I've been on olanzapine (10mg) and sertraline for ten years. I decided to try and come off olanzapine because of the weight gain and basically felt chemically lobotomised. I reduced my dose to 7.5mg for four months and was fine (more energy and not hungry constantly). Then I went down to 5mg last November. But at the end of January I started to feel very unusual. I was having lots of flashbacks and finding it very hard to sleep.
Last month I went back to my GP and she wanted me to go back on 10mg but we compromised at 7.5mg.
Feeling a little better but having one or two rough days. Curiously on those days I'll be in pain for three to four hours with abdominal cramps. Bizarrely I'll feel like crying, start yawning and the pain passes which seems to repeat. Probably sounds ridiculous.
Tempted to go back on 10mg but heck it would feel like a defeat.
Last month I went back to my GP and she wanted me to go back on 10mg but we compromised at 7.5mg.
Feeling a little better but having one or two rough days. Curiously on those days I'll be in pain for three to four hours with abdominal cramps. Bizarrely I'll feel like crying, start yawning and the pain passes which seems to repeat. Probably sounds ridiculous.
Tempted to go back on 10mg but heck it would feel like a defeat.