Recently quitted Zyprexa (Olanzapine). Should I expect some major withdrawal symptoms?
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I was on the lowest dose of Olanzapine (2.5mg) for almost 2 years. I was prescribed it as mood/anti-anxiety booster. After having experienced an episode of extreme panic last summer, which felt almost like I was going to pass out, I decided to stop taking it as I also noticed that it was no longer doing anything to boost/improve my anxiety disorder.
I took a capsule once every other day (per my Doc advice) for 2 weeks than I stopped taking it altogether since last Sunday. It's been almost 4 days since my last dose, and so far I haven't noticed any significant major withdrawal symptom beside some minor nausea, some dizziness in the morning and tiredness in the evening. I don't know if the Vortioxetine (a serotonin booster that works differently than common SSRI/SNRI) i'm taking for my depression is blocking any withdrawal symptom or not. Neither I don't know if I will EVER experience any other extreme withdrawal symptom in the next few days/weeks (knocking on wood).
I forgot to mention that, besides the Vortioxetine, i'm also taking Xanax twice a day, vitamins, magnesium and eat a very healthy diet with no sugar, coffee or other junk food. So I don't know if that is also helping me "staying on course".
But, anyway. My question is if I still haven't felt any major withdrawal symptom, so far, in these 4 days, and when I was taking a pill every other day, should I expect to experience any bad symptomps in the next few days/weeks?
Please help because with all the bad stories I read i'm afraid I might also going through the same as with many other went through.
I only hope to get off this medication for good and have my life back.
Thank you
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NoamW emy.leopoldo
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emy.leopoldo NoamW
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Now I feel like my energy is slowly coming back: I can think more clearer now, have a good talk (without slurring words) and I definitely feel less and less mentally and physically sluggish than before. I sleep well too, and have many good dreams. However, what I noticed, though, during this past week, is that my IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) symptoms somehow returned.
I used to suffer them pretty bad 8 years ago, got cured with a healthy diet, and after that my system gone back to normal for a pretty long time (up until 2015 or so, before I was not taking any sort of medication for my anxiety/depression). I don’t know if it’s related to the withdrawal or if it’s the extreme cold that’s making my bowels sluggish. I don’t know.
But when I was on Zyprexa, I would just have one bowel movement in the morning, and i’ll be perfectly ok for the rest of the day (though sometimes I would feel really bloated). Now I also have to go after lunch which is, somewhat, annoying. It’s not diarrhea, but normal poop. I’m reluctant to go back using laxatives, again, for treating this kind of annoyance. Hope it subsides soon, somehow.
But anyway. That’s my update. Thought that I should had let you guys know how I’m doing, so far. If there are any other significant updates, I will surely let you guys know.