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I got put on 20mg of Olanzapine right away rather than being weened onto it

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Is it my freaking psychiatrist trying to kill me?? 

Let me give some back story for prospective, this psychiatrist works at the psychward in my city's hospital, I went into the ER due to a really intense manic episode. I waited for 9 hours to see this damn doctor so I was p****d and just wanted to go home so naturally they threatened to form me (we had planned on an admittance). I was good and saw the psychiatrist a couple hours later and he said if I didn't want to be admitted then I'll need to take at least one medication (I had gone cold turkey off 6 medications a few months before so I was so just running around all manic and wild) so I agreed to be put not Olanzapine, a drug I had been on before. I honestly only agreed because it makes me gain weight but he didn't start me off at 2.5mg or even 5mg, he put me straight on 20mg and I just want to know maybe why he did this or if it's even safe because I was getting really bad muscle stiffness and convusions as well as slurred speech like all the time, it almost hurts to form my words at times 

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