Coming off Olanzapine

Thats a horrifying story from my standpoint.  That it sounds like the olanzapine gave you the schizophrenia.  Your on a very puny little dose, Ive been raped by huge doses over a long time.   The only thing that can save you from drugs is psychology.    

My problem was violence and hatred. (even racism - i used to hate white people but it was ruining my life.)  So getting rid of that out of my life,  will now stop me from relapsing, because it always involved some form of bad behaviour on my behalf.   So if I kill the behaviour with psychology,  then I wont need the drugs anymore.

Life is a dangerous thing,  your bad behaviour might be different from mine,  Life isnt a cupcake, its a savage meat eating monster.  Any form of distaste for this monster, will end up against you.  You have to accept things,  and then enjoy your life.

If you stuff up,  then its back to hosptial, lifes a waste of time.

Hi Magnus, thats a great post.

"Life is a dangerous thing,  your bad behaviour might be different from mine,  Life isnt a cupcake, its a savage meat eating monster.  Any form of distaste for this monster, will end up against you.  You have to accept things,  and then enjoy your life."

That is absolutely so true! Ever sinced I took hold of "my illness", owned it and said "this will not rule me" accepted that this is who I am and then got on with life and started doing the things I enjoy...everything has been fine, so fr.

Very sound advice!

Colin

Thanks for your advice. I realize that I've got psychological problem too. I'm a grown up lady of 34 years old now but in my characteristics, I feel I'm still not grown up yet. I lack confidence, living skills, and rather shy. Those characteristics make it obstacle for me to cope with difficulties in life. Another important thing is I'm living with my parents and they take care of me too much. Sometimes I feel that I'm abundant person as all the important things in my life they do all that I don't have anything to do. From They cook for me (small thing) to the big thing is they are going to buy a house for me. They don't let me to do a thing. All that make me feel ashamed and never grown up, still a very small small child. I just want them to let me do things, from small to big thing, so that I will gain and build my confidence when I go out society, coping with this life. The way they are treating me ruins me. I fed up with the way they treat me and sometimes I feel so angry that I just want to protest against them. Now I choose to call a psychological consultant to relieve my anger and irritation and let them analyze reasons for my extreme mood.

er... i wouldnt go to a psychiatrist for anything, if i were you id see me, but if my dad was still alive he could give you a good talk, but hes dead now.  i was the same as you, but now my dads dead i only have my mother that only wants to feed me pills, so i have noone to look after me now.

i could show you funny web page about schizophrenia being brain deterioration that causes art skills.  but its a lie,  we are born this way.  and its not brain deterioration that causes art skills,  its just that it tends to be the case that a meaningless existence promotes drug use, and brain damage.

id worry about the babies health. very much so.

I'm with Magnus. Niemtin, you can google this - there's plenty about it on the internet. My overall impression from a quick perusal of the various articles is that there's no known massive danger (e.g. like with thalidomide) but that the jury is still very much out. Looks as if there's a small but definite increased risk of neural tube defects - i.e. brain and spinal problems - among others. There may well be women out there who've produced healthy babies while on the stuff, but I personally don't think antipsychotics (whichever one) and pregnancy go together at all.

Just ask a GP or compitent doctor if the olanzapine crosses the placenta. That is all you need to know. I doubt very very much that it does but check anyway,

what if he doesnt know what hes talking about?  lies.

Talk to an obstatrician. They specialise in pregnancy.

but the more of an expert you are the more your mind is destroyed by the evil facility of dementing unborn childrens minds before they even get a chance to exist.   dopemine reduct your babies brain, restrict his respriration with respiridone, and then you wonder why your baby is on life support just out of the womb.

Ok Magnus.  But this is a thread and site to help people deal with those issues...not reinforce them. Speak to your obstatrician Neimtin, or if you are still not sure and lean toward what magnus is saying, which I understand, then your other option is to stop the medication while pregnant. You have options and you have the right and ability to chose what is right and best for you. You should exercise that right is my advice.

hi Niemtin

also helpful people to talk to is your pharmacist and maternal mental health team if you can get to see them.  They will also have an opinion on this! Best for you.

marbel

Hi Niemtin,

I have had two healthy children while i have been on olanzipine. My daughter has high emotion sometimes but that is simply due to inheriting it from me she is sweet and happy as is my son. My husband was concerned about it but I am proof that it was ok. My son is very well balanced emotinally.