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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | PTSD paranoia nightmares depression | some short term memory fuzziness | Went from almost no sleep to restful sleep reduced nightmares 80%, lifted mood restored motivation to do things.Used in addition to effexor | M | 42 | 4 weeks | 6/13/2008 | 3 | rapid cycling, anxiety, anorexia | insomnia, NO weight gain or increase appetite, feel jittery/shaky | I am so disappointed this med has not increased my appetite or helped me sleep. I just lie in bed, feeling like I am going to sleep, but I can't drop off...It's torture. I also feel jittery or tenseness in my muscles. It feels like anxiety so I take 2.5 more, no differnence so i take less...and feel anxious and shaky like I need more. I m so confused! I do take seroquel 400 mgs, I wonder if they are interacting with each other? I am trying to like this med, but i need to sleep and to gain weight......I don't know why I have opposite to the traditional reactions. I am so frustrated. But I am not going to quit yet. | F | 42 | 14 days | 2/4/2008 | 3 | Postnatal psychotic depression | weight gain/drowsiness. craving sweets. I looked pregnant it all went on my stomache. | I did manage to give it up. It was hard for me even though I am a health freak + never had an addiction. It took 4 months to go from 2.5 to 0. Then I stopped taking the little slither and had bad withdrawal with a crisis day at day 14. Then I got better from there and by 4 weeks felt great started sleeping fine, back to myself. I nearly went back on (at 14 days) but my excellent psychiatrist said 'No the ilness is over you dont need it' She prescribed something for sleep which I ended up not taking. I did recover, I am happy about that. | F | 42 | 2.5 years | 6/8/2007 | 3 | Bi-Polar- Borderline Personality | As of yet, I have noticed any side effects. HOWEVER- my husband says that yes I am not crying anymore, I am very aggressive! | Meds I am taking-Zyprexa- 2.5 Lamictal -300 mgs Klonopin-0.5 All low doses- I have not gained any weight, fact I have lost weight. Zaprexa does make me VERY thirsty- dry mouth- and constipation. Lamictal- makes me sweat profusely and vivid dreams. | F | 42 | 30 days 2.5 1X day | 9/4/2011 | 1 | psychotic episode, mood disorder | akathisia - bedtime became torture with this wretched drug immediately and cogentin did absolutely nothing to lessen the restless legs | F | 42 | 21 days | 8/26/2005 | 1 | Bi-Polar | Loss of Sex Drive. Heart Reactions ranging from feeling like a heart attack, to palpitations. MASSIVE weight gain (Like 2-3lbs a DAY). | My doctor claims no such problems with Zyprexa, however evidence is now showing Zyprexa causes "Heart Events", and may drastically increase heart attacks. I ended up switching to a Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Remedy that actually cured my Bi-Polar WITHOUT any side effects. Research (An Shen Bu Xin Wan from Min Shan) very effective treatment that is much safer than Zyprexa and completely natural. | M | 42 | 14 days | 3/27/2009 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | Weight gain, obsessed with food, loss of short term memory, creative memory, anti social. | Helped with stabilising mood, but always felt flat. gained 5-10kg. Coming off had been torture, 8 weeks of anxiety depression hot and cold body temp, nausea, headaches, dizzy, lightheadedness, insomnia, feeling unwell, sore back, neck, shoulders from not sleeping long. Have lost 4kgs since coming off. I do not want to go back on zyprexa no matter how hard withdrawals get. Good luck to you all. | F | 42 | 2 years 5mg | 11/4/2017 | 5 | Fibromyalgia Borderline Personality | weight gain | This was prescribed for Fibromyalgia and insomnia. This took the edge off my chronic pain and helps with chronic insomnia.. then a side effect for the BPD, i feel better than ever, i can concentrate and study, i haven't been paranoid, i can function much much better. i feel more stable and consistent. This has changed my life for the better i am very very grateful! | F | 41 | 6 months | 3/12/2009 | 5 | Bi-polar | NONE | It has worked great with my Bi-polar, enabling me to sleep and decreasing my paranoid thinking. It also keeps my manias from being as severe and pronounced. | M | 41 | 9 years | 11/17/2007 | 5 | Mania | None | Great drug! No side effects. Pulled me out of mania within 2 days. What a miracle. I will be ending this med after 30 days | F | 41 | 21 days | 8/13/2007 | 5 | Depression | increased appetite. | I am really responding to this med! yeah. The increase in appetite is a good thing as I have always been skinny. I still plan to talk to my MD about a benzo suppliment for anxiety, but the zyprexa is really helping with the depression. | F | 41 | 5 days | 2/12/2005 | 3 | Manic episode | Immediate and stubborn weight gain - no surprise there. I often felt faint and dizzy. It was only later that I read that the drug can also cause diabetes and high cholesterol in those who are on it for a while. | I was put on it after I was hospitalized for mania. It did its job of bringing me down. It DID work for that narrow purpose. After a few weeks I told my psych. I would no longer take it because of the weight gain. This is a ridiculously over-billed and over-marketed drug. Lilly has tried to sell it for everything it can think of. Mood stabilizer, my foot. This is an anti-manic and anti-psychotic as far as I am concerned, period. I am glad to no longer be taking it. | F | 41 | 6 weeks | 7/3/2009 | 2 | Bipolar disorder | My libido has gone. Even if I take viagra, I cannot finish my sexual activity. I feel bad because of that | M | 41 | 2 years 5 1X day | 8/7/2011 | 1 | my doctor prescribed for sleep | She prescribed for sleep and I started dissociating. I am not schizo or manic bipolor just recurring major depression with agoraphobia. I do have borderline personality disorder but have not fully dissociated for ten years. It was a horrible two weeks not to mention the weight gain. I am a little person and gained a lot in two weeks. I am off now. | F | 41 | 2 weeks 10 1X day | 3/18/2010 | 1 | Bi-polar, depression | Weight gain, PANCREATITUS | This medicine seemed to work for my moods. I seemed calm and at ease. I gained about 30 pounds (I weigh 160 so 30 lbs is alot!). After 2 years, I came down with Acute Pancreatitus. I was in the Hospital ICU for 8 days. My Pancreatitus was the WORST pain I have ever felt. I had a 10% chance of dying. After some research, this drug has a history of Pancreatic attacks. If you search Google and type in Zyprexa and Pancreatitus, thousands of pages come up. I am lucky to be alive and will never take this medicine again! | M | 41 | 2 years 10 1X day | 7/11/2010 | 1 | BiPolar Psychosis | delusions, aggressive agitation | Caused dangerous agitation on 10mg. Then extreme agitation on 30mg. Had horrid hallucinations and was restrained for 30hrs. in the hospital. This caused low oxygen level, aspiration pneumonia, amnesia. Never again. | M | 41 | 14 days | 1/30/2006 | 4 | Psychosis | Sleepy, hungry, drowsy with lack of alertness, need to push myself to be alert and responsive, bit of low/frustrating but that is more related to job scenario, tiredness and do not feel like doing excersice and have to push myself. | I have been taking this medicine since around 10 years due to diagnosed psychosis. It really helped me in controlling the hallucinations and bringing me back to the Earth (grounding). Due to stress caused by mother's serious illness and passing-away I had a small episode so my doc increased the dosage from 5mg to 10mg. Now I am waiting eagerly so that my doc could reduce it again as I have to fight a lot against the side effects. But I am a strong believer of the Super Conscience and believe that whatever is happening is for good only. Just try hard to cope up with side effects and move on fighting every day as a war against myself. | M | 40 | 10 years 10 1X day | 4/22/2010 | 4 | bipolar | Groggy in the mornings; took 1/2hr+ to get up in morning and get moving. Gained 20-30#'s with NO a change in diet. (not eating more). Cholesterol levels went up to previously high levels even though am taking statins and cholesterol was down before. | Slept great; like a rock, all the time. Went to sleep right away and slept through night. Started with Symbyax (10mg of Zyprexa, and prozac combined) Knocked me out and was falling asleep at work during the day. Went to 5mg of Zyprexa and cycled through several other antidepressants. At last was taking 5mg Zyprexa, 225mg Effexor and 300mg Wellbutrin. New pdoc has taken me off due to weight and cholesterol concerns- Now after 1 week, I have not slept more than 3-4 hours a night for last 5 nights. I go to sleep after a little time, so not insomnia per se. But I wake up in the middle of the night with night sweats and can't go back to sleep and so toss and turn the rest of the night. Have a headache, pressure in my head, and very sweaty palms, strange itching sensations. | M | 40 | 1 years | 4/28/2006 | 4 | acute schizophrenia | Helped with psychosis. Tinnitus and distress. | F | 40 | 10 years 15 | 12/8/2013 | 3 | reduce side effects of other meds | Started zyprexa to assist changing from one type of anti depressant to another with long medication free period required to get first drug out of my system. have been unable to cease Zyprexa. Side effects large weight gain 50+ lbs even on low doses 2.5-5mg and excessive sleep at moment need 12-14 hrs, difficult if you have to work. Still feel tired all day despite all that sleep. Have developed diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, high cholestrol, fatty liver gastric problems from the weight gain. | Just feel FAT and bloated and uncomfortable. Each time I try to reduce or cease Zyprexa I seem to get ill all over again. This drug did what it was supposed to but the side effects are overwhelming and it is difficult to get off it. | F | 40 | 3 years | 1/7/2008 |