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Hi everyone,
Does anyone have experience using Olanzapine as a PRN? I also take Rexulti 4 mg and Latuda 100 mg. The doctor from the ER added Olanzapine 5 mg to take as a PRN. He said start with half a tab and I can go up to a tab and a half if needed for hallucinations. Today is my first day taking it. So far I am not noticing anything but I am only trying 2.5 mg. So a very small dose. He said it is supposed to be relaxing. I'm trying to decide if I feel more relaxed. I heard it can cause weight gain. Sigh. That's all I need. But if it helps me I have to do it. I have an appointment with my PCP today so I will ask her what she knows about it. Then I scheduled an appointment with my psychiatrist for Wednesday next week (earliest I could get in) so he can give me a proper fill and refills since the ER doctor only gave me 10 days worth. Anyway, hopefully someone will be willing to share their experiences with this medication. HUGS Kit __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA |
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I used to be on it, a long time ago, I don't remember much about it as it was many years ago but I know I didn't have any issues with it and it seemed to help
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Zyprexa was a great drug for me I was on the highest recommended dosage 20mg. It had a lasting calming effect throughout the day and stopped intrusive thoughts. Unfortunately I had to trade it in for Saphris due to the fact that while on zyprexa I wanted to eat my couch. I am diabetic and it really made my blood sugar go through the roof partly due to the fact that I was always hungry. I put on 30 pounds in one year and finally said enough due to the side effects. Like I said it was a great drug for me I just didn't want to deal with the side effects. Hope it works out for you.
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I take 10 mg olanzapine daily. It helps with my psychosis a lot. I wish I could get down to 5 mg, but I cannot at this point unfortunately. Anyway, I hope it helps you with hallucinations and delusions. Olanzapine definitely put a damper on my psychotic symptoms. Which was essentially what I needed back when I was having more psychotic symptoms. I would say it is a very effective drug for reducing and even eliminating psychosis. It didn't cause as much weight gain for me. That can be an issue for some.
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Thanks everyone for your replies. So far I am liking it. I think I notice a slight increase in appetite but hopefully it won't be too much!
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Watch the weight gain. I gained 15 pounds in two weeks, so my pdoc took me off of it right away - and I wasn't eating more - I was just one of those that it hit that way.
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I have been on, and briefly off of, Zyprexa for more than eleven years. It helps me, but there is one troublesome side-effect I am not fond of. Trouble swallowing. Lately I have been on 25 mg per day, but I was on 30 mg per day for about 3 1/2 years. I can now swallow food better; the side-effect is still there, but better than it was. Back when I was on a much lower dose, for a little while I was using it PRN. I would take it when my delusions and paranoia were very prevalent sometimes. I also felt on edge a lot when I was on a much lower dose; so I would take it when I wanted to sleep.
I still feel on edge, just not in the same way. I always have tension in the back of my neck, and I have torticollis as a result of my medication. It feels like I cannot control it. If I position my neck so that I don't have torticollis, it just goes back to that position involuntarily. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my antipsychotic medication blocks my dopaminergic neurotransmission at my post-synaptic neurons. So I start to make the decision to control my torticollis, but since the medication has an affinity for the neurotransmitter, dopamine, at my post-synaptic neurons, it prevents me from continuing to make the decision to control my torticollis. Sorry for the rambling. |
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