Help Olanzapine instead of benzos (SN PROTOCOL)

[SMxj9]

I'll try to get benzos this month, but if i can't have acess to it, can i use Olanzapine instead of it? i have 50mg of it (2,5mg x 20). never used this medication so i don't know the effects in my body.

 

[dirkw83]

Olanzapine mostly makes you very sleepy, but beware the effects can take some time to kick in (1-2 hours). Benzos act faster. The difference is mainly that benzos can give you some sort of "high", or a sort of relaxed state which as a side effect can affect the way you think, which Olanzapine doesn't do. It just makes you want to sleep very much. Olanzapine's drowsiness effect is extremely strong and can keep on going even after you wake up. It also can give you a sense of lethargy, or numbness emotionally.

That's my experience at least, it's possible others have different things to say about it.

 

[pinapellicer]

Olanzapine mostly makes you very sleepy, but beware the effects can take some time to kick in (1-2 hours). Benzos act faster. The difference is mainly that benzos can give you some sort of "high", or a sort of relaxed state which as a side effect can affect the way you think, which Olanzapine doesn't do. It just makes you want to sleep very much. Olanzapine's drowsiness effect is extremely strong and can keep on going even after you wake up. It also can give you a sense of lethargy, or numbness emotionally.

That's my experience at least, it's possible others have different things to say about it.

Wouldn't cannabis work as well, as it also induces a high, relaxed state?

 

[dirkw83]

Wouldn't cannabis work as well, as it also induces a high, relaxed state?

Well, cannabis can have a variety of effects, one of them being tachycardia. I'm not sure how well that would work together with SN, which also causes an increased heart rate. The other thing is that the effects of weed can vary from person to person, some people can get very paranoid, anxious or negative from it. Not really sure it's advisable as a complement to SN in general, but for the right person it would probably be okay.