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This community is for people with depression. Memes and general discussion about depression are encouraged and welcome.

Bi-polar people are also allowed to post here but only sometimes.(joke)

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Therapy is not for everyone, check out peer counseling instead: https://www.americanmentalwellness.org/intervention/peer-support/

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submitted 1 day ago by allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/depression_now@lemmy.world

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I reduced my olanzapine from 10mg to 5 mg a few months ago, maybe a year or so ago. It made me so depressed, but when i was on 10mg, it put me to sleep for 14 hours a day, which was excessive. When I was on the 5mg, I kept waking up through the night. I got really really really depressed when i reduced the dose to 5mg.

Now I am on 7.5mg and i've been on that for one dose. I hope it helps with both the sleep and the depression.

ugh. Life is so fucking pointless. I don't get so many things. I don't understand money. I don't understand jobs. I don't understand society. I DON'T GET THE POINT OF IT ALL. WTF. Is that an autie and/or adhd thing? or am i just a dumb shit?

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am not a doctor, first off, but I just wanted to check whether your doc is treating you for just depression, or whether it's bipolar or schizoaffective?

If just depression, olanzapine (an antipsychotic) seems like serious overkill. It comes with a ton of side effects like lethargy, increased appetite, weight gain, and a risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Maybe discuss this with your doc, and see if there are alternative treatments to try to help with your mood and sleep separately?

Just a thought. My nephew got put on antipsychotics inappropriately once, and there are just a lot of docs out there who are bad at this, so it's important to speak up for yourself if you feel like something isn't right

[–] allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I'm mostly on the olanzapine for both depression (doesn't necessarily seem like it's helping with that though) and sleep. When I don't take my olanzapine, I sleep 3-4 hours a WEEK. I can't NOT have olanzapine or something else for sleep.