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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, OCD | Excessive sleep, increased appetite. Withdrawal symptoms include insomnia and nausea. | It did not help with any of my issues. | M | 22 | 7 weeks | 7/16/2007 | 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 | 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 | For all you obese zyprexa patients out there a new alternative drug called BIFEPRUNOX is getting ready for FDA APPROVAL. Look up its side effect profile on the internet it looks favorable. | WEIGHT PROBLEM WITH ZYPREXA MAYBE BIFEPRUNOX WILL BE THE DRUG FOR YOU ONCE IT GETS APPROVED | M | 36 | 12 years | 5/30/2007 | 1 | schizophrenia type paranoid | gained 30 lbs in 30 days, extremely bad tremors, dyskinesia | I was taking this medication while living in an assisted living facility in Palatka, FL and the tremors were so bad that I was no longer able to feed myself or even get a cup of water to my face without getting completely soaked. I was taken to Shands Neurology and was told that if the tremors didn't subside after discontinuing the medications that it was possible that I had early onset parkinson's disease. To be fair I was later diagnosed with Essential Tremor Disorder, but never before or after this medication have my tremors been that severe. It was great for symptoms, but the side effects far outweighed the benefits of taking the medication. | M | 29 | 1 months | 7/23/2007 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Bipolar | Excessive sleep, fatigue | Took from 2.5MG to 20MG. No impact on my anxiety, depression, OCD, or mood. | M | 22 | 7 weeks | 7/13/2007 | 1 | bipolar II (misdiagnosis?) | No energy. Lost all creativity and desire to do anything except sleep. My personality disappeared. Unable to get out of bed in the morning. Simple tasks seemed daunting; I began to dread everything. I was prescribed Lexapro for the depression that Zyprexa caused (I wasn't depressed before). I became a real psych drug soup that was not working. | I have stopped taking zyprexa (and lexapro) and am experiencing debilitating nausea and loss of appetite. But my mood has improved substantially, my personality is starting to return, and the bipolar symptoms/depression have not reappeared. | M | 36 | 4 months | 8/23/2007 | 1 | because i was to well | Every bad one, Put on 15kg in a week, demotivated me to do exercise dropped out of my Human Movement course turned me into a retard VFL footballer. | HATED IT: Ruined everything about me i didnt know what was going on. I dispise my doctor and parents for making me continue to take it | M | 21 | 3 weeks | 9/28/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II | 40 pound Weight gain (157 to almost 200), Waist increase (30 inches to 36 inches), Lethargy, Memory and concentration problems, became a lazy blimp (unstoppable appetite, esp. carbs), drowsy constantly | became a FLABBY DOUGHY PIG (loss of libido, apple-shaped body, wider rear, massive gut, moon face) who would sleep, eat breakfast, go to class, eat lunch, snack, snack, eat dinner, snack, midnight snack, sleep, middle of night snack, sleep, repeat again expanding your stomach, depressing your metabolism, and expanding your waist line | M | 23 | 10 months | 9/19/2007 | 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 | 1 | Bipolar | Sleepiness, apathy, gained 30 pounds, decreased ability to communicate or socialize, fuzziness in thoughts | this was absolutely the wrong drug for me. it affected my job as a scientific researcher in a negative way in that i was literally unable to to my job. my lethargy and general unwillingness and inability to communicate contributed to the dissolution of my engagement. I gained enough weight to feel unhealthy and this made me feel bad about myself, contributing to my depressive episodes. when i went off zyprexa, it was like a fog lifted. also, i lost the weight i had gained. life has been much better without Zyprexa. funny how my doctor took me off of it just a couple of weeks after the New York Times' expose of Eli Lilly's despicable and unfair marketing practices. My advice is work with your doctor to find an alternative to zyprexa. it is bad. | M | 30 | 2 years | 9/15/2007 | 1 | schizobsessive disorder | 50 lb. weight gain, exacerbation of my psychiatric condition, severe increase in blood pressure, increase in blood sugar levels | since discontinuing my zyprexa treatment, my weight has steadily decreased and my psychiatric condition has improved tremendously | M | 49 | 3 years | 10/27/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II/rapid cycling mixd mania | Tremendous weight gain (40 pounds in 4 months!), significant memory impairment (would forget BIG things 12 to 72 hours afterward), persistent hypoglycemia and the perceived need to sleep about 70% of the time. | Didn't help with the bipolar disorder in the least. I believe that it only tones down the manic phase by making you want to sleep through it or just forget that it happened at all. NOT a drug I would recommend, even if you have been failed by everything else. | M | 39 | 4.5 months | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Absoulutley do not use this drug. It can kill you. After I took this pill my head felt like it was being hit with a hammer relentlessly, I kept trying to sleep it off...as a matter of fact all, I ever did was sleep and eat which caused me to outgrow all of my clothes at a time when I did'nt have the ability to buy my own clothes to adjust to the weight gain. I gained an incredible amount of weight, no matter how much I ate, and never wanted to do anything but sleep. The doctor I had would'nt listen to my complaints about these side effects, particularly the sleep paralalysis that many here neglect to mention, instead he would only increase the dosage when I complained making me a completely overweight zombie. The weight gain only contributed heavily to my depression and made me even more prone to sleep all day... The doctors put me on such an amount of medicine that I became mentally disabled from all of the effects to which they recommended social security...I applied for it and did'n | These pills are for recommended only for the extreemly serious mentally disturbed like psycopathic serial killers or the worst of the worst in society...Everone else should stay away from this drug. | M | 28 | 1 years | 8/18/2007 | 1 | depression, then bipolar & anxiety | I feel like I am losing short term memory. When I first took 25 mg I was a sleeping zombie all day long, in 9th grade I was a wreck and did real bad in school. I forget a lot of things now, even though now im taking 10 mg. When sometimes I stop all of a sudden, my head explodes with thoughts and anxiety, well, that was before... I say the only medicine that would work is being religious and praying, no medicine helps end of story! | Did you know zyprexa reduces your dopamine level so you dont feel schitzophrenia even if that isnt your diagnosis. Too much reduction of dopamine causes parkinson's disease, slow movement...All I really needed to cure myself is to not care about what people said to me. if your going to take zyprexa, make sure to take the anti- side effect drug cogentin. | M | 19 | 7 years | 1/31/2008 | 1 | the docs didnt know | mood swings, irritbilty, manic episodes, memorty loss (entire days) | i was forced onto it when i was 12, and self ended the zyprexa then, due to lost days in my memory after a long recovery with herbal remidies i went 9 years without meds of any kind. Then i ended up back at my mothers home after a 2.5 year relationship, she mistook my Reasoned depression(loss of gf and child) for a manic episode. i was forced on it again(cops were there because i didnt do the dishes; i was 20 then) and my friends filled in my missing days after i was out of the hospitol. once again i stopped the meds(i was told i was hanging out with a darker crowd and telling people the day and time they would die) this med has ruined my social life my relationships and my perseption of reality. i was told today on a vist to the ER for stroke symtoms that it was the zyprexa and the changes it has made has **** me i can hardly think at all(hurts to) focus and education down the drain, i am A+ computer Certified and am at a complete loss. no one and i mean no one should take any mental | M | 22 | 2 months | 1/31/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Lethargic at the beginning, tiredness, involountary movements, hungry, anxiety, foggy brain | I seemed calmer at the beginning, but after my anxiety returned and the involountary movements forced me to stop the medication because I was concerned about tardive dyskinesia. | M | 22 | 9 days | 2/1/2008 | 1 | anxiety,depression | tinitus (ringng in ears)weight gain,sleep paralisis,muscle spasms,insomnia,apnea,blood pressure up an down,no sex drive, scyzoprenic episodes,stomach pains,eyes go in and out of focus, breathing problems,headaches,light sesitivity,back pain,neck stiffness and pain,tremors,loss of emotion,no sex drive,erectile dysfunction,some loss of taste,some taste perversion,unusual dreams (not nice),sleep paralisis (horrible) constipation,irratable bowel syndrom,urinary distubances, paranoid episodes,social avoidence,memory problems,episodes of raceing heart beat,painfull eyes,dental pain,photo sesitivity, tobacco misuse,feelings of hopelessness,feelings of despair,and more... | I have far more problems now than I started with. I took it for three months and stopped ,its horrible. Its now six months on and I have all the side effects still. However I learnt TIBETAN MEDITATION and cured all my emotional problems in one,it took me six weeks to learn.reccomend it for all.My friend recently died of zyprexa, El Lilly are murderers in my view ,the drug is lethal...DO NOT TAKE IT... I am seeking legal help.Mostly to stop them killing others. | M | 49 | 3 months | 2/25/2008 | 1 | schizoaffective, OCD | SEVERE WEIGHT GAIN!!! , restless leg syndrome in combination with risperidone | took 6 months at 5 and 10mg. was 60kgs before and 100 after. no positive effect noticed. | M | 19 | 6 months | 1/16/2008 | 1 | bipolor disorder | weight 165 before zyprexa. While taking 7.5 mg at bed-time, gained 70 pounds within a year(235 pounds). I also experience panic attacks which I never had before taking medication. Had muscle spasms in legs. Always eating!!!!!!!! Tired all the time. Had to stop taking it also increased blood pressure and cholestrol. Trouble buying Clothes that fit. Self-image low so was self-esteem. I feel this medication is dangerous to your health, even if it works to control your illnees. The reason being is that you can end up with diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. DON'T LET THE MEDICATION OR DOCTOR CONTROL YOUR LIFE OR HEALTH, IF YOU DO YOU WILL BE TAKING EVEN MORE MEDICATION. | I Seen a second doctor, besides my regular doctor, she prescribed rispardol 37.5 mg consta every two weeks. Been on it for almost 2 years and it is working wonders. My blood pressure is 134/64, my weight 175 pounds, and choletrol is low. THis drug feels safer and heathier and less dangerous, the zyprexa. | M | 37 | 4.5 days | 12/9/2007 |