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 |
| 5 | bipolar | M | 28 | 18 months | 2/9/2006 | 5 | Severe anxiety | None noticable. | I was having severe anxiety to the point that it caused me not to sleep for days. The doctor gave me Ambien which helped me sleep 4 to 5 1/2 hours of sleep a night but it was not restful. After going back to him he tried me on this saying it was very good at calming down people who can't calm down enough to rest. It worked very well for that. I've slept 9-10 hours every night since then. I'm only taking this for 2 weeks but I hope he gives me a prescription to use this as needed in the future because it helped me break the cycle on nearly the first dose. He prescribed me 5MG (I cut a 10MG tablet in two). | M | 28 | 10 days | 8/20/2006 | 5 | insomnia, agitation | Not much, but I don't take it regularly. Maybe some agitation or heightened state about 18 to 24h after taking it. | Really makes me sleep when nothing else does. Always works. 2.5mg will usually be sufficient, too. Never needed more than 5mg. Will use sparingly given the risks involved with regular use. But I truly love it-- it helps when I need it. I have to take it some 2h before bedtime, since it takes some time to work. And either take it early or be able to sleep the next morning. It's very calming and pleasant and hasn't caused habituation or lost effectiveness for me. | F | 28 | 5 1X AN | 1/19/2018 | 4 | bipolar mania | weight gain (45+ lbs), no sexual I mean NO sexual drive, Sleep a lot, HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES!!!! I wake up several times a night with dieing nightmares or torture.. | Well of course I have gained weight (45 lbs) since I started using it. which wasn't a horrible thing because I have always been underweight..I'm just scared to sleep now cuz my nightmares!! I don't know what I'm going to do. | M | 28 | 180 days 5 mg 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 4 | ptsd, voices, poor concentration | slept way too much, probably gained wt dont know didnt take it long enough...sleep was really deep tho and good... | risperidal gave me nightmares! zy seriously clears my head up alot! its strong stuff but it works... i was so much more focused... ok i was heavily abused, so its hard to think sometimes, but this did help i was alot more focused...i might also have ADD tho, this might be a factor. yeah use this even if u think u dont need it... | F | 28 | 30 days | 2/6/2005 | 4 | Insomnia and psychotic disorder | Decrease in libido. Sleepiness. Weight Gain. | Was on Risperdal before Zyprexa. Used to get muscle spasms with risperdal. Also seriously affected my libido. No desire at all on Risperdal. Big improvement to libido on Zyprexa. Zyprexa really helped me sleep and I am functioning 100%. I have put on alot of weight, but this can be controlled through exercise. I've landed a job as a Systems Engineer in an aerospace company, and am handling it. My wife has been tremendously supportive. This has been a huge plus. Enjoy life, listen to your doc, exercise, and have patience. Try to keep your stress levels down, but don't let your illness stop you from doing the things you want to do. | M | 28 | 1 years | 10/23/2007 | 4 | Bipolar- Manic | Started off at 10mg to calm me since I was so manic I hadn't slept in 4 days and it worked great. I had been through so many medications and this is the only one that can calm me. I recently went down to 5mg and it seems to be working great. | This medicine does make you feel tired and high for a couple of days but this wore off for me rather quickly. I no longer feel agitated and hyper like I always was. I have tried just about everything and am so glad I found this med, if you don't have insurance though it is very expensive. | F | 28 | 21 days | 7/20/2007 | 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 | 3 | bipolar as hell | Went from 112 to 130 in 3 months wake up 3 am STARVING so I ate lol. But after I stopped taking it my bf and I realized I was a co,ok eye zombie and numb to everything it completely changed who I was | F | 28 | 1 years 5mg | 8/2/2017 | 3 | postpartum psychosis | tiredness, WEIGHT GAIN | I gained over 70 pounds in one year on this drug. It's horrible. It helped with my postpartum psychosis but made me huge! | F | 28 | 1 years | 5/12/2009 | 3 | bipolar disorder | sleeping too much, weight gain | zyprexa helped do its job... I didn't have my highs and lows like before and become more consistently productive at work. I've stopped the drug and will never go on it again, though, because i gained SO much weight. It made me hungry all of the time, even after just eating a full dinner. I gained 30 lbs... went from size 2-4 to a size 8-10. i'm going to try another drug now... hoping for topomax-- a mood stabilizer that helps you lose the wt that your other mood stabilizers packed on. we'll see if the doc agrees :) | F | 28 | 1 years | 1/24/2008 | 2 | Mixed Bipolar | Extreme sleepiness | This med solved my problems by rendering me unconscious, so I guess in that sense it was great. However, if I actually needed to get something accomplished it was sort of inconvenient. I would stay away from this one if you tend to overreact to meds that make you sleepy. On the other hand, if you need help sleeping, this might be the one for you. | M | 28 | 3 days | 10/5/2006 | 2 | depression | This medication has made me feel so sleepy during the day, as was directed by my doctor to take it before bed at night, I have only taken it twice, and both mornings I woke up late with the alarm clock blaring into my ears. I slept way too hard on this medication so far and have been extremely hungry and thirsty. | I'm not sure if this is the right medication for me. I see my doctor tomorrow and will tell him of the side effects. | F | 28 | 2 days | 10/5/2005 | 1 | Psychotic dysorder | Weight gain, Being tired most of the day, Uncontrolled eye movement, Hallucinations/nightmares including awakening without being able to move - lasting several minutes during that time bouncing into hallucinations and hearing voices, Being Numb , depression. | I would recommend this medication only for acute symptoms, when there are no alternative, if you don't experience side effects. i would like to point out - beware of psychiatrists they subscribe medications much to easily, dont become a lab testing mouse for them. | M | 28 | 2 years | 6/18/2006 | 1 | depression, as an "AD augmenter" | Appetite increase, nonstop drowsiness, twitching, dizzyness from major blood pressure changes, disorientations, paranoid thoughts and my favourite : seizures | Worst medication I ever took. I was put on 5mg straight away and withing a week I was twitching and bumping into walls and eating everything in sight. Then the fun started. I would constantly "wake up" with no memory of passing out and find that I had dropped whatever I was holding. Turns out zyprexa gave me absence seizures. Very scary stuff. The twitching became really bad and in the last week, talking became almost impossible. The worst part is that inside your head you think clearly but your body won't respond or responds with a major delay. I also started experiencing paranoid thinking (convinced that the doctor really thought I was insane and had used this "ad augmenter" reason to trick me into starting to take the Zyprexa. After a week of not taking it (as advised by a friend who's an MD) I was back to normal. | F | 28 | 4 weeks | 11/25/2006 | 1 | bipolar psychosis | i had tremendous acute akathisia where i walked for 100/120 hour period and became suicidal. i hated this drug. after taking it for 15 months i developed tardive akathisia and was restless for 6 months straight and suicidal again. | M | 28 | 15 months | 8/18/2005 | 1 | anxiety | drowsiness (so I took it at bedtime), inability to lose weight (was on an extremely calorie reduced diet, therefore did not gain weight) | This medication is interfering with my desire to lose weight. As I mentioned, I have not gained weight while on it, but maintained. However, had I not strictly reduced my caloric intake during these past few months, I am afraid to imagine how much weight I may have gained. I am not sure why my doctor prescribed this medication to me when I told him my main concern was not to gain any more weight. | F | 28 | 9 months | 2/19/2007 | 1 | Depression | No major improvement in my condition (depression), Lots of hunger, Extreme sweet cravings, Twitches, Night tremors and feeling very cold during sleep, Very sleepy (slept almost all day long), Weight gain (113 lbs - 132 lbs) 19 lbs in a 5 month period, Insaciable hunger, Memory problems, Lack of concentration, At the beginning of treatment I had trouble coordinating thoughts and speaking them out (it went away eventually) | I wish I wouldn't have taken this medicine. I didn't have any improvement, it has done only damage. I can't get the weight off.It has been overwhelming going through all of this. I would have rather stayed as I was initially. | F | 28 | 5 days | 3/12/2007 | 1 | bipolar | severe akathisia ocd tardive akathisia dry mouth agitation suicidality homicidality | M | 28 | 18 months | 9/4/2005 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | I kept eating and eating and sleeping and sleeping and sometimes I managed to do both at the same time. My Mum caught me making a sandwich in middle of the night ASLEEP!!! I felt like a zombie and both food and bed were my friends causing me to gain ahuge amount of weight. | When I was manic Zyprexa did calm me down but taking it as a mood stabilizer to prevent further episodes was a joke. I was well enought to go back to work but I could barely function at work, I actually fell asleep at a meeting once. Also driving was very difficult as i often would feel my eyes start to close...my life was worse on this drug NOT BETTER. I gained 50 pounds in 4 months and 2 years on I am struggling to lose that weight. I do feel it is effective in controlling severe manic episodes and is useful as a last resort when other drugs are not working....but that's it. There are other drugs that can do the same job without such gruesome side effects. I have since had another manic episode and Seroquel controlled my symptoms without turning me into foodaholic sleepaholic Zombie!!! | F | 28 | 4 months | 1/27/2006 |