So my Doc agreed that they will change my meds to Abilify, but first she wants me to take low dose of Abilify and keep my Olanzapine for a while before reducing. Im on 20mg Olanzapine.
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Done that - Abilify made me insomniac, only had it for 2 weeks though.
and the withdrawal from zyprexa - was quite hard.
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I know whats Zyprexa withdrawal is like and have to prepare for that, Abilify insomnia, i think normal people sleep for 8 hours, on Olanzapine a sleep for 13 hours, i will try to hang on to Abilify and maybe itll go away, the Insomnia. But ill start at 2.5mg Abilify, gradually theyll increase to 10mg.
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Yes… Im on 15 mg abilify and my pdoc has allowed me to take 2.5 mg of olanzapine when i need it.
I prefer abilify to olanzapine.
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Any extra side-effect when you take with that 2.5 Olanzapine?
No, not at all… Sometimes i get very depressed, and then i have to take 2.5 mg olanzapine on top of the abilify.
I slept good on olanzapine, but i sleep almost just as good on abilify, but that might be because i take 15 mg of Mirtazapine (an AD) when i go to sleep.
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I just wonder if small dose of Abilify will decrease sugar level and cholesterol if im with Olanzapine. Well the main point is with Olanzapine alone i have these bloodtest problem, sugar and cholesterol.
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I had the same blood test problems on Olanzapine. I was on Olanzapine and transitioned to Abilify. Abilify didn’t work and I became psychotic and started having hallucinations, went back on Olanzapine.
Edit: I should add I lowered my dose of Olanzapine to 2.5mg and started taking Latuda, been on that combo for years and it has worked out good. My blood test results are now good.
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how long did it take for you guys to get off the olanzapine/on 2.5? im currently in the process of switching to abilify from olanzapine and the insomnia is pretty rough
Abilify is known to cause insomnia and anxiety in some ppl. Give it time a few weeks and see if it improves. I was on 20mg Abilify for 8 years and the only side effects I had were shopping and sex addictions.
I’m on Abilify injections every 3 weeks.
Olanzapine as needed for positive symptoms.
Prevestatin for cholesterol.
Too much dosage (10mg) of Olanzapine gave me jumpy legs while trying to sleep. When I cut it down to 5mg, I was okay.
The insomnia after quitting Olanzapine is relentless, that is why I am still on 2.5mg of Olanzapine. I can’t sleep without it. I went 2 months without Olanzapine and my insomnia never improved, not even slightly. Tried all kinds of things to sleep but never could, felt like sh*t the whole time. Went back on Olanzapine and started sleeping that very night. I’ve been on the Latuda/Zyprexa combo for a few years now, works out pretty good.
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