ZYPREXA Reviews (OLANZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.5 (586 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYPREXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 1 | Doctors didn't like me | DO NOT USE LITHIUM. USE ANTIPSYCHOTICS INSTEAD. IF YOU USE ANTIPSYCHOTICS YOU DIE IN 10 YEARS OR SO. IF YOU WITHDRAW YOU HAVE ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH. | NEVER START ANTIPSYCHOTICS IF YOU ARE NOT FORCED TO USE THEM. IF DOCTOR PRESCRIBES YOU ANTIPSYCHOTICS HE IS NOT TREATING YOU PROPERLY. NEVER STOP IF YOU ARE USED MORE THAN ONE WEEK! | M | 20 | 800 years 1 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 3 | bipolar II Mania | Tiredness all day, no motivation, increase in appetite, zombieness | Since my last, and first "manic episode" I have been very calm, and submissive. No reocurrance of mania. I feel tired all day, and my motivation is gone. This pill makes you a boring, and semi-concious person. I went from being manic to being borderline depressive with no mood whatsoever. Unless you call a zombielike trance a mood. If it weren't for the Ridalin I don't know if I would ever get out of bed. | M | 26 | 2 months 10MG 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 3 | Bipolar I | Weight gain, hypersomnelence (sleeping 11-12 hours every night), sluggishness | I was a champion of Zyprexa when first on this website about 6 months ago: it calmed me, helped me sleep. But as time wore on, I began to find its considerable side effects intolerable. My partner twice mentioned my weight gain and finally called me unattractive and questioned why I would be so commited to a drug that makes me fat and is leading me to diabetes. My doctor diagnosed me as being pre-diabetic (I am 32 years old). I was a person who was always a healthy weight and, with Depakote and later Zyprexa, I gained 70 lbs in a year. Most recently, I finally insisted to my doctor that I go on Lithium and come off the Zyprexa. To my surprise, he told me, "The more I am in practice, the more I am turning back to prescribing Lithium to my bipolar patients." Wish he'd told me that 70 lbs ago! Don't try this drug without trying Lithium first. | F | 32 | 12 months 5-10 mgs 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II, to reduce impulsivity | Weight gain! Tremors. Akathisia. Sleepiness. | I take Zyprexa once daily, in the evening, and can take an additional pill as needed. I keep a daily chart of my moods and meds for therapy. It's right there in black and white that Zyprexa consistently improves my mood within an hour of taking it. I also take Prozac 40 MG. The two precribed together is reported to be one of the most effective medication treatments for Bipolar Disorder. There's no question that it's been a very effective drug for me. That said, the few side effects I have are chronic. I now take Cogentin to help with the hand tremors, but even with that I still have some tremors. The weight gain is frustrating and the reason I didn't rate it a "5". But to me it's well worth it considering how helpful it's been for my symptoms. | F | 37 | 3 months 2.5 MG 2X day | 12/11/2010 | 1 | Bipolar II disorder | I gained 10 pounds in two weeks even though I was eating a healthy low carb diet and exercising. I was extremely hungry all the time. In addition I developed Tardive dyskinesia which began as an annoying facial tic, and then spread to larger muscles causing what looked like mild Tourettes syndrome. It provided absolutely no benefit in managing my moods. | Tardive dyskinesia can become permanent and persist after discontinuing the offending drug. I was fortunate, the facial tic and other tics stopped as soon as I stopped the Zyprexa. I will never take another atypical anti psychotic drug. | F | 49 | 28 weeks 2.5 - 5mg 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 3 | Depression | Helped, but not worth the side effects of weight gain, acne, groggy all the time, zero libido, no motivation, body aches and pains. | My prescribing Dr added Zyprexa to help with a severe withdrawal and agitation incident I had 5 months ago when my pharmacy slipped me generic Tofranil PM instead of the brand name. Zyprexa helped calm the side effects of withdrawal, which were pretty severe. I began experiencing relief within 36 hours. Since that incident, I've decided to try a natural approach to treating depression because I'm fed up with the horrible side effects that medication can cause. I've been able to wean off all other medications with the help of a Naturopathic Physician, but getting off of Zyprexa is proving to be a battle. I experience severe withdrawal symptoms if my dose is lowered too quickly or too much, so I have to abide by a 10% discontinuation schedule (10% reduction of dose every 2 weeks). I gained 30 lbs on this medication, it is messing around with my hormones, I have pretty bad acne, am groggy all the time, have zero libido, no motivation to do things, and now I'm experiencing a lot of body aches and pains. I am thankful for the help Zyprexa provided, but I'm looking forward to being free from this medication. | F | 32 | 5 months 2.5 1X day | 11/26/2010 | 4 | insomnia, severe depression | Reduction of gag reflex, sleep 8-10 hours per night, hungry all the time, lots of energy | I've tried Zoloft, Serzone and Seroquel. I've been on 150mg of Effexor per day for 4 years. I've experienced severe depression and suicidal thoughts, especially during the winter months. I was hospitalized two years ago. I was on Abilify for a month after the hospitaization but it is too expensive. I've been on the Zyprexa for two weeks and I've been very energetic. I've socialized more in two weeks than I have in two years. Maybe it's a manic episode but I'm hoping it is a result of the Zyprexa. | F | 49 | 2 weeks 5 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 5 | Treatment Resistant Depression | bladder control problems during first few weeks of taking | Fantastic drug. Worked when half a dozen others didn't in over two years of trying. Completely took away my depression. | M | 34 | 3 years 2.5 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 4 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Weight gain, sedation. | I am taking 10 mg of Zyprexa daily. It helps keep me calm. Previously I had been agitated and very angry all the time. Plus I take it at bedtime, and it allows me to sleep 10 hours. Before that I had the worst insomnia. No medication is perfect but this one is great, except for the weight gain. I hope it goes generic soon; it's expensive for brand name. | M | 38 | 3 years 10 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain (50 lbs), craved sweets, drowsiness, passed out in public twice, tardive dyskinesia | I took Zyprexa for four years and it wrecked my life. I gained 60 pounds, I went from a size 4 to a size 16. Before going on Zyprexa I took dance classes 6-8 days a week, and was in a dance troupe. After taking Zyprexa I was so drained of energy, I could barely get out of bed. So, I stopped pursuing my life long passion of dancing. I went from being one of the top employees in my division to a zombie, who couldn't string a sentence together. The drug made me so tired it affected my attendance at work. It didn't take long before I was fired. On top of that, many people in my company were gossiping about how fat and weird I had become. I also crashed my car three times while on this drug. I had to move in with my Mother, because my life was such a mess. Thank god for my Mother - because she finally saw what had happened to me. I stopped the Zyprexa. The withdrawals were horrible. For a good six months, I had severe mania, anxiety and insomnia. I threw up constantly. Those were just the physical withdrawal symptoms. It took a full two years before my cognitive abilities returned: my mental sharpness, sense of judgment, logic and reasoning. I also developed a mild form of tardive dyskinesia, which I still have. This all happened eight years ago, yes I lost the weight and I reclaimed my life. Doctors like to throw this drug and others like Abilify at people who are not bipolar or psychotic, but don't fall for that. Please, please think very carefully before taking this drug. | F | 46 | 4 years 2 mg 2X day | 9/21/2010 | 2 | anxiety/Obsessions | weight gain, sleepy all day everyday, no matter how much sleep i get or whether I exercise I feel like a zombie all day, I don't know how I've kept my job. I'm getting floaters in my eyes but they could be a result of the lexapro I'm taking | This drug isn't living. You're a zombie and you don't feel some of those emotions that are near and dear to us. It's helped kill my anxiety off but has replaced it with depression. One other positive thing it did was help me quit smoking. I liked seroquel better | M | 27 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 1 | SEVERE Bipolar disorder/Depression | While taking this POISON. I had the following side effects and quite possibly a lot more that I failed to mention. I experienced: Unbelievable thirst (No matter what or how much of what I drank; I couldnt quench my thirst.) Eating CONSTANTLY!!! I wanted NOTHING BUT FUDGE ROUNDS/HONEY BUNS or anything sugary!, SEVERE Cloudiness, Dream like state of mind, VERY VERY VERY VERY BAD Short term memory (almost 1 1/2 yr later; short term memory is still bad but THANKFULLY NOT as bad as it was) Extremely lethargic, 85LBS of FAT gained! Im 5"10 and USED to weigh 142lbs. VERY thin/Muscular and a VERY good lucking young man. While taking I weighed 240lbs Here I am little over a year and a half of being off this POS drug and have only lost 20lbs. TRYING SO HARD TO LOSE IT BUT IT WONT MELT AWAY FAST ENOUGH!!!!! | As i stated in the side effects.. I experience 100lbs of weight gain. I now rock the beer gut like a proud hillbilly would. Unfortunately im not a damn hillbilly and am trying hard as hell to lose this weight. It's been little over a year and a half or so and i still have the lethargic feeling, no energy to do what i used to do. I want to be secluded (mostly because of the weight gain.) I used to be proud of how well my body was in shape. If you are reading this and your wanting opinions on whether or not you should take it. Stop. It isnt worth it. Tell your doctor to go f them self. There are other meds out there LESS LETHAL than this! I currently fight pre-diabetes because of this. There are times if i so much as eat a SMALL amount of rice; My sugar gos to 300. My eye sight has changed. I no longer have 20/20 vision. I now need to wear glasses/contacts bc the sugar and zyprexa damaged my eye sight. There is so much more i could say about this drug and what else it has done to me but i dont have enough time in the day to sit here and recall the night-mares this poison has inflicted on me. Again; If you happen to be reading this to get an idea of whether or not you should start this med; Dont. You truly will regret every nano-second spent on this crap. As with everyone who has taken this stuff and to anyone who may stumble upon this in the future. I too share the suffering from this. I wish you all the best in being "YOU!" again. | M | 24 | 2 years 6mg 1X day | 9/2/2010 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder - NOS | weight gain | This drug caused me to gain weight -- I went from 190 lbs to 220 lbs. -- but it gave me my life back. No more relationship damaging quarrels with my mates, manic feelings of omnipotence, embarrassing manic spiels in front of coworkers, or hypersexuality that compelled me to cheat. I sleep like a baby on it, getting 9-10 hours of sleep a night, which the doctor says is fine and is fine by me. I see my coworkers complain of sleepiness. Not me. I get a full night's rest. | F | 32 | 2 years 10 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 4 | OCD/Anxiety | Somnolence, apathy a little bit, increased hunger, helped me sleep tho which is nice, gaining weight though | It's a pretty decent drug really. The worst thing is the weight gain... | M | 27 | 3 months 5mg 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 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 | 1 | anxiety and depression | dizziness, nightmares, fear, panic did I say dizziness? Fear and utter panic. Can't type this very well even after taking tranqs. | Took it last night adn had worst night of nightmares, and fear of sleeping through day, couldn't lift head from pillow, had to scrounge up two tranqs from friend just to get dressed (have lots of work to do to pay for this stupid drug) and am tempted to not take it tonight as have had the worst day for a long time. After reading the many different responses to this i feel it's already acting badly for me, can't imagine what it would be like to feel like this all the time (dizzy, slow, took an hour to build up courage to get organised, do some work, and be able to sit up at computer as am so dizzy. without tranqs know I would be shaking violently as was before. Am furious with the medical world for doing this, doctors say you should keep trying but i hate this feelign of fear and fear for the future on th drug and I take each day as being so precious after having depression for years and finally seeing the light and was well enought o try to seek further help and now feel worse than ever. Lilly you suck. | F | 38 | 1 days 5mg a day 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 4 | paranoid psychosis | constipation, sleeping 12 hours a night, had dizziness for a while but it went away, weight gain - 15kgs, I get sunburnt very easily in summer, | This drug saved my life. I am able to lead a fairly normal life. Although I cannot sleep with out it. I used to be on 5mg, but it was increased to 10mg. | F | 38 | 11 years 10mg 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 3 | psychosis | sexual dysfunction-totally dead, weight gain- hungry all the time, forgetfulness, severe lack of motivation, apathy,solomence | the side effects can be pretty terrible but to be fair the drug has helped me live a pretty normal life the past 8 years, now ive been re-diagnosed as having no sign of phycosis and thats amazing because at the start i was VERY ill but i think probably knowing God has been the much bigger factor in the healing process i thoroughly recommend Jesus christ as your healer and more so as your saviour(but never come off antiphycotic till you doc says so). Im coming off olanzapine now and im rejoicing | M | 30 | 8 years 15mg 1X day | 7/31/2010 | 3 | phycosis | sexual dysfunction-totally dead, weight gain- hungry all the time, forgetfulness, severe lack of motivation, apathy,solomence | the side effects can be pretty terrible but to be fair the drug has helped me live a pretty normal life the past 8 years, now ive been re-diagnosed as having no sign of phycosis and thats amazing because at the start i was VERY ill but i think probably knowing God has been the much bigger factor in the healing process i thoroughly recommend Jesus christ as your healer and more so as your saviour(but never come off antiphycotic till you doc says so). Im coming off olanzapine now and im rejoicing | M | 30 | 8 years 15mg 1X day | 7/31/2010 |