I reduced my olanzapine from 10mg to 5 mg a few months ago, maybe a year or so ago. It made me so depressed, but when i was on 10mg, it put me to sleep for 14 hours a day, which was excessive. When I was on the 5mg, I kept waking up through the night. I got really really really depressed when i reduced the dose to 5mg.
Now I am on 7.5mg and i’ve been on that for one dose. I hope it helps with both the sleep and the depression.
ugh. Life is so fucking pointless. I don’t get so many things. I don’t understand money. I don’t understand jobs. I don’t understand society. I DON’T GET THE POINT OF IT ALL. WTF. Is that an autie and/or adhd thing? or am i just a dumb shit?
I am not a doctor, first off, but I just wanted to check whether your doc is treating you for just depression, or whether it’s bipolar or schizoaffective?
If just depression, olanzapine (an antipsychotic) seems like serious overkill. It comes with a ton of side effects like lethargy, increased appetite, weight gain, and a risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Maybe discuss this with your doc, and see if there are alternative treatments to try to help with your mood and sleep separately?
Just a thought. My nephew got put on antipsychotics inappropriately once, and there are just a lot of docs out there who are bad at this, so it’s important to speak up for yourself if you feel like something isn’t right