Hi, this is my first post, so hi to everyone.. My name is roo, i'm a 23 yr old female and I have just been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia...

I have been on olanzipine, but I dont take that daily anymore as all I want to do is sleep and when I am awake I am numb and cant express emotions... I do have olanzipine for when I have my really bad episodes but hmmm... Before my final diagnosis I was being tried on medication for bipolar, I was on sodium volproate.. These did seem to stabilise my moods but I was still suffering from things like anxiety, and I would either be in deep depression or have episodes of mania... Anywyas.. I got a new pyschologist when I moved cities and he has now diagnosed me with paranoid schizophrenia.. He has tried me on this new medication, which is supposed to be teh same as the sodium valproate, but its called dapakote.. (or sumthing like that, I dont have them near me) but since taking these for the past month I have just gotten worse and worse... I have immense paranoia, and well basically all my symptoms have risen tenfold.. I wont see him until next week now, but I can imagine that he will just say 'they need time to kick in' or something like that, but I haventtaken them for nearly a week now.. I can't be dealing with waiting around for medications to 'kick in' I know myself what works for and what doesnt... Anyways my point was, what type of medication have any of you found to be most effective... I get the fact that meds will be different for different ppl, but I would appreciate it if you could share some other possiblities, ones that dont make you like a zombie but ease the pain enough to be able to do ordinary things again. Thanks