Zyprexa strange side effects w/withdrawl - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

olson · 10-14-2005, 04:15 AM

Hi.

I've been on Zyprexa for a couple of years off and on and have a question about a side effect that should have been gone by now. I'm taking it for severe anxiety and I ran out back in July. At the same time I developed what is believed to be a prostate infection (this will make sense in a minute). Just after I ran out of the med I began to get cold sweats, chills, hot flashes, etc. I waited a long time for patient assistance to kick in and refill my supply. I take 10 mg once a day. $1660.83 for 120 pills!

The prostate infection causes chills and fever from what I've read but this whole time I have had these "discountation symptoms" as my doc puts it from Zyprexa. The med came about a week ago and from the first dose until now the body temp symptoms have disapeared. This med is not tylenol. I haven't read that it treats a fever but the chills and sweating both cold and hot should not have lasted for months? Should it? I know it's not from rebound anxiety as it happened even when I was completely calm.

Any advice is appreicated.

Regards,

olson

barkingshark · 10-15-2005, 01:30 PM

some withdrawal effects from antipsychotics are weird and last almost forever.
if you have a credit card you can order generic Zyprexa from India at a place call http://www.supersavermeds.com/
120 pills is about $125 there.
it can save you thousands over the course of a year.
India is one of the few countries which actually make generics of patented drugs and they do it legally.

olson · 10-18-2005, 01:39 AM

Thanks for the info.

I'm going to try stopping the Zyprexa for a while and see if the sweating/hot flashes and cold chills return

and then see if it goes away on start up again.

I've never heard of these specific withdrawal effects with this med but if this test works, at least others here will know what else to expect.

Regards,

olson