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Originally Posted by tecomsin
I take a low dose of a daily antipsychotic, Rexulti, but when my sleep gets disrupted I add a small dose of Olanzapine at night. Since I don't take it regularly a small dose acts like a sleeping pill and solves my sleep problems. If I have a bad night's sleep the next night I take 2.5 mg Olanzapine and this will get me more than 7 hours. I stay on that for a day or two more and then try to go down to 1.25 mg...
Olanzapine is a good medication for me but unfortunately it makes me prediabetic if I take it all the time.
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My PDoc actually considered Olanzapine. He decided on the klonopin instead for the bad anxiety and panic attacks. He was also worried about pre-diabetes since a few of my past A1C tests came back a little high. But they normalized as of last blood work. I will bring it up again when I see him next. He also increased my night-time geodon by 20 mgs. we'll see how that works. thanks for reaching out tecomsin!
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