Poor sleep on olanzapine

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Well…I have had insomnia for 8 years, so this is nothing new.

But I recently went up to 10mg olanzapine and it’s like every other day I don’t sleep. Now I had two days in a row sleepless. I’m just surprised the olanzapine doesen’t take care of it.

I also take several supplements for sleep like magnesium, melatonin, L-tryptophan and L-serine.

For a moment I thought cdp-choline was helping my sleep, but that turned out to not be the case. It was only for a couple of days it worked.

I don’t drink caffeine, I go to sleep at the same time every night. Don’t know if there is much more I can do.

Looking back I wish they had put me on a different AP that didn’t cause insomnia after long term use.

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Insomnia is the worst, very sorry :confused:

Yeah if olanzapine doesn’t help I can’t think of anything else that would to be honest.

I mean I guess maybe a benzodiazapine, have you tried those?

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Thanks @Bagul1

Yeah…I tried transitioning to seroquel, but that didn’t work out. Sleep got much worse going off olanzapine, like to zero.

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Yikes yeah ive heard of people who go off olanzapine and get 0-2 hours a sleep a night. That was never the case for me though.

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Have you tried yoga?
Are you active in the day?
Sleep hygiene?

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Yeah, I tried everything within reason pretty much. I did yoga for a while and I usually try to walk for at least 30 minutes each day. But the sleeplessness seems random. I haven’t been able to figure it out.

I was thinking of maybe starting a journal with what foods I eat, supplements and medication to see if I can find any connections.

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Maybe its just the insomnia speaking, i dont know.
I have it myself sometimes.
Im No expert either.
:sweat_smile:

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How long have you been taking Olanzapine?

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15 years, got insomnia on them after 7 years.

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That sucks. I always slept really good when I was on Olanzapine and Quetiapine but I took them less than a year each.

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Oh no. Thats bad news for me, i was thinking of asking to be changed to olanzapine.

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@applekidd insomnia on olanzapine is far from the norm for the average person, most people sleep like hibernating bears on it. You shouldn’t be too worried

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Thats my impression too. Ive been on it before. I just hope ill be able to work parttime on it, one can hope

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