Anyone on an antipsychotic?

[Ponder]

I’m on 30mg a day of an antipsychotic (sedative) called olanzapine. It’s mostly used I. My instance for helping me greatly to sleep. 
 

still need temazapam for actual proper sleep, but the tolerance buildup is crazy so I don’t take them atm. 

[Schizophonia]

@Sugarcoat 

Edited Thursday at 04:10 PM by Schizophonia

[Schizophonia]

Do you mean you took Olanzapine in the purpoe to sleep or it was just a positive secondary effect.

I would never have the idea to take an antipsychotic to sleep except maybe quetiapine.

[pursuitofspirit]

@Ponder I was put on Olanzapine after a psychotic episode last year and was on it for a total of 10 months. I really didn't want to be on it. The stuff was so sedating it was making me sleep 12 hours a day and I constantly felt numbed out of life. I felt stable enough mentally to stop taking so I did. The withdrawals were pretty rough but it was worth it. Way too strong for me.

[Sugarcoat]

 I was on olanzipine for a year starting with 10 mg a day then lowered to only 5 mg a day.

I noticed no difference except that it made me sleep more and maybe a slight numbing 

I quit it cold turkey with no withdrawal effects

Weird that it didn’t affect me much. Maybe it was too low dose or I’m just built different 

[Ramasta9]

No but I've seen 90% of people who took them turn into zombies and never fully recover again as the human they were. I call them brain eaters. 

 

[Schizophonia]

18 hours ago, Ramasta9 said:

No but I've seen 90% of people who took them turn into zombies and never fully recover again as the human they were. I call them brain eaters. 

 

Because their sense of self evolued.

It's reversible.

Edited Friday at 07:53 PM by Schizophonia

[Ponder]

Yeah, I take it to sleep. It’s a major sedative and when I came off it without ‘tapering’ I was only getting 1-2 hours of sleep per night. Felt much more like a zombie off of it than on. 

[Ramasta9]

5 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

Because their sense of self evolued.

It's reversible.

Idk man, my mum went from someone who cried all the time because she was very emotional and abused, to someone very emotionally numb, rarely showed any affection or like her soul was robbed, then she was angry all the time for years and chaotic, only now after maybe 8 - 10 years later she is starting to come back to her self a bit more, showing more smiles and emotions, but i had to help her a lot on a healthy diet and lifestyle, given her green powders and vitamins and supplements to help recover. I rather stick to natural and herbal methods, they are much safer long term. I seen this pattern with most people who take them long term.

 

Edited yesterday at 12:08 AM by Ramasta9

[Psychonaut]

I have experience with Olanzapine. It was "forced/given" to me in the psychiatry. I stopped taking it as soon as I got out of the closed ward. I had to play along for a bit, otherwise they would have never let me out. They had a court order that allowed them to force me to take drugs and also allowed them to restrain me against my will. They could have done anything to me. This is Germany btw. Don't go crazy here, you will use all your rights as a human being.

They gave Olanzapine to get the dopamine down so that I would fall asleep. It put me to sleep, but it was not a restful sleep. I hated it, because it felt like someone was trying to push the "OFF" knob from the outside.

In my eyes all these medications have so many side effects and the doctors, inventors, pharmacies and the entire system has no idea what they are doing. They are playing with fire. "Hey we got the dopamine down, but we broke 50 other things in the process". Approved. This is my personal opinion based on one drug that was given to me while conscious and a bunch of stuff that was IM'ed to me when I was unreachable "for them". 

[Judy2]

On 11/12/2025 at 5:12 PM, Schizophonia said:

I would never have the idea to take an antipsychotic to sleep except maybe quetiapine.

i might be wrong but i think many sleeping medications have antipsychotic effects. to quiet the mind.

*not that many, but it's a thing.

Edited yesterday at 05:10 AM by Judy2

[Ramasta9]

Try CBD is way better and safer long term. Protect your brains.

Add a strong sedative tea, do a little exercise few hours before bedtime, turn off blue lights and wear blue blockers.

[Schizophonia]

4 hours ago, Judy2 said:

i might be wrong but i think many sleeping medications have antipsychotic effects. to quiet the mind.

*not that many, but it's a thing.

They (benzodiazepines/Z drugs ?)quiet the mind but aren’t efficient to make a psychotic people efficient; even the opposite because high doses of then will quickly make you very tired and potentialy high, even more delusional.

Like alcohol.

[Hojo]

I used to have bad panic attack and they put me on anti depressants. I took them for like 2 months and ran out and just said fk it I dont like this. My brain started zapping really weirdly so im glad I stopped. My panic and depression had nothing to do with anything besides lies I was told about reality.

[Ponder]

16 hours ago, Psychonaut said:

I have experience with Olanzapine. It was "forced/given" to me in the psychiatry. I stopped taking it as soon as I got out of the closed ward. I had to play along for a bit, otherwise they would have never let me out. They had a court order that allowed them to force me to take drugs and also allowed them to restrain me against my will. They could have done anything to me. This is Germany btw. Don't go crazy here, you will use all your rights as a human being.

They gave Olanzapine to get the dopamine down so that I would fall asleep. It put me to sleep, but it was not a restful sleep. I hated it, because it felt like someone was trying to push the "OFF" knob from the outside.

In my eyes all these medications have so many side effects and the doctors, inventors, pharmacies and the entire system has no idea what they are doing. They are playing with fire. "Hey we got the dopamine down, but we broke 50 other things in the process". Approved. This is my personal opinion based on one drug that was given to me while conscious and a bunch of stuff that was IM'ed to me when I was unreachable "for them". 

Yeah, I've been involuntarily admitted to the psych ward 5 times, and I'm only 28. I have/had bipolar disorder, and some of my manic episodes have been hectic. 

[Yimpa]

Tried it when I was a teenager for a week and it made me more paranoid. Never touched it again.