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 |
| 5 | agitated schizophrenia | severe dry mouth! | after one week, my self mutilation has subsided. | F | 27 | 6 days | 12/15/2006 | 5 | bipolar | gain 3 lb,my face skin seems like getting bad. | i respond this medicine just after i took it two times when i was in hospital. I feel much much better and stop any suicide thinking. this is great medicine pill. | F | 39 | 24 days | 10/20/2005 | 5 | Bipolar !! | None; minor sedation at first, but I adjusted. | Stabilized mood and resolved depression; I have taken just about everything, and this medication really helped. | F | 50 | 4 months | 11/27/2006 | 5 | schizoaffective disorder | weight gain, hypersomnia (increased sleeping), calming of moods, general smoothing out of mania, calmness, less hallucinations. | The positives definitely outweigh the negatives. 15MG per day helps me with my insomnia, helps silence the very negative and scary thoughts/voices. When taken with my antidepressant it helps my positive thoughts and moods. I give my thanks to Olanzapine/Zyprexa. | F | 33 | 1 years | 3/6/2006 | 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 | depression and anxiety | Serious weight gain, and not just because it made me hungrier, but because it messed with my metabolism (glucose levels). Most meds that make you gain weight do so because they just make you hungrier. Not so with Zyprexa, which can even cause Diabetes. Other side effects: sleepiness (but I wanted that), and anxiety when I missed a dose. I took 2.5 mg (5 when I was having situational problems). No sexual side effects. | Oh, Zyprexa, How I love thee and also how I hate thee! I have treatment-resistent depression, with mild OCD and anxiety. I took Serzone 400mg and Wellbutrin XL 450 mg with no results, and my doctor decided to try Zyprexa to help "activate" the other drugs. It saved my life. I felt better within a week (after 6+ months of crippling depression), and it did not cause euphoria or significant cognitive changes. It just gave me a nice "buffer" between my anxiety/emotions and the outside world. This drug works for me. 2.5 was great, and I could take 5 when I had situational difficulties (short term) and I could tell the difference between the 2.5 and 5 in terms of my "overreaction" likeliness. I felt better than I have ever felt, it helped me sleep, and it did stabilize my mood. However, the weight gain was significant (20 pounds in a year or two), and the risk of Diabetes made me decide not to keep taking it as a long-term med. We will use it again s | F | 29 | 2.5 years | 8/25/2006 | 5 | depression and anxiety | same as below (I posted there, too, but it cut off my comments) | We will use it again short-term if I ever have a major depressive episode again. It was a difficult decision to stop taking it, because it really did help me, but I am sticking to the atypical antidepressants, and Lamictal (to replce the Zyprexa) so long as I am doing okay...but I will not hesitate to go back to Zyprexa if I absolutely need to. I just wish the side effects weren't so awful. Weight gain is a big downer for me, because it makes me more depressed. | F | 29 | 2.5 years | 8/25/2006 | 5 | Depression, Anorexia N,O.S. Anxiety | Better Sleep, reduced intense fear and mood swings, better focus, cold sweats at night, increased fear in open spaces, everything was harder on my body that was semi-strenuous, heart palpitations that finally made me quit. | I really need this drug to find a replacement to Remeron for reasons specified above and my medical history. None of my problems are intentional. I don't understand what has happened to me. What I can say is Zyprexa means the very best and the very worse to me- I"ve taken it briefly 3 times- and lasted a month max all 3 times. I by far love this drug the most, but after getting heart palpitations (was already having stomach distress after eating I noticed), I gave up out of fear. ONCE AGAIN MEDICAL INDUSTRY: Thanks for breaking my heart. But don't you know fellow patients: "We Never Try". To the medical industry: F YOU. -Andrea | F | 29 | | 12/26/2005 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Weight gain, insatiable appetite, drowsiness. DO NOT STOP TAKING THIS COLD TURKEY!!!! I made that mistake and ended up missing three days of work because I was SO sick!!! PLEASE work with your doctor if you desire to stop taking it. | This medicine was a game changer for me. I felt like I had my life back. I was more aware of everything around me, could think clearly, my thoughts were organized. I noticed things in my town I'd been missing my entire life! I was able to sit and watch movies and actually hear the words the actors were saying because my thoughts were finally slowed down. My nightmares went away and I was able to sleep soundly through the night. It felt like a miracle drug!! Unfortunately I gained over 30 pounds on it and my doctor insisted we change it. I HATE taking medication, but I actually fought to stay on this one another month. As my weight continued to climb, we ended up stopping the Zyprexa. If it wasn't for the weight gain, I don't think I would have ever stopped taking it. | F | 33 | 3 months 2.5-7.5 | 9/20/2019 | 5 | Bipolar 1, Mixed, rapid cycling | Weight gain on a high dose (10 mg/daily); sporadic dry mouth (helped by chewing sugar free gum) | I consider myself a pretty good judge of this medication. I have had ambivalence about this medication for years: Fear of the dreaded weight gain alternating with gratitude for the fantastic relief of my symptoms (racing thoughts, agitation). I am now solidly in favor of this drug ever since my doctor told me to take small doses (2.5 mg) as needed rather than a larger dose (5-10 mg) every night. Taking Zyprexa PRN has done a world of difference. I am not gaining weight anymore and my appetite is normal. I am not getting sugar cravings. And I don't feel lethargic. This med does not have to build up in your system to work. You can take it for mania as if you were taking an ibuprofen for a headache. I average none to 5 mgs of Zyprexa each day now. I have tried other meds: Depakote (terrible weight gain), carbamazepine (ineffective), and Risperdal (weird side effects, including tricking my body into thinking it was pregnant!). None of these meds touch the effectiveness of Zyprexa. With Zyprexa I am calm and not spazzy at work, a tendency that was beginning to hurt my professional credibility. Please email me if you have personal questions about this med. By the way, it just went generic in the U.S. I picked up a bottle of "Olanzipine" the other day. | F | 33 | 4 years 2.5 1X day | 12/6/2011 | 5 | bipolar 1 | Weight gain | Zyprexa is an amazing drug. After trying numerous other meds, zyprexa is the only one that has kept my depression and mania from returning. The only side effect has been weight gain, which bothered me at first but I am used to it now. Overall, I think it is a great medication. | F | 29 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 5 | Schizoaffective | I haven't experienced many side effects. I must be one of the lucky ones who has not gained any weight-I am naturally thin. I don't feel tired but I do act slighty zombified for the first few hours after I take a dose. So I split the dose but take them both later in the day when I am home. Zyprexa has helped me much more than seroquel with voices and depression. Don't let others scare you. Try it for yourself. | F | 29 | 2 months 10mg. 2X day | 8/15/2013 | 5 | anxiety and tics | Fortunately no side effects | Within two days of adding Zyprexa to my SSRI both my all-consuming anxiety and the accompanying nervous tics vanished. I opted to take the smallest dose possible (1.25 mg) and fortunately for me, I experienced only a small weight gain (which I've since reversed). For me it is a miracle drug, since I've been plagued by overwhelming anxiety and depression since childhood. | F | 63 | 7 years 1.25mg 1X day | 12/7/2011 | 5 | Depression | weight gain but able to lose weight w diet and exercise | Zyprexa saved my life. | F | 45 | 6 months 5 mg 1X day | 9/1/2011 | 5 | manic with auditory hallucinations | Weight gain, dizziness | I had a severe long term manic episode that occurred over a period of several years, treated with Lithium [did not work] then I started to hear voices, and I finally found a psychiatrist who prescribed Zyprexa. I have often had dizzy moments, although they don't last more than a second or two. At my last annual checkup the doctor said I had slightly high cholesterol. I have gone from 110 pounds [weighed this all my life] to 185 pounds today. Granted, I went into menopause during my second year on this drug, but that can't be the only reason for this increase in weight. I have had no mood problems since I started on Zyprexa, but I am tired of gaining 5 to 10 pounds every year. I am trying an exercise plan with smarter eating habits, but I do plan to tell my doctor I've had enough of this drug and that I want to try something else. | F | 56 | 10 years 5 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 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 | insomnia, agitation | Not much, but I don't take it regularly. Maybe some agitation or heightened state about 18 to 24h after taking it. | Really makes me sleep when nothing else does. Always works. 2.5mg will usually be sufficient, too. Never needed more than 5mg. Will use sparingly given the risks involved with regular use. But I truly love it-- it helps when I need it. I have to take it some 2h before bedtime, since it takes some time to work. And either take it early or be able to sleep the next morning. It's very calming and pleasant and hasn't caused habituation or lost effectiveness for me. | F | 28 | 5 1X AN | 1/19/2018 | 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 | 5 | bipolar II | WEIGHT GAIN, WEIGHT GAIN, WEIGHT GAIN. I stopped the medicine b/c I gained so much weight. However, it did calm my nerves and helped me to go to sleep at night. | F | 27 | 90 days 60 1X day | 7/26/2010 | 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 |