ZYPREXA Reviews (OLANZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.5 (585 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYPREXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | anxiety depression | Tired throughout day hard to wake up get going sexual dysfunction irregular heartbeats slight weight gain and food craveings dry mouth | Took it for awhile worked then effects wore off thought it was ok few side effects | M | 23 | 7 months 5mg | 5/20/2015 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | minimal weight gain, big appetite, suicidal thoughts, ALOT of cutting, extreme fatigue. Withdraw: irritability, less of a desire to die, less cutting... so far, still a big appetite and weight gain. | I started olanzapine because of a manic episode, from then on i almost hung myself, i cut excessivly.. superficial but bad, i take it on and off, i'm really just trying to save up for an overdose. This med seems to help people as well as hinder them. i suggest this if you want to die. I tried summoning a demon and that was really out of the ordinary. Now that i've stopped i still have suicidal thoughts but less and no suicide attempts. i can't focus on school and my grades are plummeting. I still hate my life though it's great. idk i just really really want this all to be over but i need like 500 mg just to be in a 3 day coma or something.. i really hope this pill kills me because it's almost like a sleeping pill for me. i don't want to get fat and i'm done with a perfectly fine life.. | M | 15 | 1 years 20 mg xD | 5/14/2015 | 2 | For depression and bipolar features | Feel like a zombie, detached with lack of emotion. This med did help me out of a deep depression several years ago but I can't tolerate it this time. I am an emotionless, fatigued, useless lump. This is no way to live life! I am stopping this tonight. | While it will get rid of depressed feelings it may also leave you without any feelings at all. I do not recommend! | F | 48 | 10 days 5mg 1X day | 5/9/2015 | 5 | Depression | No side effects of note, perhaps because I am taking so low a dose | This drug has wiped out my suicidal thinking for which I have suffered with for over a year and a half. It has been the most effective drug I have ever taken. I am also on elavil and tegretol. I have tried everything out there. Everything. Don't listen to others. Please try it, perhaps at a low dose if you are feeling suicidal. It may help you. There is hope! . | F | 11 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 5/4/2015 | 1 | depression , anxiety disorder | i feel WEAK , every muscle , every articulation is in pain . I'm 22 yet i feel like i'm in the body of an 88 years old man ... | M | 22 | 4 months 2.5 1X day | 4/29/2015 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Among the worse side effect it gave me is COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS, INFERTILITY (it affected my FSH levels, my human growth hormones), affected my Pituitary Gland (which affected my metabolism causing RAPID WEIGHT GAIN, 5 pounds or more per day, 90 pounds in a few months, even with diet & exercise; Seizures, deep depression, Tardive dyskinesia, Menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, several infections, gastritis, ulcer, chronic constipation, high blood pressure & tension issues, tremors, irritability, etc | Zyprexa ruined my life physically, emotionally & mentally. It killed my dreams too. | F | 38 | 5 years 5 MG | 3/13/2015 | 4 | Obsessive thoughts | wake up depression,social anxiety, anxiety speaking, diabetes and high cholesterol | It works well, calms my mind, but the side effects made me can't take it no more. If u can handle the side effects, it's a good med for obsessive thoughts! | M | 28 | 14 days 5 mg 2X day | 2/21/2015 | 5 | schizoaffective disorder | Increased appetite, rapid weight gain, drooling, nightmares | The side effects are a small price to pay for the benefits. My fiance suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which is the worst of both worlds: schizophrenia and manic phase of bipolar. He doesn't want to take meds long term, so I keep Zyprexa on hand because thus far it is the ONLY drug that takes him out of a manic schizophrenic attack and keeps him out of the hospital. As a pharmacologist myself, I feel that Zyprexa, a very powerful and effective drug, should be used only as a prophylaxis for a short time and then weaning off, but not for long-term usage. Zyprexa is truly a miracle drug, and I laud Eli Lilly for manufacturing it! | M | 31 | 5 days 30 1X day | 1/5/2015 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Horrible weight gain like 20 pounds in a month. Quit taking this crap cold turkey because of the weight gain | Didn't work worth a darn for the voices and paranoia. This is a worthless drug. Never again. | M | 25 | 4 weeks 30 mg 2X day | 12/21/2014 | 3 | Bipolar | RAPID weight gain, increased appetite, night sweats, fatigue, dry mouth, intense dehydration, decreased sex drive | I started this because my best friend was on it before and he said it was a miracle drug. Honestly, it's helped with my mood a lot, and I've been able to keep a job for once. But the weight gain is a serious issue. I'm a 21 year old fashion student and I was a size 24/25 in jeans and now I can't even fit into any of my jeans I'm bursting out of them. All I do is think about eating and my portions have never been bigger. I crave things I normally would never eat like chocolate and junk food and ice cream. I can eat 3 bowls of cereal at one sitting and still want more. I have a gut and I've taken weight loss pills to try to burn the fat as well as working out but my weight went from 108 to 128. Very depressed about that. I also have no desire to have sex with my boyfriend anymore which is ruining our relationship. It helps so far with my mood and mellows me out but everything else in my life sucks. | F | 21 | 3 months 2.4 | 12/7/2014 | 1 | stress,insomnia | beyond extreme, continuing tinnitus/feeling of hot liquid in forehead | this ruined any possibility of survival by causing extreme whistling in my ears to worsen my already catastrophic insomnia and stress | M | 48 | 1 days 2.5 1X day | 11/22/2014 | 1 | Depression | Doctor never mentioned the effects on Prolacting levels so had an Unnecessary Breast Biopsy, benign tumor found, INFERTILITY, Ulcer, Gastritis, horrible nervous clics, involuntary movement of eyes & mouth & neck, headaches, vision problems, Zombie, oversleep, Seizures, tachycardia, dizziness, focus issues, Menorrhagia, abdominal pain, Depression, anger, 80 lbs in a few months all in the Stomach & double chin overnight, hyperglycemia, etc | Doctor told me that other than weight gain no other side effects, in fact, he said he knew some people that got pregnant. It was a lie! It is the worst Rx for Fertility & if pregnant it causes Spina Bifida in babies. So do all of the others I read have the same side effects to fertility. Why do they keep making medicines that block fertility? Its inhumane! My doctor knew the thousands I spent on fertility treatments & consultations & still did not care to tell me. | F | 36 | 4 years 5 mg | 11/7/2014 | 1 | Preventing Depression | ZOMBIE & ROBOT like personality, Extreme & rapid WEIGHT GAIN, 80 pounds in a few months (& I have always until them had a healthy Metabolism/ Diet & Exersice did not help with The weight gain while on The Drug), INCREASED PROLACTING Levels that caused FSH Levels To Rise to PRE-MENOPAUSE, Menorrhagia, Dysmenorrhea, nervous tics on eyes, head & involuntary Mouth opening, no interest in anything Pretty much, convulsions, epiléptic like, Depression, anger, hyperglycemia, oversleep for several hours (Wake up at 1 Pm & still tired), chess Pain, takicardia at night, (fast heart beat), WOMEN DO NOT TAKE Unless you don't Mind being INFERTILE, shaking of hands & involuntary shaking & movement of The legs, like kicking, HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL symptoms, Parkinson like symptoms, memory issues, Seizures, dizziness, drowsiness, some fainting, vision issues like blurry eyes, (when 20/20 vision before). Etc... | WARNING Doctor Never mentioned The Horrible effects It has on fertility, I was taking It Just as preventive, IT Should be considered UNETHICAL To do This to a patient who has expressed how The reason for being anxious is Because They Want to be a mom so Bad. Some doctors have no heart. My Career & life goal is ruined Now. WORST Thing I have ever done To Trust My doctor; permanent & possibly irreversible effects To fertility. | F | 31 | 3 years 5 mg | 11/4/2014 | 3 | Bipolar | Major weight gain (40lbs). Worst was being a zombie, confused, in a constant fog. Cognition deficits. It severely affected my job performance. Fortunately, my boss knew of my condition and was supportive...but I need to think crisply. | Started out at a low dose, but it was escalated when I was having severe depressive/suicidal episodes. Doctor took me off it about 4 months ago as my mood had stabilized. I've lost 25lbs and continuing gradually to lose. No longer in a fog. Basically all the side effects reversed after I quit, but I needed it at the time. | F | 54 | 2 years 5-15mg 1X day | 10/31/2014 | 3 | Schizophrenia | Some wieght gain, craving junk food, hard to wake up and get out of bed. | F | 20 | 2 years 10 1X day | 8/14/2014 | 1 | was feeling extremely hostile | My psychiatrist's nurse assured me when I asked about weight gain on Zyprexa, "it's such a small dose, so you shouldn't have a problem." Well, in just these two weeks, my weight has ballooned, abdomen sticks out, I am constipated, bloated, thirsty, miserable. Jeans that are normally loose are TIGHT. I cut back on food. NO change. While I feel better, the stressful situation that led to this "drug" had already begun to abate. Yes I crave frosted flakes...2 bowls (1% milk) right after eating 1/2 of a digiorno pizza, but that was both lunch and dinner and didn't do that all the time. Gonna call the nurse TOMORROW and tell her I want off this med...even if it means going back on seroquel. I won't live like this. I think 2 weeks and tight jeans is plenty of time to ser how well a med is working--- or NOT for me. Plus I am supposed to be around post-menopausal...hard enough to lose weight. I don't need the problems from Zyprexa too. | F | 47 | 2 weeks 2.5 mg | 8/4/2014 | 1 | Psychosis from Depression/Addiction | I was completely unmotivated, extremely depressed, loss in interest of all things I cared about even worse than when I started. I started having delusional thoughts, cried all the time, panic attacks and massive anxiety. I had no energy and did not want to get out of bed. I was vomiting from upset stomach and then began to eat nonstop. | This drug caused me to have extreme anxiety and panic attacks and a wierd buzzing in my ears. The doctor then tried to increase the dosage which made it worse. I was admitted to the hospital to taper myself off this medication that took away all of my motivation. I drastically reduced my dose in the hospital from 12.5 to 5mg but the doctor put me on a mood stabilizer to help with the withdrawl. | M | 18 | 6 weeks 12.5 1X day | 6/6/2014 | 1 | freak small elevation | Feel like shit,lost my spiritually, and have not been able to eat due to so much body fat and weight gain. Can someone tell me if the weight will come off. I have taken myself off it for 8 weeks now, hope l get better. Have lost 5 kilo, another 5 to go, no sex drive because in so fat. Can anyone help. I am not usually suffering mental health problems, help. Help, i need a swim . | F | 45 | 1 weeks | 5/29/2014 | 1 | Doctors had delusions | Heartburn after puking up food. Stomach problems. Dizziness. fainted and had to get brought back to life. Trouble breathing 30 days. Sleeping all day. | M | 2 years I don't kn 2X day | 4/28/2014 | 3 | Psychosis listening hallucination | I feel very sleepy in the morning. Sleep for 12-14 hours per day. I am working as an engineer so in the morning i have to push myself to act alert. I feel dry mouth in the morning. Weight is under control. I can not stop the medicine as doctor warned of repeat episode. | Medicine is very good. I wish there was some solution of getting up early. | M | 44 | 5 years 10mg 1X day | 1/21/2014 |