If I’m stable on 5mg Olanzapine does that count as being stable on a placebo?
Does it show that I may be stable off of medication?
I’ve had two episodes of psychosis. Hopefully will be able to come off and not have a third.
Any help please?
No one can tell what will happen to you off meds and after how many months or years you might relapse. I relapsed 2yrs after stopping meds.
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I was hospitalized after 2yrs of stopping meds.
5mg olanzapine is a working dose for me. I relapse if I go off.
It sounds like you keep searching for reasons to go off meds. I would be patient and consider yourself lucky that you only need to take 5mg. Didn’t you relapse before even though it took almost half a year?
Ofcourse it is possible to try and go off meds any time, but you might put your personal and professional life in jeopardy if you relapse.
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If it works for you then stick with it!
Though the therapeutic dose if I remember correctly is 10-15mg for sz.
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You’re right in what you’re saying. I’m constantly trying to think of a way out of this illness.
Just hoping I can come off in the future. Maybe with less stress I won’t relapse?
There must be a way to fix this mess.
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Yeah I’ve had one relapse and two episodes of psychosis.
Just wish I’d gone to the doctor when I thought I was suffering from stress. If I’d done that maybe I’d be okay now.
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Yes. Stress is definitly a trigger.
I would just work on cultivating good habits, stability and values for a while. Think of it as getting ready for a exam, only in this case the exam is tapering off drugs.
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Consider yourself lucky it works at 5mg and stick with it. I was on 40mg.
My first psychiatrist told me every time you quit and restart a med it can become less effective, quit too many times and it may not work at all. Make of that what you will, but this forum is full of people that had to reinstate their meds after quitting because they became psychotic, but had to do so at a higher dose.
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Yeap, my advise is to not stop it either. It’s very good, that 5 mgs work for you, it’s still a good dose 
It’s not such a big deal, that you take an ap. But yes, even 5 mgs probably help you more than you think 
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I’m tempted to just come off but don’t want to relapse again.
Would like to go down to 3.75 mg or even 2.5mg soon.
Just hate this illness and wish it hadn’t happened to me.
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I was stable on 5mgs of Olanzapine and because it was a low dose I didn’t think I needed it anymore.
30 days after I stopped taking it I had another psychotic break and ended up in the hospital a second time.
In the hospital I started on 10 mgs. It took years to get better.
I’ve been on 10 mgs for 25 years.
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That really is a warning example if ever I heard one.
I am also on 5mg Olanzapine,how I wish I was normal somehow and don’t need meds or don’t have this illness
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Me and you both…. Have you tried to come off before?
Yes. It is hard to accept. I took a long time before I became at peace with it. You should try to do so to. Just because you accept it doesen’t mean that you give up.
Work out a plan with your doctor about when the time is right to try tapering off.
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I will do…. Still doesn’t seem real… almost like it’s a bad dream. I’ve lost my partner of 11 years and am now living on my own. Also just can’t be bothered to go to work or look after myself.
Tried coming off countless time,more then ten.The longest ever was one and a half year
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