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 |
| 1 | Hyper activity, severe ADHD, etc | Extreme weight gain (over 40lbs in less than 1year), breast development, unstable gait, and most recent, hypoglycemia. | M | 13 | 3 years 20mg | 3/24/2012 | 4 | anxiety with PDD-NOS | lethargy, weight gain, constant hunger. This is for my 11 yr old son who is diagnosed with PDD-NOS. He was diagnosed with it before he began the zyprexa. | After a week of taking zyprexa, he was able to leave the house and not have a meltdown! Now he is able to be in a noisy room, around bright lights, and close to other kids. He eats almost anything now and before he ever started any meds, he was severely underweight. His anxiety is so much better. He sleeps about 10 hours but wakes up slowly! I am concerned about the weight gain though. He is 11 and weighs 94 lbs! | M | 11 | 3 days | 12/16/2007 | 1 | My nephew was taking Zyprexa | If anyone is even "thinking" about taking Zyprexa I would strongly urge you to "think again". My nephew is in a home for troubled boys and years ago they started him on Ritalin. Later they tried him on one drug, then another. The last thing they tried him on after diagnosing him as Bi Polar was Zyprexa. He is 11 years old and in 2 months he went from a normal appearing kid to a kid that appears to be totally spastic. If he sits down on a chair it's only a few seconds before he's on the floor. His muscles are in constant spasm, his back hurts all the time and he has lost 20 pounds in 2 months. When his mother took him to court last week trying to get him into another home the judge couldn't believe her eyes. She couldn't believe what this drug had done to him. This drug needs to be banned before it ruins thousands of lives. The doctors say he may never recover from this and he could end up dying. | M | 11 | 7 days | 12/18/2008 | 3 | Mood Disorder Poss. bi-polar | My 6 year old daughter is taking this and has had wonderful results with her moods, but has gained ALOT of weight, always begging for food, is always sleepy, and falling asleep in class. She takes small doses 4 times a day. SHe is VERY dificult to wake up. The worst part is she has a rare side effect that her eye muscles have lost control and roll up into her head like a zombie- VERY frightening!!!! | It has improved her emotional state of violence and emotional rages to controlled tantrums, and no major violent issues. We temporarily took her off to see if it was working and everything came back 10 fold! I dread the day we have to take her off it again!!!! | F | 6 | 5 months | 9/12/2008 | 4 | Mood Disorder | Increased Hunger | My daughter was put on Zyprexa after trying 15 other medications. She has a Mood Disorder, ADHD, ODD and FASD. Initial response was AWESOME. Totally different child. After about 5 days, the old behavior began to resurface. It's not as bad as it was before, but still difficult. Dr. has added 1/4 ml Haldol twice daily. She'll take for the first time tonight. Hopefully it will help! | F | 5 | 1 weeks | 11/19/2008 | 5 | psych. episodes; sev. depression | weight gain; sleep like a rock; need 8-10 hrs sleep daily | This drug is wonderful. Made the difference between being institutionalized and being able to have a career, a family, and happiness. I take 15mg at night. I have been able to lose the weight gained through exercise and watching calories. I think everyone reacts differently. | F | 4 | 10 years | 9/23/2007 | 5 | Bipolar II | Fatigue, lack of energy, diminished libido. | This medication has been a real life saver for me. At 5mg/day it kills suicidal thoughts, helps with depression, helps with insomnia and works well for anxiety. I think this med is worth it despite its side effects. | 6 months | 10/28/2006 | 5 | | 9/23/2004 | 5 | Depression | No side effects of note, perhaps because I am taking so low a dose | This drug has wiped out my suicidal thinking for which I have suffered with for over a year and a half. It has been the most effective drug I have ever taken. I am also on elavil and tegretol. I have tried everything out there. Everything. Don't listen to others. Please try it, perhaps at a low dose if you are feeling suicidal. It may help you. There is hope! . | F | 11 days 2.5 mg 1X day | 5/4/2015 | 4 | bipolar | drowiness, weight gain | great it helped put me to sleep since i have trouble sleeping. should take it an hour or two before bedtime for best effect. | F | 2 years | 10/25/2002 | 4 | | 11/2/2001 | 4 | olansapine | Gained roughly 20 pounds , I rarely experience muscle cramps. At the start my legs twitched. | This site has been a very reassuring to me ,to see how many people have gained weight. My doctor told me that my weight gain was from overeating but I eat normally and still gain weight. I have never gained weight in my life and after a couple of months on the drug I gained 20 pounds. I exercise regularly and still gain weight. I'm coming off in 6 months so hopefully then my body will balance itself out. | M | 1.5 years | 2/28/2006 | 2 | steroid-induced psychosis | the medicine is very good for bipolar mania, schizophrenia, or (in my case) steroid-induced psychosis (rare side effect from pulmicort inhaler, see for further info on that). However, weight gain is rapid, and you can't do much about it. You can be eating a steak dinner and thinking about fried chicken at the same time. I got terrible anxiety with it, I was barely able to go out at all. A few months after stopping the drug, I started to develop facial twitches, and muscle twitches, and jerking of the fingers, arms, etc. Apparently this is the beginning of tardive dyskinesia, and the the drug masks the symptoms, so you will not notice it until you stop the drug. Thanks goodness I stopped in time. Having permanent twitching/jerking of my body would not be fun. However, if you have serious mental illness, you may have to risk this serious side effect. | M | 2 years | 3/9/2006 | 2 | Psychosis | Sedation, and need for excessive sleep | I almost overdosed on this because i would take a 15mg tablet and it would kick in and i would slow down but it wouldn't rid me of my volatile urges and my hallucinations so therefor i took more... its all i had and i couldn't afford a trip to the ER | M | 3 months | 11/4/2007 | 2 | I'm going crazy Coming off of this medicine going on one month on June 12th. It's been hell of a ride to say the least!! Had I known what I know now I would have never touched more than 2.5 mg. First ten days off I was ok. After that not getting rest, I'm barely sleeping it reminds me when I become manic, I'm taking another medication to control my symptoms.how long can one possibly go without having Full adequate sleep a night? Without causing health problems, Such as stroke, heart problems? Variables to consider... Taking melatonin sometimes it knocks me out other times I just lay there exhausted, but cannot go to sleep! Anyone have solutions, or going through this please contact me | 0 days 1X day | 6/8/2021 | 1 | depression | | 9/13/2007 | 1 | bipolar: Lithium fine | My son died from this drug; died of profound hyperglycemia. No warning from the doctor or a warning guide. | This is a lethal drug. In the CATIE Study, it was the worst. As far back as 2001 a Medwatch study found 200 plus cases of diabetes and 23 deaths. In 2002 UK and Japan required Lilly to place a warning. The FDA did nothing. Lilly execs need prison time for what I view as murder. | F | 20 days | 6/11/2007 | 1 | chemical imbalance | RAPID WEIGHT GAIN | worst drug ever made, i gained 70 lbs when i took it and i havnt been able to lose the weight. it screwed up totally all of my eating habits i was 5"9 156 before taking it and after taking it i was 235. im down to 225 but still the weight gain is not worth it stay away from this drug. i feel like shyt about myself because of the weight gain and i would not recommend this drug to anyone. the doctors did not even tell me about the weight gain. i would not recommend this drug to anyone.its also addicting. do not take this drug. i gained 70 lbs in one month | M | 1 months | 4/6/2008 | 1 | bipolar II | extreme drowsiness, feeling like a zombie | This drug was by far the worst out of all the meds I have tried!!! I was on only 2.5 mg (in addition to 100 mg Topamax and 75 mg Effexor XR). My doctor told me that it would help augment the Effexor XR and in turn help with my anxiety. I was reluctant to take it because I read all over the place that it caused major, major weight gain but then I figured since I was on the other two meds (which suppress appetite) that I should be okay. Well, it didn't make me gain weight! Thank goodness! My intuition was right about that! Anywho, moving on....I had to sleep 10-12 hours each night and [if time allowed] take a two hour nap in the afternoon. That would be fine every now and then, but NOT on a DAILY basis! The zombie-effect was totally horrid! I was indifferent towards nearly everything! My creativity and intellect was dulled; it was extremely difficult to think =( I had almost no personality. This boomeranged of course. When I thought about what I was turning into, I became frighten | F | 3 months | 12/29/2007 | 1 | Schizo-effective | Weight gain; seizure; dry-mouth | F | 3 months 10 mg | 2/8/2017 |