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Weaning off Zyprexa
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<blockquote data-quote="MaryB" data-source="post: 284078" data-attributes="member: 390"><p>difficult child is going off zyprexa as he no longer needs it. That's why we're weaning him off. It doesn't have anything to do with insurance or money. We're keeping him on trileptal until he's off treatment which will be another 1 1/2 years. difficult child has made so many good strides that the psychiatrist felt it was time for difficult child to be off zyprexa. However, I made the horrible mistake of not asking psychiatrist at the last appointment about what to do after the 2.5mg step down. As difficult child is now considered an adult, he no longer can go to the MHMR for juveniles. His psychiatrist didn't want him going to County Adult MHMR as difficult child is a success story and psychiatrist felt that difficult child would just be another number and not get the treatment. Therefore, as the Onc is the only doctor difficult child sees, psychiatrist wanted us to go through him for future medications--namely trileptal. Hope that explains what we're trying to do. I've decided to just stop the zyprexa and see what happens. If difficult child starts having problems, then I'll go back to it and talk to the Onc again. We transitioning insurance due to the "18" problem so do not have another psychiatrist lined up yet.</p><p></p><p>Being 18 has become just another problem..lol.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Mary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaryB, post: 284078, member: 390"] difficult child is going off zyprexa as he no longer needs it. That's why we're weaning him off. It doesn't have anything to do with insurance or money. We're keeping him on trileptal until he's off treatment which will be another 1 1/2 years. difficult child has made so many good strides that the psychiatrist felt it was time for difficult child to be off zyprexa. However, I made the horrible mistake of not asking psychiatrist at the last appointment about what to do after the 2.5mg step down. As difficult child is now considered an adult, he no longer can go to the MHMR for juveniles. His psychiatrist didn't want him going to County Adult MHMR as difficult child is a success story and psychiatrist felt that difficult child would just be another number and not get the treatment. Therefore, as the Onc is the only doctor difficult child sees, psychiatrist wanted us to go through him for future medications--namely trileptal. Hope that explains what we're trying to do. I've decided to just stop the zyprexa and see what happens. If difficult child starts having problems, then I'll go back to it and talk to the Onc again. We transitioning insurance due to the "18" problem so do not have another psychiatrist lined up yet. Being 18 has become just another problem..lol. Thanks, Mary [/QUOTE]
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