I think a hospital stay is in my future. It all started when my doctor took me off of zyprexa 30mg cold turkey. I’ve been psychotic and the hallucinations are worse then normal because I am seeing and hearing my ex. She tells me to harm myself and picks at my flaws. Part of me still believes it’s actually her doing this to me. Worse part is last night I listened when she said to cut. I don’t even feel depressed I just had the urge as if one of her demon friends possessed me. I feel relatively safe that I’m not going to attempt suicide. I see my pdoc on Thursday but I can always go to the er.
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I’m so sorry. That sounds like a nightmare. The ER is always an option for you.
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a pdoc once took me off zyprexa cold turkey and he put me on risperdal instead, i very quickly became sick and had to go back on zyprexa. afterwards when i had an appointment with my therapist she told me that i shouldn’t have gone off it the way i did and should have tapered it down slowly instead. have you been put on another anti psychotic to replace the zyprexa? if so, it might not be working for you, but it can take time for them to become effective.
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I was put on seroquel but only at 100 mg my pdoc told me he was going to talk to the pharmacy about tapering it up to a therapudic level but never did and when I called him he was on vacation. I already ended up going to the er once and the doc there put me back on zyprexa 5mg three times a day but it’s not working at that level and I don’t have enough to take my old dose of 30mg at night. So I’m psychotically waiting for my doctors appointment where I’m going to make sure either we start going up with the seroquel or I just go back to the old dose of zyprexa. The only reason he took me off of it was weight concerns but my weight has stabilized since he put me on topamax.
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Ok it sounds like you know what you’re doing, for me the first thing that goes is my ability to think clearly. I tried stopping zyprexa for the same reason the weight gain… It can be rough. This is probably stating the obvious but I’d try to avoid stress and take things easy if you can until the meds are working fully again. If you’re seeing the doc on Thursday is it an option to take the full 30mg dose for the next couple days?
I hope it goes well for you.
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I’m sorry to hear that. If you do hurt yourself it’s definitely a good idea to get help sooner I had the idea that I was possessed when I was admitted it’s a very scary position to be in. But you’re not possessed it’s just the illness/disease making you think that and feel that way! Stay strong! Best of luck!
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Have you tried Geodon? I’ve been on Geodon and Seroquel for well over a decade, and I haven’t been really psychotic during the whole time. I’ve done some stupid things, but I wasn’t psychotic. Geodon is weight neutral, so you won’t gain weight. I recommend Geodon.
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No I haven’t tried it I wanted to but my doctor was very persistent that my main antipsychotic was gonna be invega. And now he seems just as pushy about getting me off of my secondary antipsychotic zyprexa. Honestly if I had my way I’d only be taking zyprexa.
Yeah I’ve been keeping stress out of my life in general. No I don’t have enough to take 30mg I barely have enough to take 15mg since the er doc only wrote the script for long enough to get me to my appointment.
People can react to the same med’s differently, but for me Geodon has been a Godsend.
Good luck with the hospitalization.
30mg? I know it normally has a maximum dosage of 20mg (I’m on 15mg).
I guess it’s down to your pdoc, but 30, then going cold turkey, perhaps it’s your pdoc that needs to go to hospital not you!