[newlifeyeah]

Hey guys!

Ever since I stopped taking olanzapine 2 weeks ago, I've been having horrible withdrawal symptoms. Bits of nausea, bad sleep, horrible exhaustion, unable to concentrate, unable to "feel" anything, basically like living without a heart, totally depressed, and anxious.

I have had an episode of anti-depressant induced mania 3 months ago, and I am on depakene and xanax currently.

I really really wanted to get off this drug, since it has some side effects, but the side effects for me weren't so horrible as this withdrawal. I don't know if I should be tough, keep on continuing with the withdrawal, hoping it will stop, or try to go back to a small dosage of 2,5mg. hopefully it will not give me the bad side effects and I can live a normal life again.
My psychiatrist says that my symptoms aren't withdrawal symptoms, but my original condition, which I think is ********, because I don't have any reason to feel this ******, and it started exactly 3 days after I stopped my last dose.
I really want to get my life together, get a job, have a tighter schedule, and then if I have those sorted out, then maybe in a few months try to gradually wean myself off the drug. I know that the withdrawal is gonna be difficult anyways, but if I have more control of my life, than what I have now, hopefully it would be a lot different.

Any of you have experience with olanzapine? is it possible to get off from it at one point? If I keep it at a low dose, will it still have side effects?

thank you very much!