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 | anxiety and POSSIBLE bi-polar | ABSOLUTE ADVERSE EFFECTS! Took medication as directed by family doctor before going to sleep, and woke up with facial paralysis, leg muscle rigidity, maybe even partial paralysis, multiple voices, an overall Freak show of a psychotic episode. I could not control muscle tremors or twitching, dry eyes, eye pain- EXTREME short term memory loss (amnesia) - broke out in violence towards family, destroyed furniture and dishware while experiencing the memory loss and psychosis and had no idea.......lost logic and tried driving to work- nearly totalled vehicle twice in 30 mins. Upon leaving work....Slept for 16 hours. | THIS DRUG IS FOR SERIOUS CASES ONLY! I wouldn't recommend anyone taking this medication even if the doctor thinks it will help even out moods and help sleep. Unless you have major psychosis, DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. | M | 24 | 1 days | 12/22/2007 | 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 | 1 | Bipolar II | Weight gain of 45 Lbs, Loss of Libido, Fatigue | Craved carbs, gained 45 pounds & 6 inches on my waist. Became a real fatso. | M | 24 | 1 years | 12/27/2008 | 1 | Rage/Anxiety | Somnolence (could sleep 16 hours per day), muscle twitching/jerking. | Didn't do anything except make me sleep all the time and cause my muscles to twitch and jerk. | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 1 | schizo/paranoid/depression | I did not like the drug at all.No sex drive and did not help me at all.Slept at lot and lo ebbed.I stopped taking it and woke up at 4:00am with cold sweats,clastaphobia,anxiety bad.I spent all day walking,went back to hospital for suicidal problems. | I explored caves alot.I would not give it to my worst enemy but then again what a form of torture. | M | 57 | 10 months | 1/15/2009 | 1 | Schizophrenia | flushing toilet | poison | M | 51 | 15 years | 1/24/2009 | 1 | depression and anxiety | weight gain, memory loss, extreme sedation. | Could not stop eating on this drug. I would binge on whatever I could get my hands on almost every single night. At the time I didn't think my binging was because of the zyprexa but as soon as I stopped taking it my desire for food drastically dropped. I gained 25 lbs. on this med... very suprised I didnt gain more. If you are afraid of gaining weight DO NOT take this medication because you will. It was easy to get off. I don't feel any different off of this worthless medication. | M | 22 | 7 months | 4/28/2008 | 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 | Bi-Polar | Loss of Sex Drive. Heart Reactions ranging from feeling like a heart attack, to palpitations. MASSIVE weight gain (Like 2-3lbs a DAY). | My doctor claims no such problems with Zyprexa, however evidence is now showing Zyprexa causes "Heart Events", and may drastically increase heart attacks. I ended up switching to a Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Remedy that actually cured my Bi-Polar WITHOUT any side effects. Research (An Shen Bu Xin Wan from Min Shan) very effective treatment that is much safer than Zyprexa and completely natural. | M | 42 | 14 days | 3/27/2009 | 1 | mood disorders; paranoia;szichoph. | very suicidal after a few years, extreme weight gain; spots in eyes, ringing in the ears;erctile dysfunction | Never ever have anyone take it; Now I am off of it and also watch what I eat; realized also sugar and anything that turns to sugar makes my moods change for the worse;I lost 40 lbs since off of it; now have all the side effects to deal with. | M | 54 | 8 years | 6/15/2008 | 1 | schizophrenia | Extreme Weight gain,obssessive craving for sweets , 24H sedation and fatigue, apathic. exessive sleep, 13, 14hours. severe absence of social skills , moderate absence of conversation, dialogue skills | It helped to control the voices and delusions but due to the severity of the side effects caused me great deacrease of quality of life.. | M | 22 | 2 years | 6/24/2008 | 1 | bipolar depression | apathy, extreme hunger,12pound wt gain in 10days,fine hand tremors,fuzzy hand eye coordination,facial bloating,listless | awful medication 10mg@nite 5mg daytime seeing doctor this am never will touch zyprexa again! | M | 18 | 14 days | 2/9/2009 | 1 | psychotic episode | 1.it contains ASPARTAME - the very same neurotoxin that most likely caused my problem 2.MASSIVE food cravings & consequently HUGE WEIGHT GAIN 3.almost constant fatigue, like described by many others here 4.loss of sex drive 5.withdrawal - approx.2 weeks confusion/anxiety/depression | I "cured" most of my psychological problems by doing changes in sleep, diet, and exercise. (a lot of good advice I took from Dr.Mercola's website [www.mercola.com]) | M | 25 | 5 weeks | 6/11/2009 | 1 | anger | At first, none. Felt terrific.after about 6 months,loss of libido, motivation,lethargy, waking up in the morning to go to work, and lack of focus and concentration.Finally, extreme depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. | I was having problems controlling my anger due to matters at work.I was told to get help by my boss. at my first session,, i was given samples and told it was non habit forming and i could quit anytime with no side effects.I started at 5 mil and went to 15.When problems began surfacing, i cut back 5.thats when the extreme depression hit.I did have a problem with anger, but i never felt depressed. the Drs. wanted me to increase the dosage and i refused. So they threw in more medications in an attempt to control the side effects.The ones they swear were not caused by Zyprexa. When they mixed it with effexor, thats when it really got bad. I stopped the effexor, but didnt improve much and progressivley got worse.I tried to quit 3 times and couldnt do it and work too.I had to take 2 months on dissability just to detox cause i quit cold turkey and spent a month in bed.According to my Drs., everything i was experiancing was all brought on by me.That i was obsessing and that i hated my job. I always liked my job.Its tough work but you stay in shape. I work for the phone co and climb alot of poles.But the zyprexa completely changed my whole outlook on life.It was like being gutted of all the emotions that mattered to you, and left with nothing but depression, fear, and anxiety. Its been almost 2 years since i quit the zyprexa. alot of me has returned. alot hasnt. If someone has words of hope, feel free to e mail me.I just want to be ME again. | M | 49 | 15 months | 6/18/2009 | 1 | psychiatrists NOT DOCTORS - BEWARE | high blood pressure - high triglycerides(over 1300 !) - high bad cholesterol - low good cholesterol -severe weight gain ( uncontrollable hunger ) - developed Diabetes type II - low potassium - high blood calcium levels - shall I go on? | PURE POISON. I know you hear people saying this about many drugs but I am living proof of what this drug can do to you. I am now on ( let me count the medications right now ) 11, yes ELEVEN medications that I have to take everyday and some of them twice a day and some four times a day just to maintain my body to an *almost* near state of normality because of what zyprexa has done to me. I took it six months at varying dosages according to whatever mood the stupid ignorant idiotic clueless wanna-be-doctor thought I needed at the time. Well, I am hoping and praying that i can get my body back to the state it was ( very healthy ) before i started taking this POISON. STOP TAKING IT NOW or you WILL regret it. This medicine also keeps you in a state of not caring and it covers up symptoms of REAL medical problems that it causes by keeping you sedated and not caring. All of these side effects surfaced when my blood pressure was slowly but surely creeping up in exact proportion to the months i had been taking the zyprexa. I went to the my REAL doctor about my blood pressure and complaining of various other issues and they did some lab work. The lab work that came back was a total chaotic MESS. My life was/has been altered. I was not diabetic before zyprexa, matter of fact I was thoroughly tested for diabetes exactly one month before I started taking zyprexa. NO family history of diabetes and I wasn't over weight until the zyprex. | M | 47 | 6 months | 7/18/2009 | 1 | bi-polar type II | lethargic, grogginess | zyprexa totally saps the life out of anyone taking it, leaving no emotions or energy to do basic tasks. i was more functional on depekote + risperdol. zyprexa is the worst, after not taking it for months, i took one 15mg blue pill and i felt extrememly lethargic for the next 36 hours. zyprexa is a poison that i would not recommend if there are other options. its very difficult to move around, you'll feel like a zombie from the "weight" that this medicine induces. i would pick the manic energy that can be utilized towards production and activity than the slow weighty groggy feeling of zyprexa. i rate this product zero. | M | 25 | 3 months | 8/12/2009 | 1 | paronair | 1. Lot of weight gain 2. drastic suger level increase to diabatis type 2 3. Feeling sleepy entire day 4. No improvement in paronair 5. Encountering too much of difficulty in driving, almost going to sleep while driving, which is the most dangerous part. 6. Feeling too much of hungry, in the night time also. 7. Getting neck pain. 8. feeling weakness | This is the worst drug I encountered, it has all the side effects and no improvements in the paronair, I STRONLY RECOMEND not to use this drug, I belive any tests conducted on this drug or not? If possible zyprexa people should modify their formula to minimize side effects, or should be removed from market, I surprise how this drug got approval to release into market. | M | 35 | 30 days | 6/6/2008 | 1 | anxiety, depression | i'm really confused, feel disoriented | could only make it 3 nights of taking it | M | 22 | 3 days | 5/7/2009 | 1 | Delusional thoughts. | I gained thirty pounds in about three months os using this awful pill. I have no idea how I am going to lose all of this weight. I did weigh 118 pounds and now I weigh 147 pounds. This is awful. | Stay away from this pathetic weight gain pill. | M | 18 | 3 months | 4/19/2009 | 1 | Derealization,Severe Depression | Severe Weight Gain (Went from 142 to 202 in 9 months) Extremely Tired,Zombie like state of mind. Increased appetite, Crave JUNK food, Eat ALL the time, VERY sedative. | I take symbyax aka zyprexa or olazapine because i had a re-action to an antibiotic called amoxil/augmentin. I was prescribe symbyax 12mg for 4 months and then 5mg sybyax for 3 months, and now 3mg zyprexa for 2 months. This pill is POISON! It is VERY hard to come off of. Im currently trying to stop this pill for the 5/8 time. My withdrawal side effects from Before were; Nausea,headache,insomnia. NOW my withdrawal sideffects are only insomnia. If anyone has ANY suggestions on coming off of this med PLEASE email me your suggestions! My e-mail is; [email protected] I already know weining off of the med but that isnt helping. So i plan to try cold turkey again. I DO NOT suggest this pill to anyone! I no longer suffer from de-realization and thus there is no reason for me to continue taking this med. All it will do is turn you into a fat zombie! | M | 22 | 9 months | 8/12/2008 |