in a mental hospital. THen I became depressed for 31 days. The other medication didn't work. Could that be a zyprexa withdrawel thing? HOw long does it take to come of the zyprexa?
schizophrenik8 1 year ago
@schizophrenik8
Hi, i'm not able to give you advice on this. There seems to be no research on withdrawal and what happened to me doesn't need to happen to you. Please find a doctor who sympathetic to your view of things and who khas experience in this. Dr. Breggin is an expert and you might be able to find a contact over him. google his name. all the best. Raphael
rajosta 1 year ago
@rajosta Thanks. I was about to talk with it to my shrink next week and ask her about it. I will do that! Thanks. All the best to you 2.
schizophrenik8 1 year ago
coming off zyprexa cold turkey was a terrifying experience for me it was like severe depression anxiety i just wanted it to stop so suicide was always on my mind i was very tense because i was stressed from my thoughts it was fukin terrible it lasted for months but eventually i kinda went back to feeling normal and ok with myself. i was on zyprexa for 8 weeks after being admitted to a mental institue because i had problems with my family. I also had nightmares every night on zyprexa
nate899889 1 year ago
@nate899889 zyprexa has some extra potenty in the medication, which makes it hard to get of it cold turkey. I experienced and it was just one bad experience. BUt now I am of zuprexa and on abilify i feel more human althought maybe I should be on meds for ever. don't know what is gonna happen. HOw are you doing after the admission?
schizophrenik8 1 year ago
For how long had you been taking the zyprexa?
hmkey4 1 year ago
t = 1 day : panic attacks, insomnia, severe drowsiness (brain zaps)
t = 2 to 5 days : insomnia, unability to think, severe anxiety, restless legs.
t = 1 week : unable to use my mind, cognitive/intellectual dysfonction, depression, nervosity, feeling of emptyness.
t = 5 months (!) : finally cured (with antidepressants : Cymbalta).
It was HELL on earth.
I would never EVER wish this even on my worst enemy.
lamethodekoweit1 1 year ago
I think the difficulty may be that all the 5-HT2 serotonin "action" takes place in the first 2.5 mg or so...that is there is a point of diminshing returns above that dosage which means cutting from say 5 mg to 2.5 mg may be easier than from 2.5 to nothing. You can view the neurotransmitter receptor binding profile of Zyprexa if you do a google images search on "Zyprexa neurotransmitter site binding."
Your story gives me hope that getting off is indeed possible!
bitrex 1 year ago
@bitrex hi, i don´t know, wether the slow reduction is good or prolongs the agony, i honestly don´t know, it seems there is no research on the issue of withdrawal symptoms, as long as there is no research mainstream psychiatrists are probably tempted to treat what i experience as withdrawal symptom as a re-emergence of my condition, ......for me this aggravated my whole psychological situation,...the medical explanation is that i aggravated my state by not taking this drug or a similar one.
rajosta 1 year ago
@bitrex (..) i suffered as much from supposed withdrawal as i suffered from total lack of medical support in coming off this class of drug that compromises my individuality, my health, and my right to feel, think and act free....we have to somehow press on impartial research in those withdrawal situations. . after denial of weight gain, diabetes and high blood fat levels the huge withdrawal problems might bring about the next wave of legal litigation.
rajosta 1 year ago
@bitrex it is possible but the depression isn't the nicest thing...suicidal thoughts and feeling like you are NUTS is just too much.
schizophrenik8 1 year ago
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bitrex 1 year ago
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bitrex 1 year ago
had the same thing when I went off cold turkey. Especially the naseau and sleeplessness part. I am being weened off it now. On 5mg down from 20.
WankerYank 1 year ago
@WankerYank , i didn´` went off cold turkey, i did everything by the book, slowly reducing, cutting the pills with a cutter over months, ...there are theories on the net that nerves have to grow back which seems to need time, i wish you all the best in this process,...for me it feels now like a kind of Re-awakening, ...a challenging and potentially dangerous process,,,,
rajosta 1 year ago
@rajosta my theory is that as long as I can sleep I will be okay. When did you start experiencing sleeplessness?
WankerYank 1 year ago
@rajosta where did you read these theories?
WankerYank 1 year ago
That was a great, well explained, it gave me hope... thanks for sharing
MarcusTheGrand 1 year ago