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I am advocating for my husband who sufferes with depression. He has taken olanzapine for about 4 yea

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terri54345
terri54345

He would like to stop taking this med. We mentioned it to his Dr. After 3 to 4 months of changing and shuffling meds around his Dr has him on the olanzapine 2.5, fluoxetine 20 and clonazepam .5 to help him sleep.

He has been on this regiment for almost 7 weeks now and his self control over his emotions and body is more out of control than ever.

I you d the forum to help him of the olanzapine but our concern has changed to the new side affects of the fluoxetine. I feel it is causing him unnecessary confusion and physical concerns. Can anyone help guide us on safety and good advice.

So worried about him.

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  • sarah24378
    sarah24378 terri54345

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    He needs to drop slowely. I was on 2.5mgfor 5 months. I dropped to 1.25 for 4 weeks. Then got liquid and dropped to 0.625 for 4 weeks then off. Withdrawals hit 5 weeks off and lasted 3 weeks. They were pretty nasty.
    • terri54345
      terri54345 sarah24378

      Posted

      Sarah were you taking fluoxetine or olanzapine? I am going to do 10 each month when we start. 1st we want to work on the fluoxetine though. That one is making him worse not better. It has been 7 wks.
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