I have them a lot still. every evening I worry how I am gonna get out of my symptoms and start to live… I worry that it will be hard. But I guess I dont need those thoughts, no? Do your meds helped you on this kind of thinking? Sometimes I cant even stop thinking badly, it gets out of control… All I have in my head is how I am gonna make it out… and its obsessive, compulsive, intrusive and racing… I dont need this no? But I guess life is not be just peaceful cause too much calm can make me kind of ‘‘dead’’ too…
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Wait for min101 !!!
I think it’s a lot of hard work, but it’s definitely possible to stop those thoughts and have better ones. Have you tried anything like positive self talk? That’s a pretty good place to start.
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Try cbt…151515
I don’t have introusive thought…
I try it every time but sometimes my bad thinking gets out of control… and it lasts for hours. Its not easier when you have a bad life situation too… Maybe I lived too long with those thoughts, ill continue trying to chase them though but sometimes its them who control me and not me them… So do you think @LED that time is on my side too? The thing which can help me now regarding that I still progress just by baby steps?
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you wont take what i have to say well anna. olanzapine and clozapine among atypicals are big serotonin or ht2a blockers. when you take one of these two medications for psychosis chances are that they will block serotonin in certain parts of the brain and cause obsessive ocd type features. to rectify this you have several options. one you could try aripiprazole or seroquel or rexulti as they tend to have less 2a antagonism or ht1a partial agonism. the other option is to try an ssri like luvox. finally you could avoid blocking serotonin by trying haldol or other first gen aps also consider combining these options eg haldol and an antidepressanrt ssri etc…
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thanks for the answer gorrister. But the other aps which you quote just made me crazier… I was also wondering if my obsessive thinking isn’t due to my Zyprexa, I am not sure still, maybe its my illness who talks though…
And just some other question - isn’t it strange that I dont feel anything on my Zyprexa? Is it normal to feel nothing on it? I wish I would feel something. cause I need to feel alive and happy now… I am tired of just feeling negative emotions…
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ZYPREXA is a great drug …i was also in it for 1 year … i took freaking 22.5mg in total …it made my ass fatter then ever…hope u will start feeling positive emotions soon …
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But people, do you think my Zyprexa can help me with the racing obsessive thoughts where I worry a lot? I worry, worry, worry, that’s all that I did today. For those who had worrying thoughts, did your ap helped you on this with the time?
olanzapine 10 mg helped me a great deal with intrusive thoughts,
I still have them but it used to be much worse.
Have you tried antidepressants
thanks erez, glad that it helps you 
. Me I guess I functioned like this since too much time that’s why meds dont work. At least, this is my hope. I even dont feel my meds, its strange… I wonder if they can work better in the future.
I tried some of them yes. they didn’t help at all or some of them lifted my paranoia shellys… But cant an ap work on the intrusive and anxious thoughts?
Hard to answer your question as I don’t know how long you been on olanzapine
I on clozapine and had very gradual improvement has taken a long time
its been 3 months and a half that I am on proper dose of Zyprexa(10 mg ). How much time did your ap put to work in fact?
three months is not long at all
@Anna1 2 things: 1.maybe more time is needed.
2. maybe you can try increasing the dose.
Olanzapine works for me, and it is considered one of the most effective APs.
If after trials you find that it doesn’t work you may try a different medication.
I hope, shellys… My illness is since 2 decades too. But I start to lose hope, ive tried every other ap on the market… How much you give me in months for meds to work eventually? After so long illness?
It can take time to all settle down
I went back to the psychiatrist many times in the end they refused to alter my medal and dose I had to get through it and it’s hard but there is light at end of the tunnel