Sorry people, bad news… i retake 5 mg of zyprexa now. My headaches are getting bad again, i am freezing all the time (idk why but it was always a symptom in my case) and i start to lose emotions. I get nervous too. It wasnt a life on 10 mgs so lets see the 5s…
Does it was a better option for you a smaller dose?
I’m just opposite I need higher doses of antipsychotics I’m on the highest dose of invega and 20 mg of abilify.
For some people the transition from high to lower may cause them to develop some symptoms, people often go back on the higher dose thinking that because they feel bad the newer dose isn’t for them. If those same people stuck it out through the withdrawal symptoms then there might be something of a calm at the emd of the storm. In other words learn to differentiate withdrawal bad feelings from those bad feelings which indicate a worsening of the disease. They are two different things. Also remember that there may be a better life at the other end of a withdrawal.
Stick it out anna and if it seems like life is better maintain the changes. If not talk to your pdoc about going back.
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@Anon10, i really think that i start to feel the symptoms of the disease again. I had headaches before meds, very strong ones i wanted to scream because of them 
. Plus, i couldnt get out of the bed when i was without meds years ago and i start to feel like this again… i already took my small pill. I am very grateful to you for writing me cause i guess ill stay here for a long time still. I also wonder if akinetone which is prescribed to me will hel my tiredness from the zyprexa and the other side effects like the troubles thinking on this med… you like small doses gorrister,isnt it? 
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Please consider taking 10mg. That’s what you were on.
Ever, i was dying on 10 mgs. I couldnt sleep on this dosage. It was like some bad trip where i was exhausted but in the same time too drugged to sleep. I cant live like this, no… it wasnt helping me,ever, can you understand this?
I respect you a lot but i wasnt fine on 10 mgs no…
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Who else is here is on low dose of ap and it works? I find that aps kill my emotions… If I am without meds, I start to lose emotions too but its another story… Did you recovered on emotions with time while being on meds? ive been 2 years on Zyprexa and I didn’t recovered on the emotions, this is hard…I am not sure if I should wait more time.
I’m on a lower dose, but I work and I would rather be a bit on edge than sleepy all the time
for me the poverty of positive emotions is mostly caused by the illness but i think taking zyprexa made it a little worse, not a lot because it was bad already. i tried lowering my dose to 5mg and it made zero difference to my emotions, they were still very little positive. i also became unstable so returned to 7.5. unfortunately the current meds don’t work on negatives symptoms.
sorry to say this but we have severe illnesses and just have to live with certain symptoms as best we can… it sucks but that’s the reality as far as i can see, for me at least.
edit; an anti depressant i take stops me feeling too bad, without it i struggle to function
When I was on Zyprexa I was only on 5mg, it was a big mistake and I tried to kill myself after 2 weeks being on it.
5mg wasn’t enough to treat my psychosis but enough to make me suicidal.
It was not just the Zyprexa but my psychiatrist took me of my antidepressant at the same time.
I was on it for 9 months then I change to Chlorpromazine 9 years ago.
I hope you get on ok with 5mg because it is not nice to feel drugged all the time.
10mg is the commonest dose for treating psychosis and mania, but some people take as low as 2.5mg when they just need something to feel calm.