He lowered his dose to 10 mg (from 15 mg) Monday. So far so good on the new dose.

His pdoc hates Zyprexa. At our first visit with him he said that he had a few patients who take a very small dose, 2.5 or 5 mg. So I suspect he's anticipating settling my son at one of them doses. My son, however, is determined to get off the meds completely. We'll see what happens.

I have to admit to being a bit fearful, but so far he's actually improved with each reduction. He seems a lot happier and more relaxed. His therapist commented on it at their last visit.

He says the pdoc talked about lowering his dose to 7.5 mg next month if things go well with this reduction.