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Old Jun 07, 2014, 06:27 PM
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I don't blame you for being nervous. My pdoc wants me to try decreasing Zyprexa by 1.25 mg in about 4-6 weeks, with an eventual taper to 2.5 mg and possibly off entirely over a few months. His reasoning is that he wants room to adjust upwards if I need it, because the course of my illness has been very rough. I'm a little anxious about it because I've been rock-solid for months with the exception of a brief hypomanic episode this past week, and I HATE to fix what isn't broken. But neither do I want to be on more meds than are absolutely necessary to control this beast, so if I'm still feeling stable by the end of this month, I'm going to try weaning down and off the Vitamin Z.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment

RX:
Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg

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