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Jul 20, 2019, 09:47 AM
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Ive got psychosis (dopamine supersensitivity) from olanzapine withdrawal and am currently on another antipsychotic (risperidone) because of it. Will my psychosis / my dopamine supersensitivity ever go away?
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Jul 21, 2019, 05:28 PM
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Hello plesiothx: I'm sorry I cannot answer your question. However, I noticed this was your first post here on PC & you had not yet been, at least, greeted. So... welcome to Psych Central.
 I hope you find PC to be of benefit. 
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Jul 22, 2019, 04:35 PM
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Hi Plesiothx, I don't know the answer to your question. Maybe a pharmacist would know, or your doctor? You also may want to check out the psychosis and schizophrenia board, we are a pretty chatty group over there. HUGS Kit
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Jul 23, 2019, 02:47 PM
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Usually you don’t take an antipsychotic without psychosis to begin with, it’s been debated whether the psychosis that returns upon withdrawal is simply underlying or caused by AP withdrawal. However at one point some normal people did take AP and developed psychosis upon quitting so it can happen. I guess my question is which came first the psychosis or the AP?
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Jul 28, 2019, 03:33 PM
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I'm no doctor but doesn't that just mean that the olanzapine was treating the psychosis and the psychosis came back after you stopped taking it?
I'm not really familiar with the dopamine hypersensitivity thing you mentioned but doesn't it just mean that you needed olanzapine? Why can't you just go back on olanzapine? Was it causing adverse effects? Also, from my experience, psychosis doesn't go away, but it is treated by antipsychotics. (That's just been my experience with having psychosis). Last edited by WastingAsparagus; Jul 28, 2019 at 03:39 PM. Reason: Original post of mine was unclear and not thorough enough |
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