ZYPREXA Reviews (OLANZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.5 (585 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYPREXA with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Age oldest to youngest. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 |
More on ZYPREXA: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bi-Polar | Too bad I was misdiagnosed!! Too bad the Dr. didnt listen to my weight gain complaint. I am morbidly obese now and I have high blood pressure (because of extra weight gain from taking this HORRID DRUG) I have to live the rest of my life with diabetes that ZYPREXA caused! I can not seem to lose the weight!!! People look at me with disgust, and some even feel the need to voice thier opinion about my weight. I cant even look in the mirror. | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F00E5DB1430F936A35752C0A9619C8B63 | F | 39 | 1 years | 2/10/2007 | 1 | Depression, anxiety delusions | Huge bloated stomach, big hunger, weight gain | This drug was not appropriate for me since I do not have bipolar or schizophrenia. Instead of therapy, I was drugged out of my mind. Doctors should have known based on my personality that risky drugs are not my thing… I like to be healthy and a normal weight. Within a week or two my stomach bulged out. I've been off the drug since Jan 2021 and my stomach is still sticking out like I'm pregnant or bloated. Whyyyy??? You could gain a lot of weight quickly on this drug, like over a pound a day. That adds up fast. Serious drugs like this should be reserved for only the most extreme cases of bipolar or schizophrenia given the nasty side effects. Too bad it's given out for so many other off-label conditions. | F | 39 | 30 days 1X day | 9/15/2022 | 1 | Psychotic depression | Huge bloated stomach that sticks out all the time! | Can anyone please tell me if they have a bloated beer belly after Zyprexa and what to do about it? My stomach has been sticking out for two years. No matter what it just will never look flat or normal. Even when I was extremely thin my belly still stuck out like I'm pregnant. Please email me and tell me if you had this problem and fixed it. | F | 39 | 30 days 1X day | 12/3/2022 | 5 | schizoaffective/anxiety | drowsy-slept 16+hours per day for first month, but this went away (occassional drowsiness) ate everything in sight...have to be very conscious of my diet, but have not gained any weight. | A god send. without zyprexa often couldn't leave the house, unemployable, homeless. tried other antipsychs, seroquel made me more agitated. zyprexa works great for me (anxiety/panic disorder, bi-polar, schizophrenia all diagnosed/ schizoaffective is current diagnosis) | M | 38 | 2 months | 12/17/2006 | 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 | 5 | M | 38 | 12 days | 9/14/2006 | 5 | Bipolar | I, too, call this my rescue drug. When it was first prescribed to me, it allowed me to go from suicidally depressed to high functioning within 8 weeks. Unfortunately, the weight gain was tremendous and eventually I had to discontinue using it as my main med. Now I take Lamictal for maintenance and Zyprexa when I foresee a crisis. Haven't had a full-blown manic episode in 7 years. | F | 38 | 7 years | 3/14/2008 | 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 | 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 | severe stutter | Weight gain, general depression, increased sleep time, hard getting up in the morning, and a general lack of interest in anything | Zyprexa really seems to reduce my stutter - that is great. To finally be able to hold a normal conversation without a severe stutter was undescribably envigorating after a lifetime of either avoiding speaking situations or going through the torture of trying to convey what is so clear in my mind but nearly impossible to get out of my mouth. I am now looking for the right dosage that will maximize the beneficial effect while minimizing the side effects. I find that adding other medications (i.e. the anti-depressant Celexa or the ADHD medication Ritalin) to my daily medication 'cocktail' helps reduce some of the side effects. | M | 38 | 2.5 years | 11/11/2004 | 3 | bipolar disorder | I've always been on the lean side-5'11,160ish. plumped up to 200+ within a few months, hungry and crave fatty foods a lot | I guess it did help with the crazy thoughts and impulsiveness but hate the side effects | M | 38 | 1 years | 8/30/2007 | 3 | Mood/Psychotic Disorder NOS | 1) Weight Gain - gained 20 lbs after taking the drug 2) Constant hunger 3) Daytime sleepiness 4) Sedation - went away after about 2-3 weeks of use | This drug is a blessing and a curse. It did wonders for eliminating the symptoms I was experiencing but at the same time it is bad for my physical health. I am trying to counteract this by diet and exercise, hopefully that works but it is hard -- this drug made me so hungry all of the time. | M | 38 | 2 years 10 MG 1X day | 2/4/2016 | 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 | 2 | Borderline PD | Inability to think. Emotionally dead. Was good for mood stability impulse control,suicidal desires, anxiety but not feeling anything will do that. Difficulty recalling information, cant memorise very well. Not very mentally alert in the morning. | Medication was great for years. I managed to get through 5 years in current job and university. However councelling was stalled for years. Impossible to see the emotional response (distress) associated with particular thoughts and internal conflict. Assists in keeping BPD defense structures in place. Came off for 5 weeks, totally collapsed defense structures and i could feel again. Though excessively intense. Recommendation: just enough to keep you "edgy" but not so little you cant function, its a fine line. Split dosages also helpful. | M | 38 | 5 years | 2/8/2008 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Among the worse side effect it gave me is COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS, INFERTILITY (it affected my FSH levels, my human growth hormones), affected my Pituitary Gland (which affected my metabolism causing RAPID WEIGHT GAIN, 5 pounds or more per day, 90 pounds in a few months, even with diet & exercise; Seizures, deep depression, Tardive dyskinesia, Menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, several infections, gastritis, ulcer, chronic constipation, high blood pressure & tension issues, tremors, irritability, etc | Zyprexa ruined my life physically, emotionally & mentally. It killed my dreams too. | F | 38 | 5 years 5 MG | 3/13/2015 | 1 | psychosis | Akathisia, frequent choking on liquids while taking 10mg, altered state of consciousness at night after taking the 10 mg doses and still awake, stabbing pains. Much increased apetite, increased sleeping, and others. Did not help psychosis, caused nasty side-effects. Coming off it was extremely difficult. | Coming off it was hard in the extreme - often seemed impossible. Withdrawal insomnia was terrible, anxiety was excrutiating. Significant insomnia, even while still on 2.5-1.25mg (previously had been up to 10mg). Experienced "rebound psychosis" effect probably caused by excess dopamine in brain upon withdrawal combined with sleep deprivation. Good news is - I did finally succeed in coming off it - the brain does seem to recover given time. Sleeping pills (zimovein = zopiclone) seemed to help as did short-term benzo use (lorazepam, 3mg bromazepam = lexotan). Avoid risperidone if you can (see askapatient ratings). Took several months before I experienced normal sleep without drugs. I am now totally drug-free, and God-willing will continue to be. | M | 38 | 4 months | 12/13/2009 | 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 | 1 | BiPolar (rapid cycler) | WEIGHT GAIN | This drug did absolutely nothing except turn me into a fat cow! Useless. They should give it to anorexics. | F | 38 | 3 months forgot 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 5 | postpartum ocd | very minimal weight gain 5-6 lbs while on 2.5 dose. 5.0 made me drowsy during the day so had to cut it down to half. | I took 2.5 zyprexa along with 20 mg celexa. I slept better at night. Intrusive thoughts backed off the next day! Anxiety was less because of this. My thinking was more clear during the day. | F | 37 | 5 months | 12/27/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | only felt dry in the mouth for the first couple of days | F | 37 | 3 months | 10/23/2007 |