Depending on the medication, it can be very stressful to taper off meds. I'm wishing you a return to stability!

Its zyprexa, I am back on my full dose. I am just having debilitating anxiety since i cut it. Not having any help from the mental health center here sucks. She tells me to waen off the my next appt with her is in jan. Told me to go to psych nurse in nov, no way to treat a patient.

In my experience the best way to taper off is in very small increments, say 10% at a time. Some of these meds are bad when we try weaning at 50%. I agree, it's no way to treat a patient and fellow human being. Courage!

Thanks, I hope I dont have to stay long, I cant deal with the racing heart with this anxiety either but ativan helps.

I'm hoping you can get in and get some medication that will work for you...none of what you have been through sounds like fun :( ((((hugs))) I hope you can get some help....

Big hug for you cc..... I'm glad that you have some ativan.... I hope being back on the higher dose will get you back on track soon.....xo

Yeah, not the best advice to tell you to just cut a psych med like Zyprexa and not do it on a slow taper, that should never be done. Just like it takes time for these meds to build up in your system, it takes time for them to taper down in your system, hence the side effect of increased anxiety. If you don't see a Psychiatrist routinely always question a medication reduction decision that's not a slow taper if your significantly reducing it, i.e. more than 5 mg reduction.

Good luck and take care.

I hope that your assessment has gone well. I know that it can be frustrating to try different medications, and different dosages of medication, before arriving at something which works for you, and is effective. Best of luck with your health journey.

I don't know enough to help other than to wish you the best with this one.

Med tapering is serious stuff....I hope you can connect with the right professionals to guide you through this process. Stay strong. There are peers who understand how you are feeling here so I hope that can be a bit of comfort to you in the meantime.

I can so relate to the suffering of reducing too quickly. Effexor was the worst - the psych hosp wants you out of there so quickly that they titrate unreasonably fast.

I hope all went well for your assessment and that you get connected with a team of professionals that treat you like a human being first and foremost. You deserve it.

Thanks everyone, I went back on my full dose. They wouldnt admit me inpatient. They told me to do outpatient hospitalization. Well that only lasted 3 days the psychatrist seen me for ten minutes and gave me prozac. So far my anxiety has decreased. I am going next eek to do 3 day outpatient or until they feel I am better. Its weird though you pretty much just meet with a therapist and go to group meetings the day. Im not sure how this helps. I have my own therapist so we see. I am trying to find a New psychiatrist but here where i live in sc sucks in mental health.
Oh and guess what? I missed one dose of lamotrigine and I felt depressed the entire day very strange. Just when you think you really dont need the meds is when you realize you actually do. Scary stuff.

I really got a lot out of outpatient. It gives you a chance to talk to and listen to people who are struggling in a way similar to you. You get what you put in. So if you don’t partition won’t get a lot out of it

Grats on the decreased anxiety. That should take the edge off a little and give you some room to manouveur (I wish I could spell manoover) :-)

Just being heard by empathic people reduces anxiety too. It's called catharsis, but I sort of think of it as the heart relaxing.

Yhanks, the Prozac im suspecting was making me depressed. I stopped taking it yesterday and I feel a bit better. I have my therapist tommorow and I am going to see what she says. I was thinking of going toninpatient to get off all my meds zyprexa and lamotrigine but If I am feeling better not sure really what to do at this point. Im just pissed the PA told me to kerp taking the prozac I said “nope” not feeling drugged up and depresed I know my body. How a foctor can talk to you less than 10 mins and throw another med is unaccceptable in my book.