Is Zyprexa just a placebo?

Hey everyone, you all know me pretty well by now. Anyway... I'm on 15 mg of Zyprexa, dealing with schizotypal disorder, borderline, and some non-specific organic psychosis. Here's the deal: I don't feel the Zyprexa doing a single thing, but I'm not getting any side effects either. To me, it honestly feels like I'm just drinking water. Zero impact. I'm stuck wondering if I should switch meds or just quit entirely. I have to admit, though, I'm actually functioning pretty great right now. Mentally, I'm stable. Anyway... let me know what you think. 😁

It isn't a placebo.

I'm hearing some people say this med numbs you out just like Seroquel, while others say they feel exactly like I do—like they can't even "feel" the drug working at all. Honestly, now I'm just more confused than when I started.

Chris Robinson25 said:I'm hearing some people say this med numbs you out just like Seroquel, while others say they feel exactly like I do—like they can't even "feel" the drug working at all. Honestly, now I'm just more confused than when I started.

Yeah, it really comes down to the underlying mechanics of how it works. You aren't hitting that side effect where you just crash out and sleep all day, and that's basically the gist of it. 😁

Chris Robinson25 said:Hey everyone, you all know me pretty well by now. Anyway... I'm on 15 mg of Zyprexa, dealing with schizotypal disorder, borderline, and some non-specific organic psychosis. Here's the deal: I don't feel the Zyprexa doing a single thing, but I'm not getting any side effects either. To me, it honestly feels like I'm just drinking water. Zero impact. I'm stuck wondering if I should switch meds or just quit entirely. I have to admit, though, I'm actually functioning pretty great right now. Mentally, I'm stable. Anyway... let me know what you think. 😁

What kind of effects are you actually supposed to be feeling?

One would expect those "negative" symptoms to start easing up eventually. If they claim their mental state is
stable, then they probably aren't dealing with any hallucinations.

It’s pretty tough to put my hallucinations into words, but if I had to describe them, it would be like my brain is redlining at 150 mph. That’s honestly my only symptom. I’ve dealt with these "hallucinations" while on Seroquel, Zyprexa, Depakote, Moditen, and a whole bunch of others.

I feel like my brain is just totally fried. 93 milesMy dosage has been scaled back quite a bit lately. I’ve just been sticking to one apple a day, taking an hour-long walk every single afternoon, and keeping up with my Omega-3 supplements. I stayed pretty disciplined with that routine for about a year, and honestly, it worked. Lately, though, it feels like that brain fog—or whatever you want to call that mental haze—is starting to creep back in. I honestly feel like we need to talk about how much everything is relative. It’s one of those things that sounds like a deep philosophical cliché until you actually start applying it to your daily life—like, seriously. Take my experience with medication, for example. What feels like a massive, life-altering shift for one person might be a total non-event for someone else. I was chatting with Laura Castillo6 the other day about this, and it really hit home. We were discussing how everyone's baseline is just so different. One person's "mild side effect" is another person's "I can't get out of bed," and there's no objective scale for that. It’s all based on your own unique chemistry and your own personal threshold. It’s kind of like when you’re driving through the Midwest. If you grew up in a tiny town in rural Nebraska, seeing a massive intersection in Chicago feels like an overwhelming sensory overload. But if you’ve lived in NYC your whole life? You barely even blink. Your perception of "normal" is entirely shaped by what you've been through and what you're used to. We try so hard to find these universal truths or standard metrics for how we should feel, but most of the time, the truth is just... well, relative. It depends on who you are, where you've been, and what your body is doing that day. There isn't one single way to experience things..