Schizotypal Disorder Resources & Support Forum

Hey,

I had been reading for my Abnormal Psychology class that people with SPD are sometimes prescribed low doses of olanzapine or other atypical antipsychotics. Supposedly it helps with paranoia and "social awkwardness" or whatever you want to call it.

Anyone have experience with this? I have heard good things, but I wouldn't want to risk it unless there is the potential for great improvement. I'm currently on Luvox (Fluvoxamine Maleate, 100mg), which is a SSRI, which helps with my dysthymia.

Thanks,

~systemstheory88

I'm currently on an AAP; Abilify. It helps in many ways: it's activating, it clears my head and gets rid of the macabre images/thoughts I sometimes have. I don't have any paranoid traits, but many people with schizotypal disorder do, and the meds can really help.

So far, I don't have any side effects from Abilify, yay for me!

System, what is dysthymia?

Dysthymia is defined in the DSM-IV-TR as (and I'm paraphrasing, here) a mild form of depression that continues most days over a two-year period. It's kind of the constant-but-less-crippling version of Major Depressive Episodes.

That's interesting what you say about Abilify. I took some for around 6 months at a time when my pdoc thought I had Schizophrenia, along with Effexor and Lexapro. It might have just been the combination of drugs, or even a coincidence, but at the exact same time apathy hit me like a tidal wave. When I switched from Abilify to Geodon, it didn't seem to change anything.

That's interesting, though, because I didn't know that Abilify was an atypical antipsychotic... I had assumed it was an antianxiety drug.

The only negative responses I can remember were that I stopped going to class and showering, and at the same time started eating huge amounts of sweets. However, it could have been something else: my pdoc interpreted it as avolition, and I interpreted it as the drugs.

So to the point, thanks for your input, MGMT. If you have more to share or if anyone else has anything, please comment.

hi,

im going to take olanzapine (zyprexa 2,5 mg).tomorrow will be my first day with zyprexa

Ah, cool to hear. Please keep me posted on how it's working for you

pantomime wrote:hi,

im going to take olanzapine (zyprexa 2,5 mg).tomorrow will be my first day with zyprexa

How is it turning out, P?

hi again,

so im using 2,5 mg and just half of the pill.she said she gave it to me to sleep at night well.let say i cant really sleep till 01:00 maybe i have to take one pill per day.im also taking cipralex so i don't know which med. makes me feel good but im doing really fine.i can learn and visit my classes.i spare my time with my friends, i have no nightmares, no hallucinations, i can walk on the street without my mp3player, i got nicer. but the best thing is that i can finish things i want to finish.i couldn't do it before.i started something and dreamed and dreamed and dreamed:)

i feel really good.sometimes i feel its just a shine happiness but it helps me to do things and i want to use this time as i can.
last week my therapist hugged me and said he wants to see me always like that:)

That sounds so cool for you P!

Did you have any side effects?

not really. i felt dizzy at the beginning and want to eat a lot. but now its not a problem

The best anti-psychotic for OCD is risperidone. That's what I've been treated for. It is used when there are symptoms of "thought disorder", although that to me seems like unnecessary jargon.