Is it ok if I call you Serissa? Otherwise I get confused with all the names and besides, Serissa is a good name.
Are you alright coming off the Zyprexa? Withrawal effects can be nasty although sometimes they do not even happen.
Sure; I think about half the people here call me serissa anyway.
I'm
kind of OK coming off it; according to a net search my therapist ran there are "no known physical withdrawl effects" or some such bollocks, but I'm pretty sure it has been doing some physical stuff to me. It's getting milder and milder, but I've felt sick on and off all week. The weird thing is the symptoms not only come and go, but vary like crazy- first it was horrific allergy-type stuff (like my nose and eyes itched and my skin was crawling), then a lot of flu-like symptoms (really hot or really cold, nauseated, or dizzy.) I also seem to be needing more sleep than I technically "should" (I'm getting about 10 hours a night now), and I'm pretty sure I've been getting REM rebound on top of everything else, or I have been having vivid dreams which make sleep feel less restful every single night for the past four nights or so by sheer coincidence.
None of the symptoms are really bad in an of themsleves, but I keep worrying/pbsessing about what they could be besides withdrawl, how long I'll feel sick, if this is all just me "going crazy," etc. THAT's what's killing me right now. Plus, when I feel physically crappy, I start to feel emotionally crappy, too, so when I manifest symptoms, everythign kind of goes to crap.
