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 | Sedation, Sleepyness in the morning, mild inhibited feeling, extream weight gain. | I had to be taken off it because it was making me gain too much weight I went from 185 to 301 pounds in one year. Luckly now I only weigh 195 so I'm back to looking good and being in shape again. Zyprexa kind of helped, but the side effects wern't worth the antianxiety relief it hardly gave me. anotherwords it didn't work for me. I'm now being prescribed 20mg.s of diazepam (valium) to take three times a day and its working great for me I can now walk down the street without the unreal fears of what I thought people were thinking about me. Plus because of the help of valium and my own self determination I now have a job. So Zyprexa was close, but no cigar. Zyprexa didn't work. | M | 23 | 19 months | 11/5/2004 | 3 | Bipolar I | Extreme Weight Gain; Fatigue; Constant hunger (esp. cravings for carbs/bread/pasta. | Originally on just zyprexa, weighed 100-110 pounds (within the healthy range for my height/gender). Within 4 months shot up to 160 pounds. Immediate diabetic symptoms (though tests were negative). Topamax added at 100mg, hunger and cravings for carbs died immediately. Further exercise and counting calories / south beach style diet brought weight down to 115-120 range. Hate the drug, but it works AMAZING for its purpose. With lithium now too, no bipolar symptoms. 100% normal life, so you'd think, though I need at least 8 hours of sleep...preferably 10. | F | 23 | 6 years | 10/4/2008 | 3 | Depression | Weight gain Anhedonia Excessive sleeping | It gives you a half-life. You'll be stable, but completely anesthetized emotionally. If I could describe it as a color, it would be a permanent shade of gray. | M | 23 | 3 years 10mg 1X day | 4/24/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Depression and Insomnia | Sleepiness, a little weight gain, zombie-like state, loss of feeling/creativity (not good for an artist) | I wouldn't say its a bad medication, I like its benefits such as helping me sleep well and relieving the depression I had. Its just a major downside that I no longer feel as lively as I used to. I will seek better alternatives for myself. | F | 23 | 5 months 10mg 1X day | 3/16/2021 | 2 | Bipolar, mania | Heart palpating like feeling, rapidly up and down blood pressure. Increased anxiety. Hungry 24/7 no full feeling ever. Same with water. Always bathroom needing but constipated. Bloat. Flatulence. Shakiness. | It helped my mania but now I'm having a panic attack over how this medication makes my body feel. Want to go for a walk down the street? Careful- two steps past the curb and you may pass out. Oh well! Because I felt nice mentally. Calm. Placid. My heart feels like it wants to stop. Or forgets to beat. It's hard to describe but I'm clearly living fine. I'm unable to satiate my hunger. Ever. Weight gain already in a month my pants don't fit. But I sleep like a baby aside from the dreams. They're too real. I don't recommend this meds unless as a last resort. | F | 23 | 1 months 2.5mg | 1/22/2017 | 1 | Bipolar | I gained an alarming amount of weight in a short period of time. I now have large noticeable stretch marks on my body. Sleeping 14+ hours a day | M | 23 | 1 years | 3/23/2020 | 1 | Bipolar II | 40 pound Weight gain (157 to almost 200), Waist increase (30 inches to 36 inches), Lethargy, Memory and concentration problems, became a lazy blimp (unstoppable appetite, esp. carbs), drowsy constantly | became a FLABBY DOUGHY PIG (loss of libido, apple-shaped body, wider rear, massive gut, moon face) who would sleep, eat breakfast, go to class, eat lunch, snack, snack, eat dinner, snack, midnight snack, sleep, middle of night snack, sleep, repeat again expanding your stomach, depressing your metabolism, and expanding your waist line | M | 23 | 10 months | 9/19/2007 | 1 | I feel drugged, i feel my head heavy, i feel detached from the reality, like a zombie, hand tremors, palpitations throughout the body, i wake up with dry mouth and throat, i sleep more than 12 hous per day, i even missed classes to sleep a little more, i feel like parts of my brain were shut off, i only feel fine lying somewhere and still. | Poison | M | 23 | 1 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 7/28/2012 | 4 | delusions and anxiety | drowisiness , lazy, extreme weight gain | was satisfied mentally but phsyically i have put on 6 KGs in a month and that is with exercising, time to try abilify! | M | 22 | 2 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 4 | Bipolar | I just started taking zyprexa, 5mg, and I was set on controlling the weight gain through exercise and watching my diet. Although I was working out more than ever I still put on a little over 5 lbs in the first 2 weeks. That's certainly not a mood 'stabilizer.' I just met with another doctor who prescribed metformin to control the weight gain. Long story short, it helps with insulin levels. Hoping it works...don't let doctors tell you there is nothing you can take to control the weight gain. | M | 22 | 2 weeks | 7/19/2007 | 3 | ptsd,bipolar2,halluc,parinoia,anexi | Very tired thirsty inability to take care of kids alter driving stay hunger | At time this meds can be very good for me when I am taking correctly however it takes awhile to get in my system I'm tiny I don't mind the weight as I can use it however I don't want sleep for days nor feel fatigued and very thirsty in the fine print are the warnings of issues on meds leaflets I need to no what to do to keep from sleeping for days but you should not stop them once started as my condition worsen each time I'm experiencing withdrawls from being off meds but I don't want the meds to kill me either | F | 22 | 2 years 10 1X day | 8/22/2011 | 3 | Bipolar disorder/mania | Vegetable-like state, weight gain | I was put on this drug (was traveling in Argentina and it was first choice of doctors w/o consultation) after a psychotic attack and it drastically reduced the mania. It took a few days to work (I believe I started at 10 mg for 2 days then 20 or 30 mgs for the rest of the duration). I was in my senior year in college and was able to take a break. After that, I read part of my manuscript that I completed in front of a small audience and felt fine (with the support of my family). Made me too bland however to went with Geodon. | F | 22 | 2 months 30 mg? 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 3 | psychosis and mood disorder | weight gain very quickly, increased appetite. Increased anxiety and sleepiness | I came off olanzapine 3 weeks ago. Feel very odd, strange like. Spaced out withdrawal effects have left me feeling like this. not symptoms of psychosis those were paranoia, and have not returned. Also experienced nausea daily. could do with some advice from anyone who has experienced this weird feeling and how long it lasts for. Its uncomfortable and i would like to wake up. thanks | F | 22 | 4 months | 11/1/2005 | 2 | Bipolar II | Became a real porker and ballooned outward, 40 LBS Weight Gain, Waist went from 30' to almost 36 inches, 6 Pack ABS to Flab Rolls (a real pot belly) Constant hunger, Ate anything not nailed down (carbs mostly), Lethargic. Originally 5'11'' and 157 lbs (age 20 at the time) Then became about 197 lbs. Shortness of breath, Chest Pain Little sex drive (Who could with all this new belly fat?) | Moods too zoned, Too robotic, Emotion dead | M | 22 | 11 months | 11/14/2006 | 2 | Bipolar I Disorder | EXTREME sedation, dry mouth, dizziness, weight gain | Well, I had no problems with mania. Who knows if it helped with anything else because I feel like I just slept the full three weeks I was on it. Those weeks are such a blur, I don't even know how I functioned or got from one place to the next - which is rough when you're in college. I must have sleep-walked. I can't imagine why anyone would want to be this tired all the time. I guess if you're super manic it'll knock you out faster than anything else I've ever been on. Oh, and I gained 15 lbs. | M | 22 | 3 weeks | 9/21/2007 | 1 | Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, OCD | Excessive sleep, increased appetite. Withdrawal symptoms include insomnia and nausea. | It did not help with any of my issues. | M | 22 | 7 weeks | 7/16/2007 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Bipolar | Excessive sleep, fatigue | Took from 2.5MG to 20MG. No impact on my anxiety, depression, OCD, or mood. | M | 22 | 7 weeks | 7/13/2007 | 1 | Schizoaffective Bipolar Type | It made me more psychotic. I felt like I could feel the particles in my food and the molecules in water. I was delusional on this drug when I had not been before. I could not sleep. I could not eat. I ended up in psych emergency in the middle of the night. | F | 22 | 5 days | 11/27/2007 | 1 | the docs didnt know | mood swings, irritbilty, manic episodes, memorty loss (entire days) | i was forced onto it when i was 12, and self ended the zyprexa then, due to lost days in my memory after a long recovery with herbal remidies i went 9 years without meds of any kind. Then i ended up back at my mothers home after a 2.5 year relationship, she mistook my Reasoned depression(loss of gf and child) for a manic episode. i was forced on it again(cops were there because i didnt do the dishes; i was 20 then) and my friends filled in my missing days after i was out of the hospitol. once again i stopped the meds(i was told i was hanging out with a darker crowd and telling people the day and time they would die) this med has ruined my social life my relationships and my perseption of reality. i was told today on a vist to the ER for stroke symtoms that it was the zyprexa and the changes it has made has **** me i can hardly think at all(hurts to) focus and education down the drain, i am A+ computer Certified and am at a complete loss. no one and i mean no one should take any mental | M | 22 | 2 months | 1/31/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Lethargic at the beginning, tiredness, involountary movements, hungry, anxiety, foggy brain | I seemed calmer at the beginning, but after my anxiety returned and the involountary movements forced me to stop the medication because I was concerned about tardive dyskinesia. | M | 22 | 9 days | 2/1/2008 |