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 |
| 2 | schizo/biplor/depression | Drug companies are not at all interested in our views. We’re just the dumb patients. We’re supposed to do what our doctors tell us and keep our mouths shut. This is an argument ZYPREXA causes enormous WEIGHT GAIN AND IS A DUMB DOPAMINE DRUG | UPSET PATIENTS | F | 33 | 14 years | 5/16/2007 | 1 | schizo/bipolar | FDA scientist Dr. David Graham, who blew the whistle on Vioxx, testified to Congress that atypicals like Zyprexa kill some 62,000 people a year in unapproved uses. | SAD | M | 35 | 13 years | 5/16/2007 | 5 | bi-polar/underweight | tiredness for the first few days. dry mouth. weight gain of 15lbs in less than 2 weeks. headache. | this worked GREAT for me! i started at 2.5mg and was taking 20mg by the 2nd week. firstly, i noticed if i took it at about 6pm i would get tired at my normal bedtime of about 9pm, by the next morning i was plenty alert. if taken too late at night it can lead to being tired in the morning. i take 20mg of prozac also, this combo seems to be very good! don't let the scary comments scare you away, everybody is different. i have yet to notice any annoying side effects other than maybe an extra headache here and there. good luck! | F | 30 | 1 months | 5/10/2007 | 4 | bipolar w/ psychosis | zombie-like state (but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing at the time), memory loss | This medicine helped tremendously during a severe psychotic episode. It made me feel like a veggie, but that was better than what I was going through and it kept me out of the hospital. I was taking 20mg at bedtime and was tapered off once I was more stable. | F | 24 | 6 weeks | 5/9/2007 | 2 | bipolar | The munchies. I've never been able to eat as much as I did when I was on zyprexa. I gained 40lbs in no time and my mind was in a constant fog of lethargy and indifference. I didn't care about anything, I just wanted to sit around and eat. Zyprexa had fairly noticeable results, whereas zoloft, prozac, and depakote exhibited occasional side effects but not much else. | My doc says that the munchies are typical for anyone on zyprexa and weight gains of 50lbs + aren't uncommon. It didn't work for me though, I was in a constant daze and not even alert enough to recognize it for myself (my friends did) | M | 25 | 4 months | 5/9/2007 | 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 | bipolar | i took this medicine 7 years ago i gained 60 pounds in 8 months and i didn't even take the medicine everyday my docotor has been scared to give me this medicine ever since the medicine does nothing to control my symptoms its just makes me really tired and feel unhealthy | FAT | F | 32 | 6 years | 5/6/2007 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Increased appetite. Tiredness. Lack of concentration. Tremors. | Far less side effects than any other antipsychotic I have been on. I can atleast function on this medication. It has stopped the mood swings and feelings of complete despair. It has also stopped the impulsive behavior. Although the tremors can be a problem at times. I must say this medication is much better than any other I have tried. | F | 27 | 4 months | 5/5/2007 | 4 | depression/anxiety/bi-polar | The only side effect was wt. gain. but that stops after a few months, and you no longer gain. I get awful if I try to stop taking it. It has helped me alot | F | 48 | 2 years | 5/1/2007 | 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 | 2 | chronic schizophrenia | Weight gain from 93lbs to 185lbs in a few months. Slept 16 hrs a day. 24x7 ravenous rapacious hunger that never quit, and I ate lots of junk I would never normally eat. Was hungry even after just eating a large meal. I was a humongous zombie on Zyprexa. Also high blood pressure (180/110), high cholesterol (244) and continuing slow rise of blood sugar. | I HATE IT. It is the only medication that will control my schizophrenia symptoms, granted. That's why I continue to take it. But I go off and on and experiment with the dose constantly to try to outsmart the side effects, but it never works. Also horrid withdrawal symptoms unless titrated downward very slowly. | F | 48 | 9 years | 4/25/2007 | 1 | Hypomania/psychosis | While On Zyprexa: Blunted emotions, tunnel vision, weight gain, disorganized thinking/no thoughts at all, confusion, clumsy, crazy appetite which caused insomnia, aching kidneys, creativity destroyed, sleeping 20 hours a day, sleep talking, fatigue, increased paranoia, constipation(3weeks), acne, depression, facial paralysis, leg cramping, erectile dysfunction, low bp After Stopping: constant ringing in the ears, agitation, facial grimacing, muscle twitching, akathisia, insomnia, extreme anxiety, suicidal visions, racing thoughts, heart palpitations, tachycardia, chest pains, feelings of doom, weakness | My nurse seemed nice and she said the only side effect was weight gain...she couldn't be more wrong. She also said it was a baby dose...I'd like to see her feed some of this to a baby. This drug was first used as an anesthetic...then tested on psychotic ppl. This stuff just makes you brain dead, and beats your body up quite badly, good luck all | M | 20 | 2.5 months | 4/20/2007 | 1 | dementia/depression | I'm writing for my mother, who is now in the hospital in very serious condition because her blood sugar went up to 495. She also suffered shortness of breath, and has fluid around her heart, and in her lungs. Her doctor did not tell me any of the side effects or risks. | DO NOT TAKE THIS "MEDICINE!!" | F | 78 | 3 weeks | 4/20/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | Trouble sleeping at first, does not sedate me right off, night sweats | GREAT drug..helped my moods tremendously. Takes 3 hours for this drug to make me drowsy, past 5 nights have terrible night sweats after 5 hours of taking drug, wake up drenched. Sometimes a slight headache. I take it with Effexor XR..seems to be working FOR NOW | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 4/19/2007 | 1 | bipolar/manic/insomnia | EXTREME WEIGHT GAIN! 70 pounds in five months on 15 mg at night. Slept like a log for 12 hours. Lethargy during the day--foggy days but I did sleep. Drug caused me to eat all of the time. Went from 140 to 210. Craved sweets. Breathing problems from elevated weight. Doctor thought that the adverse weight gain was outweighed by the benefit of sleep. Could not control an obsessive need to eat. Psychologically my self-image drom the weight gain made me go cold turkey off the drug. Lost 10 pounds in five days. Increased anxiety with no source for it. Getting 7 1/2 hours of sleep off the drug but take 4mg of xanax xr and150 mg of effexor xr at bedtime too. Do not recommend this drug. Went from a size 10 to a size 22. Taking B-12 to increase energy level. | F | 56 | 5 months | 3/31/2007 | 4 | anxiety disorder | Zypreza definitely works in eradicating panic attacks. Gained 5 lbs and stabilized. My only concern is memory issues. My memory isn't as sharp as it is without the medication. For this reason I would like to go off of it.Great drug for emergencies. | F | 35 | 15 months | 3/28/2007 | 3 | depression/severe anger/mood swings | sleep walking, sleep talking, intense hunger, weight gain | i took zyprexa for 2 weeks. i felt WONDERFUL!! but, i had to take zyprexa at night and i don't ever remember actually sleeping. i woke up really disoriented and was told i was walking around appearing to be awake. this drug also makes you really really hungry, all the time. i gained 5 pounds in 2 weeks. made me feel great but side effects were too intense. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2007 | 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 | Depression | No major improvement in my condition (depression), Lots of hunger, Extreme sweet cravings, Twitches, Night tremors and feeling very cold during sleep, Very sleepy (slept almost all day long), Weight gain (113 lbs - 132 lbs) 19 lbs in a 5 month period, Insaciable hunger, Memory problems, Lack of concentration, At the beginning of treatment I had trouble coordinating thoughts and speaking them out (it went away eventually) | I wish I wouldn't have taken this medicine. I didn't have any improvement, it has done only damage. I can't get the weight off.It has been overwhelming going through all of this. I would have rather stayed as I was initially. | F | 28 | 5 days | 3/12/2007 | 3 | depression | a little sleepiness,but I was some tired by hunger | So I started looking for a reason of my depression and broke off taking zyprexa,talked on a reason of depression with my mother,burst into sobs for a few hours and I don't have a depression more,and not taking zyprexa too.Now I am happy | F | 25 | 7 months | 2/28/2007 |