@gynosaur42 Thank you for your reply. Unfortunatelly, my friend does not reside in the US. And no, there are no places like that where we come from. She has decided to ask for help from an old friend, a retired psychiatrist, with a lot of experience in this field. She managed to find him on Facebook after losing touch for many, many years. He moved town a long time ago. She has tried to stop taking olanzapine 3 times, the withdrawal symptoms were terrible. And she never needed it in the first place because her anxiety and insomnia were always there. She reduced the dosage and is taking it every other day and it seems to be working so far. And for her anxiety she is taking a supplement with magnesium, B6, ashwagandha and rhodiola and it is helping her more than olanzapine ever did. With her insomnia, too. She has the support of her oncologist, who knows the whole story. And of her family and friends. But she still feels angry for all those things that she has been through. She didn't know that she was going to gain weight, her psychiatrist never told her in the beginning and when he did, it was too late to do something about it. The weight was there. She even went to a nutritionist, she tried to lose the weight, it was impossible. Out of more than 22 000 surgeries performed by her surgeon, he has never seen a case like hers, because she also had colon cancer, because her cancer unfortunatelly spread to her colon, so she also went through colon resection, during the same surgery. And as if that was not enough, she had to have her gallbladder taken out too, because of her high cholesterol, she had some pretty big stones in there. She never had any serious health issues before taking olanzapine! And now she knows a lot of things about antipsychotics, because one of her childhood friends passed away after a diabetic coma, she developped diabetes after taking antipsychotics for several years. She wishes that some doctors would just pay more attention in school and studies! She has also decided to write a book about her experience, to help others. No names or poiting fingers, just facts. She has discovered the wonderful community here and is extremely grateful for that! Where we come from, there is basically no support for cancer pacients, no money for treatments, one has to find a way to survive. Thank you for your kind words, she feels blessed to have discovered you all here! God bless!