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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Insomnia | I took this sh*t because i was having a hard time with my life because i have both autism and adhd but the doctor totally misdiagnosed me and i was so desperate to sleep and eat so i took this medication it did made me sleep and eat for some days but then i had the worst joint pain (jaw,hand,legs,neck) all my body hurts me and im surprised because i took it only for 5 days!! Its been 2 months and i still have all the awful symptoms somedays i even thought i had Parkinson's because the symptoms i have are the same i don't know what to do .. also it affected my eyes and movement and i have weird chest pain | F | 22 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 3/18/2022 | 1 | insomnia, anxiety, depression | I was like a zombie, even more depressed, lost my libido and lost my drive to do things. I felt like I had troubles to consentrate and troubles with my memory. Zyprexa also gave me terrible feeling: my mind felt tired but I felt restlessness in my body. I gained also a lot of weight when I used this. When I stopped it, I felt like I was losing my mind and difficulties to sleep. | I don't recommend this drug. | F | 30 | 6 months 10 | 9/18/2016 | 1 | Depression | Horrible Tremendous restlessness Very drugged. Was put on 5 other meds Cause of the side effects people said I was autistic don't go near it. Try anything before these apsycotics. Causes weight gain too Then the titration. Please please get off it! | Horrendous drug for teen | F | 17 | 2 days 20 | 7/26/2015 | 2 | Psychosis | I get restlessness and in the last five years I have had racing thoughts along with the restlessness. This can last for eight hours and then if I go to sleep with it I wake up with it in the morning. It is destroying my life. I have also developed vision problems from the anxiety of life in general and I think because of this drug. | I really want to come off this drug but the Psychiatrist say that there isn't a drug that will work as well. I am very frustrated and angry at the mental health system. Its like a living hell that I'm living and I'm sure if I come off this drug I'll be much better. It has taken away some hallucinations and delusions but I feel I could cope with the halluncinations in my life quite fine now I know what they are. I really want to come off this medication. | F | 38 | 8 years 20MG 1X day | 7/24/2015 | 1 | Preventing Depression | ZOMBIE & ROBOT like personality, Extreme & rapid WEIGHT GAIN, 80 pounds in a few months (& I have always until them had a healthy Metabolism/ Diet & Exersice did not help with The weight gain while on The Drug), INCREASED PROLACTING Levels that caused FSH Levels To Rise to PRE-MENOPAUSE, Menorrhagia, Dysmenorrhea, nervous tics on eyes, head & involuntary Mouth opening, no interest in anything Pretty much, convulsions, epiléptic like, Depression, anger, hyperglycemia, oversleep for several hours (Wake up at 1 Pm & still tired), chess Pain, takicardia at night, (fast heart beat), WOMEN DO NOT TAKE Unless you don't Mind being INFERTILE, shaking of hands & involuntary shaking & movement of The legs, like kicking, HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL symptoms, Parkinson like symptoms, memory issues, Seizures, dizziness, drowsiness, some fainting, vision issues like blurry eyes, (when 20/20 vision before). Etc... | WARNING Doctor Never mentioned The Horrible effects It has on fertility, I was taking It Just as preventive, IT Should be considered UNETHICAL To do This to a patient who has expressed how The reason for being anxious is Because They Want to be a mom so Bad. Some doctors have no heart. My Career & life goal is ruined Now. WORST Thing I have ever done To Trust My doctor; permanent & possibly irreversible effects To fertility. | F | 31 | 3 years 5 mg | 11/4/2014 | 3 | schizoaffective | twitching legs. sometimes i get a feeling like i'm being poked with a needle. put strange thoughts in head, for example i would think "yes master" just before taking it alot. also, gave me alot of gay thoughts and i am straight. made me really scared to talk to people and i get anxious around others, sometimes i can barely breathe. it also jolts me awake with a bad anxiety attack every morning and sometimes i struggle to fall asleep. the meds also made me feel really spaced out, almost like nothing was real. | At first this medication was good, but now that i have been on it for a while it is making me really antisocial and has stolen my life. i used to bicycle all over Toronto every summer, but now i can barely make it to the corner store. it is the best one to take for me as i have been on risperdal, fluanxol, modecate, seroquel and lorazepam. i was allergic to seroquel and lorazepam and the others made me shake alot. i think i might try invega or abilify in the future. i really would like more energy so i could get a job. its really boring sitting around all day. | M | 27 | 5 years 30mg 1X day | 8/26/2010 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | This drug may have caused me trouble losing the weight I'd gained on Depakote and it added a few pounds on top of that. Increases sugar cravings at higher doses. Restless legs at night. Slept exceptionally well with really good dreams while on it. | This drug helped regulate my sleep like no other. If you take too high a dose, though, you'll sleep like Rip Van Winkle. I went off of it to lose weight but miss it, so I plan to go back on it at a 2.5 mg dose. My anxiety at work was visibly reduced. People describe me as "grounded" ... little do they know the me when off this drug. try it but keep that dose as low as possible. | F | 32 | 6 months 5 mg 1X day | 3/18/2010 | 1 | Bipolar, mood swings | Terrible, frightening attack on a subway train. I had just started the drug 2 days prior. Profuse sweating and nausea that lasted 8 minutes. The sweating was ridiculous -- I soaked a full down coat and sweat was running down my legs into my shoes. My head was swimming, and I couldn't focus my eyes for a while, nor could I summon the muscular coordination to stand. After it was over, I had some "äftershocks" but otherwise was fine. | Constant light nausea. Sleeping problems. I DONT RECOMMEND AT ALL. | F | 27 | 45 days | 3/11/2009 | 1 | Alledged bi-polar depression | I have suffered from major depressive disorder for thirty years, so this revised diagnosis was wrong. Within days, Zyprexa caused my glucose level to skyrocket. I am a diabetic. My feet, ankles and legs have swollen and now I have to take Lasix. I was on this medication for only three weeks and I gained over 30 pounds. I have not overcome the adverse side effects some 6 weeks later. | Zyprexa is near lethal and should be taken off the market before it causes a fatality. | F | 59 | | 6/24/2008 | 1 | unknown reasons. b/c of a QUACK! | THE WORST DRUG EVER!! I GAINED 70 LBS IN 2 MONTHS. i'd NEVER been overweight. i had pitted edema in my legs. i was like a sponge. you could press your finger into my calf and the indentation would remain for several seconds. made me eat constantly and walk around like a zombie. | this is the worst drug available to mankind. it needs to be destroyed and permanently taken off the market. While under the care of a complete s.o.b. QUACK--i was placed on zyprexa. as mentioned in the side effects i gained 70 POUNDS!!! in actually a little UNDER 2 MONTHS. my friends were horrified when they came to visit me, wondering what in the world had happened to me. They didn't even recognize me b/c i'd never been overweight before then. i had pitted edema. which as described b/4 was where you could make an impression into my skin with a finger and the location of the depression would remain indented for severeal seconds. i didn't get stretch marks from my pregnancy. i DID get stretch marks after gaining so much weight so rapidly on this horrible stuff. i cannot BEGIN to express to you how HORRIBLE this "medicine" is. it provided absolutely ZERO positive effects..and only turned my life completely upside down by turning me into an overweight lifeless zombie. | F | 30 | 7 weeks | 4/1/2008 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Type 2 diabetes; weight gain; swelling of legs, feet, hands; restless leg syndrome. | I had blood work done just prior to beginning Zyprexa and at that time my triglycerides were slightly elevated, but my doctor didn't feel it would be problematic. Unfortunately, he was wrong -- within 3 weeks I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I will be going off both Zyprexa & Serequel as a result of this 'side effect'. I strongly urge anyone who may be at risk for heart disease or high blood sugars to seriously weigh the positives vs negatives of taking these drugs, as their side effects are deadly. | F | 50 | 21 days | 2/16/2008 | 1 | schizoaffective, OCD | SEVERE WEIGHT GAIN!!! , restless leg syndrome in combination with risperidone | took 6 months at 5 and 10mg. was 60kgs before and 100 after. no positive effect noticed. | M | 19 | 6 months | 1/16/2008 | 1 | bipolor disorder | weight 165 before zyprexa. While taking 7.5 mg at bed-time, gained 70 pounds within a year(235 pounds). I also experience panic attacks which I never had before taking medication. Had muscle spasms in legs. Always eating!!!!!!!! Tired all the time. Had to stop taking it also increased blood pressure and cholestrol. Trouble buying Clothes that fit. Self-image low so was self-esteem. I feel this medication is dangerous to your health, even if it works to control your illnees. The reason being is that you can end up with diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. DON'T LET THE MEDICATION OR DOCTOR CONTROL YOUR LIFE OR HEALTH, IF YOU DO YOU WILL BE TAKING EVEN MORE MEDICATION. | I Seen a second doctor, besides my regular doctor, she prescribed rispardol 37.5 mg consta every two weeks. Been on it for almost 2 years and it is working wonders. My blood pressure is 134/64, my weight 175 pounds, and choletrol is low. THis drug feels safer and heathier and less dangerous, the zyprexa. | M | 37 | 4.5 days | 12/9/2007 | 5 | Bipolar II, Panic Disorder | Weight Gain. 20 lbs in 8 weeks -- no doubt it would have reached 100+++ lbs if had continued. You eat because you have to eat (will power has nothing to do with it) plus your metabolism changes radically. This drug causes blind, crazy hunger -- mostly for sweets. As a result developed Metabolic Syndrome (Sugar levels increased and needed to take Metformin to control, which it didn't. The minor side effects: tired in am, constipation, RLS and a tad spacey/loopy when ever I got tired. | The best drug (combined with Zoloft) for mood swings, stability, anxiety, depression, mania and general happiness that I've ever taken. I felt great on this drug, 100% normal. Unfortunately the side effects of weight gain and metabolic syndrome got out of hand and I had to stop. I feel like Algernon -- I've had a taste of what normal people feel like and now I have to go back into my illness. If you can take this drug without weight gain and metabolism issues you may have hit the jack pot. | F | 50 | 8 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 5 | schizoaffective | tiredness, need to sleep 10-12 hrs/day, restless leg syndrome, weight loss | BEST DRUG EVER! SAVED/CHANGED MY LIFE! since going on zyprexa i have been literally symptom free (no psychosis, no catatonia, no paranoia, no depression, no mania, etc). i have gone off disability, finished school, got a job. i now love life and i owe zyprexa everything! i was able to go off all my other meds. i lost weight. who cares if i need lots of sleep, it's worth it! | F | 24 | 3 years | 7/21/2007 | 1 | Doctor prescribed to Mother-age 92 | Mother was a 92 year old with diabetes and dementia. Her "doctor" (in a Nursing Home) prescribed this medication without the knowledge of any family members - in fact, this info was kept very secret. She became agitated, had behaviour problems, was restless, angered easily, became very anxious and confused. She had a stroke after 48 days of use. This drug is the "drug of choice" to use for euthanizing the elderly. | All family members need to check if ZYPREXA is being used on their elderly relatives. The drug is NOT APPROVED for eldrly patients with dementia; it is contraindicated for diabetes. If the doctor is using it on an elderly relative without consent, get a lawyer. He is using it to slowly euthanize. | F | 92 | 48 days | 6/30/2007 | 1 | Insomnia, panic attacks | I'm taking Zyprexa in combination with Lamictal. Pretty soon after, I started to have muscle twitches, in my hands mostly, sometimes in my legs. It got increasingly worse, and then suddenly my legs stopped working properly. It's like they've fallen asleep but without the needle-prick feeling you get when your limbs fall asleep. When it happens, I can't walk and my legs twitch uncontrollably if I try. In spite of liking the effect Zyprexa had on my sleep, the fact that it makes me unable to walk means I'm going off it. No way I'm sticking with this. I wish it had worked out better. On top of this, I've gained a lot of weight and it doesn't seem like I can stop eating. | Apparently my side effects are quite rare, so maybe other people won't experience them. I still wouldn't recommend it though. | F | 30 | 5 weeks | 5/29/2007 | 1 | Bi-polar, anxiety | I gained 20lbs in less than one month, and now am covered with stretch marks. I have not yet been diagnosed with diabetes, but I have almost all of the symptoms now. It basically ruined my life; I cannot wear shorts or skirts because my legs are always purple and have stretch marks. My appetite rapidly increased. | F | 17 | 1 weeks | 3/17/2007 | 1 | withdrawal syndrome from Celexa | I took Celexa, and had a severe reaction to it. I was removed from it cold turkey (NEVER DO THIS OR ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THIS TO YOU). I wound up with panic attacks, tingling in my arms and legs, paranoia, intrusive suicidal urges, etc...So my doctor gave me Zyprexa for an "off-label" use. She said I had anxiety. The first couple of weeks were okay, except I gained 8 1/2 lbs., and was having occasional twitches. When I found out it is an antipsychotic, I decided to wean off of it. The withdrawal syndrome from Celexa returned, and culminated in akathisia, a severe neurological disorder which causes the sufferer to pace endlessly and eventually leads to suicide if not treated. Not knowing that Zyprexa can cause this, I returned to the doctor, where it was reinstated. The next month was a living hell. I had burning sensations in my arms and legs, I felt disconnected from reality, I would wake up without a single thought in my head, I was knocked out 12 hours a day, | Please do not allow a doctor to convince you that you need this drug. Do some research regarding psychiatry and "chemical imbalances". I studied psychology in university, and there really is no proof that any psychological disorders actually exist. Psychiatry is simply a way to pathologize regular human emotions and behavior, and consequently make a lot of people very rich. If you are having emotional problems, seek the advice of alternative health care practitioners, or a doctor who will run a full medical exam. AND DON'T LET THE DOCTORS TELL YOU THAT YOU WILL SUFFER FROM YOUR "DISORDER" FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. All of these so-called disorders (unless caused by brain damage, or other physical health problems, many of them treatable, such as hypothyroidism) are transient, and usually the result of stress. If you would not willingly undergo a lobotomy, then do not take this drug. | F | 31 | 2 months | 2/27/2007 | 2 | bipolar | Sleepy, great to get a good nights sleep. Morning/day/evening Restlessness, the kind where you wanna kill yourself. Pacing around like a mad fool thinking of slitting my wrists.pop one then your so chill an hour later wake up, repeate the restlessness - Odd space outs, but could still focus for the most part. I fainted once, dunno if it was the med or not. It is too bad made me wanna kill myself with restlessness otherwise id take the stuff | You may wanna try this if your crazy, but beware it might make ya more crazy ! like any med, everyone is different, one person will curse a med while someone else will praise it. I took it on and off but when I took it steady for a month I was looped with restlessness like you cant imagine. It is too bad about that cause other than that I didnt mind it is the key word. restless. | M | 25 | 4 weeks | 6/17/2006 |
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)