The evil called olanzapine AKA zyprexa, olandus, etc.

My son has been on zyprexa since he was 17. He is now 27. In between, for a very short time, he was also on abilify and another anti-psychotic but we returned to zyprexa for a very interesting reason which will be a subject of another post.

OK, truth to tell, he is not anymore on zyprexa, which costs a fortune, but on olandus which costs one third a fortune through the years. But from the same evil mold: olanzapine.

We have tapered down to less than 5mg. And he is entering another withdrawal phase, I believe. He now spouts expletives and unintelligible words interspersed with "fuck" and "shit". But most of the time he seems to lack life. Gone is his interest in reading (he used to ask me to bring copies of The Economist  from our office library) and in watching Fareed Zakaria and even Bill Maher. He does not even watch videos anymore. He still logs in to FB but his friend from school have since been "unfriended" or perhaps have "unfriended" him.

But we are determined to get him off this psychiatric hellhole.

I think he now  has a slight tardive dyskinesia or whatever. He jogs his head to one side in an awkward manner.

If you are about to take zyprexa for any reason (mostly from prescription by psychiatrists who does not know any better), please read first this story of Sally and the comments of many suffering from the side effects of the drug.

And this also: Carole's story.