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Old Aug 05, 2017, 11:34 PM
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Hello
My husband was on 15mg olanzapine and is on 10mg abilify now. His doctor did not do a slow taper at all. He dropped the olanzapine to 7.5 and the stopped it completely in one week. He did not have side effects surprisingly rl after reading all the horror stories online. I was worried that some of the psychosis symptoms would return and so far nothing. In fact he has insight into his prior episode. I guess each person is different
Why do you have to stop Zyprexa if you don't mind me asking. My husband gained a lot of weight very quickly

I don't want to I love it. But I am an insulin dependent diabetic. My fasting blood sugars are way to high my a1c is up to a 9. I am terrified to stop the zyprexa because it does me so much good. the plan is to lower it 5mg a month. .I am at 20mg now.
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