"i love this antipsychotic.  we tried them all and this is the only one that did not give me akathisia - i know another person like me and same thing with him as well.  i have taken 600mg since january and it is fabulous.  definitely chills me out and calms me down.  does not put me to sleep though.  that stopped a long time ago - i think you get used to it and the lower doses are more sedating.  i have done some reading though and it has to hit a certain dose (i think 400mg) to actually hit the dopamine receptors, anything lower and it only works on histamine and would not work as a antipsychotic.  i now take the xr version as i was taking the regular version twice a day for psychotic symptoms, i don&#039;t take this for sleep.  very nice overall."