minerva wrote:
> Then the surprise: I found I couldn't quit taking Zyprexa anymore.
> Every time I tried I felt my brain was "frying". It's like you put
> your brain on the electrodes of a huge battery.
Try taking nortryptaline for a few weeks while you try to come off the
Zyprexa. Others have reported that that helps.
> The thing that I can't understand is how come that a drug that I was
> taking 4 years ago is still present in my body.
There is a 0% chance that there is any of the SSRI left in your bloodstream
right now.
> How long will it last? If somebody tells me 10 more years it's ok, but
> I need an answer.
Discontinuation syndrome like you describe usualy only lasts a couple of
weeks after you stop taking the medication.
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