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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | anxiety/depersonalization | at 2.5 mg/day: blunted emotions, blunted and slowed mental processes, some mild apathy/loss of interest in things, mild anhedonia, definite loss of alertness and "pep" | not a bad medication, I guess, but I've found B-vitamins and other supplements work better for my condition, and don't have any unwanted side effects...so bye bye zyprexa... | M | 33 | 2 months | 3/2/2008 | 3 | Anxiety/OCD | slight weight gain, shaking hands in the early stages. stopping cold turkey: extreme and uncontrollable anxiety and panic. after two weeks of this with no improvement i went back on. will have to taper slowly. | i was prescribed Zyprexa to 'augment' my 60mg of Paxil during an acute bout of anxiety and OCD. It worked well; my intrusive thoughts backed right off and my anxiety dropped away. i was never warned however that some people experience an extreme reaction to a sudden cessation of the drug. i stopped cold turkey after 2 months, and within 3 days was experiencing extreme withdrawal/side effects. 5am-5pm, every day, i would be gripped by never-ending anxiety and panic, and constant crying (sometimes howling). these symptoms were much, much worse than anything i had ever experienced before. after nearly 2 weeks of this i could not stand it anymore and went back on zyprexa. i've been back on it for a week and am finally starting to stabilise again. if you have been prescribed this drug for any of the anxiety disorders then please make sure you taper your does very slowly, as it can weeks (10 or more) for your brain chemistry to readjust to the withdrawal of the drug. a 10% reduction every 2 | M | 33 | 2 months | 10/24/2006 | 3 | anxiety | substantial weight gain | M | 33 | 9 months | 10/19/2008 | 3 | Bipolar, Boderline | Sleepyness and drowsiness, sleeping at work, acid reflux | I am tired but my thougts are not running like crazy. Not enjoying the drowsiness. I am a front line worker and need to act fast. I am not able to think properly and am experiencing the world at about half the normal pace. People talk to me and I feel like I am under water. Can't keep my mind focused and my eyes are slow. | F | 33 | 2 days | 8/3/2006 | 2 | depression | Initially assisted with sleep but after 2 weeks that has subsided. Dry mouth and feeling 'fuzzy' for the first week or so which made it difficult to work. But it did settle my depression (in conjunction with continued but slightly increased zoloft medication) & I have felt much more stable. BUT weight gain has been awful - with a history of eating disorders & food/weight "issues" my entire life, I cannot STAND that I have gained so much weight this past month of taking this drug. The weight gain for me is NOT worth the feeling of being more stable. I'd rather be low and not overweight than happy and overweight. | F | 33 | 1 months | 1/13/2006 | 2 | Bipolar 1 | Massive weight gain (40 lbs), laziness, flattened affect (didn't even cry after a close friend jumped off a building to his death) | Try Lithium first. It is the gold standard for bipolar. The pharmaceutical companies are marketing these atypical antipsychotics for mania and, while these drugs do help, they overmedicate. My personality became flat and I felt removed from my coworkers, who experienced a regular range of emotion. That may sound good, but it makes you stand out like an oddball. Also, some doctors don't have to monitor with blood work the atypicals the way they must with Lithium. Lithium has been much more labor-intensive for my doctor, but switching to it was the right call -- a call I fortunately insisted upon. Zyprexa had made me so fat and lazy, my partner finally called me out on it and said, "It's unattractive!" I've already lost 20 lbs in two months since going off of Zyprexa. My appetite has been cut in half. | F | 33 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/3/2011 | 2 | Schizoprenia - psychotic episodes | overall dullness, weight gain, zombie like reactions, sadness, lost all feeling of hope for the future. became less creative. | too afraid to stop taking it. | F | 33 | 2 months | 11/12/2006 | 2 | who knows! (to avoid psychosis?) | I was only on a low dosage. (Can't remember how much) Really bad dehydration - dry mouth, dark poo!, constipation. Weight gain - put on about 10 kg (which made me more depressed!) Felt Yuck - like you do when you first get on a anti-biotic. | They stuck me in a mental hospital cause I was going nuts-oid and nearly topped myself. I was already on Effexor (for Major Depression and OCD/OCPD)and was fine with that, because I felt that was working - though they were still increasing the dosage slowly. In the psych ward, on day one, they tried to force feed me some sleeping tablets and zyprexa. I refused intially, saying I was not delusional, nor schizo, and I would get better by being left alone - the reason I'd become sick, was because everyone was bothering me out in the world and I just needed to be left alone to feel better!. I got through without the sleeping tablets, slowly finding my sleep pattern again, to their amazement. In the meantime some nice doctor asked me to take the zyprexa "just in case" I was heading towards psychosis with the Depression. (When some nasty nurses ordered me to, I'd told them to "shove it"). I felt it did nothing but made me feel icky. The increase of Effexor was bett | F | 33 | 2 months | 2/15/2009 | 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 | They didn't like me | These drugs are deadly. One cannot use these medications beyond 5 years or something OR YOU DIE. They cause breathing problems due to damage to brainstem. | If you are on these drugs, discuss very carefully with your doctor about WHY you are taking these drugs, IS the diagnosis really RIGHT, have you done something the doctor don't approve (psychiatrists don't like people who do not ACT 100% correctly to them). | F | 33 | 5 years 5 1X day | 10/8/2013 | 1 | A friend was taking it | I don't know the specific details of my friend's taking this drug such as frequency of taking it, length of time taking the drug etc..All I know is that we were in the same psychiatric hospital together. And one day he said to me: "You know, while taking this drug for the first time in my life I feel like killing somebody". And some months later guess what? He's on a murder charge! This drug is lethal and it's influence upon consumption is evidently deadly. I was given it too with horrific, indescribable side effects WHICH the medical staff ignored saying "these drugs don't have side effects"..Can you believe that? | Most if not all people I've talked to who took this drug had pretty horrifying side-effects. Perhaps if we weren't talking about a multi-billion dollar industry (pharmaceutical); perhaps if no one had any financial vested interest in the making of this drug we as a society would be free of it and all other psychiatric drugs! | M | 33 | ? 1X day | 11/24/2015 | 1 | acute -psychosis | Horrible Lethargy, depression, like giving up, 14kg gained in 10 months now plataued since stopping. small palpatations (still occasionally have, never before)bigger appetite, though I watched. Socially Withdrawn. Muscle twitching. Excessive sleep. | Hard to live active. I have euphoric psychosis so not depressesd much before. Took away my spark. Affected relationship, no doubt. Stopped against doc recommendations. After one week without knowing I was off them, friends and family noticed marked difference. Never looked back, never having them again. Go with Stalazin anytime, if ever necessary. These are dangerous, the company is dangerous. Get a medical review!!! Research yourself if you can, don't just hand over to your doc!!! | M | 33 | 10 months | 2/4/2007 | 1 | SCHIZOPHRENIA | SEVERE WEIGHT GAIN AND HUNGER. GIVES PEOPLE DIABETES. TIRED FEELING. | This drug has finally gone cheap as generic Olanzapine. Made by Teva. | M | 33 | 6 months 10MG 1X day | 10/26/2011 | 1 | Bipolar | Slept 24/7, Stomach pain, eating constantly, dizziness, groggy, hateful, irritable, too many to name. | I felt like a lump on a log! | F | 33 | 3 weeks 7.5mg 1X day | 6/12/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Inexplicable loss of weight, lost ability to sleep (wrecked sleep cicle), anhedonia, no libido, no orgasm, cant feel pleasure or excitation. | This DRUG gave me a lactose intolerance. Only way to stop it is doing a slow taper (see the Asthon Manual for how to do it) with compounding pills and doing a specific diet. | M | 33 | 1.5 years 10 1X day | 8/1/2021 | 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 | 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 | Severe depression; anxiety | Weight gain (12lbs); lethargy; carb/sugar cravings; weakened short-term memory | Although the side effects should be weighed carefully before taking this medication, it has helped me tremendously by making my anxiety disappear. Yes, you will feel sluggish and tired much of the time, but I would rather feel tired and "sane" than deal with the irrational fears and ruminations I had been dealing with before. After three months of taking 6mg per day, my doctor had me taking the pill every other day, which helps me feel a little more energy on my "off" days. I have only gained 12 lbs on this medication although I am careful to fight my hunger cravings and force myself to exercise semi-regularly. Make sure you have friends/family to support you and encourage you to move and get out socially. | M | 32 | 4 months 6mg 1X day | 5/29/2011 | 4 | mood disorders | fatigue, some twitching, dry mouth | too early to really tell how effective | M | 32 | 3 months | 4/5/2002 | 4 | bipolar 2 | The need to sleep all day long. Seriously, I could not take this drug without an antidepressant, I'd never wake up. | I take 5mgs 2x per day. Had been in a severe mixed manic-depressive state, and the first pill I took changed my mood for the better. No more suicidal thoughts. In that regard, it's a miracle drug. | F | 32 | 3 months | 11/19/2009 |