I was at the appointment and was told that Olanzapine/Zyprexa does not come in 2.5mg. I asked what if I would split tablet in half but it felt he was not very sure about efficacy of that. Does this method cause stomach issues, especially in people who have mild gastritis?
He acknowledged weight gain that above medication causes and mentioned medication that I can't recall now. I think he told me that replacing Zyprexa with this medication will require blood monitoring . For now we let Zyprexa at 5mg but I am thinking of either going 2.5mg or still finding alternative. Could Viepax or Seroquel be?
When I asked about Lithium (medication?) he told me that if I start taking it, I will have to keep taking it for the lifetime which made me concerned. There is also Lamictal I heard about but forgot to ask him about. Is it Lithium alternative?
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Originally Posted by lolagrace
I agree with you. You need to talk to your pdoc about this and he can help you come up with a safe plan to reduce meds. If you don't have a doctor willing to at least discuss this with you, then you might need to consider finding a different doctor. However, you also need to be willing to listen to the pdoc's reasoning/plan.
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Is providing personal phone number qualifies for good pdoc? Mine did not provide it to me and now that I have questions I just have public number that I use to schedule appointment. Next appointment is in month and half.
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Originally Posted by Naynay99
Of course ideally one should be working with a pdoc to get off of meds, but that is not always what happens. My pdoc is much more knowledgeable and careful in how to safely go up in dose to a therapeutic level than he is in tapering down/going off them, and if I did decide to get off them he would not support that decision which would mean i would be on my own.
And pharmaceutical companies make lots of "starter packs" of psychiatric meds to slowly increase the dose but I have never heard of a "stopper pack" existing. I am not anti-meds but if I am being totally honest, they don't make it easy to get off of this ****.
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Sometimes makes me wonder if they are working together...
Did your pdoc at least shown some interest judging by your conversation with him for reducing dose? Have you ever had conversation about alternative ways of helping/managing condition?
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Originally Posted by bioChE
If you're switching to another med, you can often schedule a "crossover" strategy to reduce one and start the other at the same time.
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Is crossover something that I schedule with pdoc first?