zyprexa withdrawal?

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Sandra G - 01 Feb 2005 02:38 GMT

I have been on and off zyprexa three times, all from short use at low
doses. The first time, I developed a terrible flu-like syndrome that
put me in the hospital. The second time I got off 10mg after a couple
of weeks - no problem. I went back on it again and, after 10 days went
off. Now I have strange symptoms I never had before, like song snippets
in my head that won't go away, and my head just doesn't feel quite
right. Any advice from anyone who's gone cold turkey off zyprexa before?

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P.Snot - 03 Feb 2005 17:40 GMT

>I have been on and off zyprexa three times, all from short use at low
>doses. The first time, I developed a terrible flu-like syndrome that
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>in my head that won't go away, and my head just doesn't feel quite
>right. Any advice from anyone who's gone cold turkey off zyprexa before?

If you experience withdrawal symptoms and YOUR DOCTOR attributes them
to the medication, you should consider gradually decreasing the dose
instead of abruptly stopping.

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Sandra G - 16 Feb 2005 20:30 GMT

It's too late for that. I already went off cold turkey.

> If you experience withdrawal symptoms and YOUR DOCTOR attributes them
> to the medication, you should consider gradually decreasing the dose
> instead of abruptly stopping.

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