ZYPREXA Reviews (OLANZAPINE)

Average Rating: 2.5 (585 Ratings)

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ZYPREXA  (OLANZAPINE):  Olanzapine is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). It may also be used in combination with other medication to treat depression. This medication can help to decrease hallucinations and help you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less agitated, and take a more active part in everyday life. Olanzapine belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. Talk to the doctor about the risks and benefits of treatment (especially when used by teenagers). See also Precautions section.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-09-09 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  
11/2/2001
 4  mood disorders fatigue, some twitching, dry mouth too early to really tell how effective M 32 3 months
4/5/2002
 3  Schizoaffective Disorder Serious weight gain, drowsiness, and slight hand tremor M 24 5 months
6/26/2002
 4  Schizoprenic-like Restlessness when trying to sleep if taken during the day. Take Zyprexa before bedtime to avoid side-effects. M 24 2 years
8/14/2002
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 1  schizophrenic related Serious weight gain!!, anxiety, fatigue, depression. I do not take medication any more(since a few years), but can't seem to lose the extra 50 pounds. F 26 12 months
9/3/2002
 4  bipolar drowiness, weight gain great it helped put me to sleep since i have trouble sleeping. should take it an hour or two before bedtime for best effect. F 2 years
10/25/2002
 4  anxiety disorders irritability first few days M 55 15 days
11/20/2002
 2  bi-polar disorder weight gain, 25lbs in 3 months and still gaining seems to work well with the manic stage of bi-polar disorder but because of the weight gain, I do not recommend it. F 39 3 months
2/11/2003
 4  hearing voices none none M 52 1 days
7/21/2003
 3  drpression M 34 1 years
9/19/2003
 5  bipolar this has been the best drug i have been on yet. at first it would knock me out. i would sleep for days, but was fine on about the 3rd day and after that i was happy and not manic (though i still need to take another med for the depression), but i take this med before i sleep and i haven't slept this well ever in my life. i fall asleep fast and i wake up refreshed. where as i use to take 3 hours to fall asleep and would wake up here and there... and this is when i was able to sleep at all !!! F 23 2 years
9/29/2003
 1  Bipolar Type 2 Feeling like a zombie, always tired, forgetfullness, F 22 3 months
11/16/2003
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 2  psychotic depression extreme fatigue during the day even if i took it at night, craving nothing but fattening sweets I was so sleepy during the day that I would sit down somewhere and immediately fall asleep with my mouth open and drool all over myself. Seroquel is better for helping me sleep; it doesn't cause that daytime drowsiness. F 21 2 months
12/10/2003
 2  Bipolar, Depression Too many Weight gain and even more weight gain. I've never had a big appetite but after a year of taking Zxprexa I went from being 8st to 10st 11lbs. This added to my depression. I always took it before bed, I found that if I took it too early I couldn't sleep due to my legs constantly twitching. I was unknowingly waking up half asleep to feast in the night, this was a major side effect for me and totally out of character. Daytime I was a zombie and couldn't concentrate. Two years on..I've stopped taking it, back down to 9st now and feelings better but maybe thats only because I understand Bipolar more. If you want to find out info never trust your doctor, he will just describe the first depressant off the top of his head. My advice would be do your own research, there are some top sites out there, then discuss with your doctor other possible medications. They only seem to tell you about drugs they prescribe you only if you ask and I'm sure if you do enough research yourself into a particular med that you think you will benefit from, read the possible side effects etc.. than there is nothing they can tell you that you don’t already know…trust me that will make you feel good after so many years of not knowing. I found that a lot of drugs I benefit from now were never suggested to me...could of saved me a lot of time and pain. If any of you out there suffer from Bipolar don't let it cut you down like a knife, you're stronger than that, you just have to remind yourself a lot more than most people! F 25 12 months
4/6/2004
 1  bi-polar 1 Knocked me unconscious for 72 hours STUPID CRAP FOR CRAP! Do not take this shit! I took it, and the next thing I know, I pass out and come to two days later...I'd been staggerin' around in a completely nonresponsive zombielike state on a cross state trip for the time and it was really bad. Oooooh if I ever see the guy who prescribed this stuff to me again he's toast. F 19 1 days
4/22/2004
 3  Bipolar II None except weight gain. I am hungry all the time. This drug has helped me a great deal. I am calmer, less impulsive and much more rational. Unfortunately, weight gain has been substantial. M 47 2 years
8/29/2004
 1  ptsd raised blood sugar, compounded eating disorder problems as it made me ravenously hungry and i would binge eat, somewhat it worked great in terms of helping me sleep and stabilize when i was having panic attacks or flashbacks. unfortunately, the side effects were so severe that i had to switch to another medication (abilify) which doesn't help as much but hasn't had any side effects thus far. F 46 8 months
9/10/2004
 2  depression, insomnia dry mouth, increased appetite, extreme weight-gain I took Zyprexa for a week, and it was so wonderful to get a regular sleeping pattern for that short time. However, even though I was warned about the increased appetite I might experience, I was very careful to stick to my weight-loss programme - only to find that I had gained TEN pounds in the 7 days I was taking the drug. I came off it immediately and worked hard to lose the weight - I got rid of it in about 3-4 weeks because I think some of it was fluid retention. Stopped taking it because it wasn't worth the weight-gain, but in hindsight I also felt that I was getting a kind of false-sleep - it was more like a coma than refreshing REM sleep. If at all possible, I prefer to sleep naturally now (having had a psychotic episode from other sleeping pills) even though it's much less reliable. F 25 7 days
9/18/2004
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9/23/2004
 1  Bipolar (psycho hyper mania) Needed to sleep at least 15 hours a day (made me late to work every day for about a year). Made foods taste unbelievably better-I could easily eat artificial junk food like Krispy Kreme doughnuts that actaully taste horrible (I'm not a big junk food eater I prefer natural foods). Gained 35lbs in 2 years (I'm pretty good looking around 185-190lbs compared to other guys so that was terrible). Twitches, muscle spasms, shaky hands--mine are usually very steady. Didn't care about anything at all. Lowered my IQ by at least 40%, but that was a plus because it made it easier to fit in with normal people. Basically I became a normal person: Fat, ugly, dumb, senseless and boring. This is good for people that are a danger to themselves or to society, but not for those that can function in everyday life. Being hungry all the time is a form a torture-especially when everything tastes so good and you just ate a huge meal that would make you throw up if you weren't taking this medication. M 29 2 years
10/9/2004
  

ZYPREXA  (OLANZAPINE):  Olanzapine is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). It may also be used in combination with other medication to treat depression. This medication can help to decrease hallucinations and help you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less agitated, and take a more active part in everyday life. Olanzapine belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. Talk to the doctor about the risks and benefits of treatment (especially when used by teenagers). See also Precautions section.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-09-09 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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