Question about anti psychotics.

[Imsuchamess]

I have now been bumped up to 15mg olanzapine. The side effects drowsiness, increased appetite, genital anaesthesia, low libido are lessoning. Which is great right? But I am worried that as the side effects are lessoning it's effectiveness may also lesson.

So my question is do anti psychotics lose there effectiveness over time?

I had that happening with one antipsychotic. It worked at first but when the side effects were gone so was the effect. I was on very low dose though and think that the effect was one side effect itself. This happened in a matter of weeks.

No, that hasn't happened to me on quetiapine.

I have found them less sedating as my body gets used to them but I don't think they stop working.

Thanks all.

I don't think so. I take 2.5 mg Olanzapine taken for 8 years. If I miss one night I get a terrible night sleep so it's still effective. Weight gain is a known side effect from higher doses fro what I've read.

My dd has quetiapine but over the years they have steadily increased her dose! Not sure if that means they are less effective or dd's need is increasing.