Zyprexa Withdrawal (with response)

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Dear

You said:

<<I am looking for any help I can get right now. I was on Zyprexa 5 mg

for a month and a half. It was making me eat all the time and I have

major weight issues (intense fear of being fat). So I quit taking

the Zyprexa cold turkey, not knowing the consequences. I stopped

taking it on Wednesday February 14th. On Sunday Feb. 18 I was

overcome by severe depression and anxiety over not having anything

to do. It did seem to get better as the day went on. Throughout the

next week, I would have fears of nothing to do (by the way, I am

normaly very active, can't sit still very long!) I also began to

have fears of my kids moving away and leaving me. By the following

weekend I was having uncontrollable sobbing attacks, to the point of

hyperventilating. On Sunday my husband took me to the ER as I could

not stop sobbing and panicking. My chest hurt, I was terrified no

one could help me, I was never going to be better, I was never going

to have anything to do again, my kids and husband were going to

think I was nuts and not want anything to do with me, etc. Anyways,

the ER doctor gave me an Ativan and in 20 minutes I was calm. He

then gave me a prescription for Xanax. I questioned why Xanax when

the Ativan worked and he told me they do the same thing. The next

morning I could feel the panic start so I took a Xanax. It was like

nothing happened. Soon I was in panic, sobbing mode again so off to

a different doctor. She said well if the Ativan worked, here's a

prescrip for it. So now I take one half to one of Ativan each day as

soon as I feel the panic starting and it helps. But I'm still really

depressed. I haven't eaten hardly anything since this started and

the thought of food makes me feel sick. I've lost ten pounds since

this started.

So now it's been four weeks and I don't feel like I've made much

headway. What do I do - I can't continue to cry all day every day

for the rest of my life. I have no ambition to do anything. Do I

need to go back on the Zyprexa - I'm scared to death to. Do I need

to be admitted somewhere. PLEASE, PLEASE, TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO.

Our first grandbaby is due any day and I need to be there for my

daughter. I don't know if I can take feeling this way much longer.

Please help......

Grove

scgrove@...>>

** No psychotropic drug can be abruptly discontinued. You are in Zyprexa

withrawal. When you state you take 1/2 to 1 Ativan each time you feel the

anxiety, what is the actual dosage and how much are you taking a day?

Why were you prescribed Zyprexa?

If you arte not taking too high of a dose daily of Ativan it would be

better to stay on the Ativan rather than going back on Zyprexa.

You can help yourself more by adding 200 mg of magnesium citrate 4x a day,

500 mg calcium a day, 5 grams of fish oil (Carlson's Very Finest Fish Oil), 3

grams of Vitamin C, Vit. D as directed on bottle, Nature's Sunshine HY-C (with

this, begin at 1 cap 3x a day and build to full dose gradually). Also,

potassium 99 mg 2x a day.

Do not take the magnesium and calcium at the same time.

Regards,