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 |
| 1 | depression and anxiety | I gained weight and developed diabetes.I had difficulty remembering things and concentrating.For me it was a terrible drug that is outlawed in other countries but not the USA.I am participating in a lawsuit against the drug but that won't replace the pain and suffering from this drug.My doctor prescibed for me 50 mg a day.He also prescribed me 8 mg a day of xanax which totally messed me up and I believe caused me to have a brain seizure.Folks don't just take the free prescriptions from your doctor .Check out the side effects and make sure they aren't giving you mega doses of a drug when less will do.It's frustrating when you complain about the side effects of a drug and all the doctor will say is you need time for it to work even though you feel worse every day.The doctors many times just care about the kick backs they get from the drug co.I feel like a walking guinae pig and now am concerned that I'm addicted to the meds and am told I could go into another seizure if I quit my meds.Ha | How could they allow a drug that was banned previously in other countries to be accepted in the USA? | M | 54 | 7 months | 5/9/2007 | 1 | mis-diagnosed heat stroke | Diabetes, rapid weight gain, incontinance, rapid tooth loss and once diagnosed, vision problems and depression resulting from the diabetes and etc.. | The county mental health administered this drug without a complete work up. It's benefits are for "shizophrenia and bi-polar" which I have never been diagnosed with. This agency along with Eli Lily are to blame for my contracting diabetes and the resulting physical problems and depression. | F | 54 | 35 days | 8/26/2007 | 1 | mood disorders; paranoia;szichoph. | very suicidal after a few years, extreme weight gain; spots in eyes, ringing in the ears;erctile dysfunction | Never ever have anyone take it; Now I am off of it and also watch what I eat; realized also sugar and anything that turns to sugar makes my moods change for the worse;I lost 40 lbs since off of it; now have all the side effects to deal with. | M | 54 | 8 years | 6/15/2008 | 1 | "A granny dose to help (me) sleep." | A buzz in my brain and a chemical taste in my mouth as soon as I woke in the morning - both one second each. Haven't been able to remember my dreams since. Not huge problems but clearly something strange was happening, and has happened. | F | 54 | 12 days 2.5mg | 3/2/2020 | 1 | major depression | extreme somnolence (slept about 14-16 hours per day); difficulty concentrating/muddy thinking; gained abdominal weight of 30 lbs (more than 25% of my original weight); dry skin; increased glucose levels; high triglycerides; sweating, nausea and headaches; weird dreams and nightmares; arm and leg cramps about 4 hours after taking dose; when withdrawing from this medication slowly experienced severe withdrawal symptoms of racing thoughts, racing heart. This drug did not do anything to alleviate my depression - if anything it made it worse. | A year later after stopping this drug I cannot lose the abdominal weight and I have borderline high glucose and extremely high triglycerides; I still crave sweets and I am hungry all of the time and have just been diagnosed as pre-diabetic | F | 54 | 3 months 30 MG 1X day | 11/22/2011 | 5 | Obsessive thinking | Weight gain | This drug saved my life. I was obsessing over a friendship that ended and it was making me suicidal. This drug stopped my thoughts I can't believe how wonderful I feel and people have noticed how I have changed. I am amazed how well this drug works | M | 53 | 10 days 2.5 2X day | 11/24/2016 | 1 | For menopause moodiness | Do not recommend. Upset with doctor for giving me this after years of taking xanax which is a very good drug for anxiety and ptsd. Sharp pains in my head, does not work for anxiety or triggers, feel like a zombie. Does not help me think clearly or help my memory. Makes me feel like not doing anything. | I was taking xanax and it worked fine. Tastes terrible but worked great for someone with ptsd and a mood-disorder. | F | 53 | 5 months 2.5 1X day | 1/14/2021 | 1 | delayed grief/insomnia | rapid weight gain, ridiculously extreme cravings for sugar, constant hunger, occasional inexplicable despairing feelings, and one episode of right-sided weakness, posible small TIA | starts out helpful re: insomnia, but then you have to buy new clothes and even shoes due to water retention and weight gain. Scariest of all, though, were increasingly frequent episodes of feeling faint, then right-body (leg, arm, face) weakness and confusion--feared TIA was in progress. I won't ever take it again; tore up my Rx. | F | 53 | 4.5 weeks | 3/29/2008 | 4 | hearing voices | none | none | M | 52 | 1 days | 7/21/2003 | 3 | Extreme Anxiety, Bipolar II | Hunger - haven't taken it long enough to notice a weight gain but I'll bet it's happening. | I had anxiety that was off the charts, had even been hospitalized for it, and taking 4 meds and still had the high anxiety. Within 2 hours of taking my first 5 mgs and then another 5 mgs an hour later, my anxiety went from a 10 to a 4 on my scale. It's a wonder drug. Too bad it causes weight gain. I and my dr are going to try to get me off of it as soon as possible; maybe using it only as a rescue drug. | F | 52 | 7 days | 4/28/2008 | 5 | persistent imnsomnia | None | F | 51 | 1 days 2.5 | 3/12/2013 | 4 | Depression & Anxiety | Gained 25 lbs. in two months. | This drug was the best I'd ever taken for the often severe depression I've had for years (but thankfully has subsided for the past 2+ years). It was stopped due to the weight gain, which I can't afford due to spine and joint problems. However, if I could find a way to deal with the weight gain and ever needed something for depression and anxiety again I would use this medication. It worked FAST, within DAYS I felt better than I had in a very, very long time, and I had no other side effects. I was energetic, higher sex drive than when depressed and optimistic about my life. | F | 51 | 3 months | 2/8/2009 | 4 | Bipolar, anxiety, insomnia | gained 5 pounds a week; severe fatigue, but not every day; thinking unclear, apathetic, mean and sarcastic, insomnia not helped; now tired from Zyprexa, but do not sleep | Zyprex reduced my anxiety. I was on a diet and exercise program, was losing a pound every week or two. Felt great-except for the insomnia and anxiety. Take 5mg and does not help sleep at night. I am tired all day and night.?? Has anyone else had a mean mouth? I am sarcastic, and impulsivly use cruel words to my husband. This behavior of meanness is so shocking to me and my husband. I am constantly apologizing to the man who has stood by me for 30 years. If I was letting my subconscious thoughts out, I would understand-but what I blurt out is not true and hurts both of us. My therapist is baffled and says none of his Zyprexa clients have done this.?? I am thinking clearly in my mind, but my body is very different. I know what I want to say, but can't express it. I want to go to the gym, but feel so tired and apathetic. Know I should not be hungry, but constantly feel driven to eat. I have strong food cravings that include visual dreams of that food. All these side effects are not the | F | 51 | 60 days | 1/14/2008 | 4 | acute insomina | Problems breathing if I got up at night and moved too fast. Mostly I took it just at night but when I took it during the day as well it turned me into a zombie. I belief it was affecting my sweating and internal heat regulation. | I would recommend this only for an absolute emergency. The drug saved my life, yet after I was stable enough I weaned off it as I could feel how powerful it was and it had negative effects. Severe childhood traumas were surfacing and I was going insane from lack of sleep and confusion. The drug saved my life by getting me sleep so my nervous system could rest. | F | 51 | 3 months | 4/25/2007 | 4 | bipolar2 | So far, I've taken 1 week 5 mg and am still feeling like I walk in a continual fog. My intense suicidal feelings have abated and I feel like there is hope that I can stabalize, I just can't live in a semi-zombie state. I hope I will either adjust and the fog will lift, or perhaps take a smaller dose that will be effective without the sedative effect. It did knock me out somewhat, but my insomnia is very bad and after 2 nights, I was awake. I took half my normal sleep meds but found that wouldn't work because they added to my hangover, when before they were not a problem. I'll add another comment after I've given it a fair chance to work or not work. I want to reemphasize: it has helped with the suicidal feelings, and that is perhaps worth the side effects. | F | 51 | 7 days | 1/15/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II | Extreme fatigue, weight gain | For 2 years, I was on 5 mg Zyprexa for hypomania. The first year was fine. The second year, gained 10 lbs. and began sleeping 2-3 hrs. in afternoon in addition to 9 hrs. at night. I just switched to Abilify a week ago and am feeling 100% better. | F | 51 | 2 years | 5/6/2008 | 1 | Schizophrenia | flushing toilet | poison | M | 51 | 15 years | 1/24/2009 | 1 | Depression | After losing my youngest son, I was put on Zyprexa for almost four years. I tried weaning off of it in September of 2005. The nausea was horrible. When I got back on the medicine, all the nausea and diarrhea stopped. Again, last March of 2006, I weaned off of it again. It took me seven months to get the drug out of my system. Heaven only knows how I tolerated those seven months of sickness. Now, it seems as though my tastebuds have completely changed and I just don't enjoy a variety of foods. I had also gained almost 40 pounds and have lost at least 30 of that. I would NOT NOT NOT recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 51 | 3 years | 12/14/2006 | 5 | Bipolar !! | None; minor sedation at first, but I adjusted. | Stabilized mood and resolved depression; I have taken just about everything, and this medication really helped. | F | 50 | 4 months | 11/27/2006 | 5 | bipolar | weight gain | ... other than weight gain zyprexa (10mg) has worked a treat for me. When I first took it it took only 1-2 weeks to take me out of a very anxious state that anti-depressants did not touch. | F | 50 | 4 years | 12/20/2007 |