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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYPREXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Bipolar #1 | Dry Mouth - Morning Sleepiness - Weight Gain | Let me tell you it has a wonderful calming affect. I am taking the Symbyax drug which you may know as Zyprexa mixed with Prozac. It is a 12/50 combination. YES I have had the weight gain and NO I don't like that but this drug saved me from horrible symtoms and other drug reactions and just helped me find the peace I needed. I honestly do not think I can keep taking this long as I have gained almost 20 Lbs. in a month. So I am hoping that this levels off or I will have to dump one pleasant medication. | M | 48 | 1 months | 7/13/2007 | 5 | Severe Anxiety with Agoraphobia | Weight Gain of about 30 lbs. Everything just started tasting really good! This was ok for me though, because I was underweight to start with. | I was a 21 year old college student who had to drop out of everything, because of the onset of a crippling anxiety disorder. I tried all of the usual SSRI drugs for several months with no improvement until my doctor prescribed me a small dose of Zyprexa. After only a few days, I started getting my ambition back, and began wanting to leave the house for the first time in months. Within 2 weeks, I felt like I was back to my old self again! This drug worked like a miracle for me. I thought I had lost my entire life before I started taking it. I was only on it for about a year until I was able to stop, and my symptoms have not returned. This drug will definitely increase your appreciation for food though! Beware! | M | 29 | 1 years | 10/17/2007 | 5 | Bi-polar | NONE | It has worked great with my Bi-polar, enabling me to sleep and decreasing my paranoid thinking. It also keeps my manias from being as severe and pronounced. | M | 41 | 9 years | 11/17/2007 | 5 | bipolar | sleepy | kills mania like flys on a lightbulb | M | 20 | 1 months | 11/27/2007 | 5 | zchizofrenia | Weight gain. Craving for sweets. I gained 30 lbs in 3 years | It helped me from a psycotic episode. I hate the extra weight but I prefer to be sane than slim. | M | 42 | 3 years | 12/30/2007 | 5 | borderline personality disorder | weight gain | Zyprexa is not the best drug to treat psychotic simptoms,but its not that bad.I have been on many antypsychotic drugs since i was 16 : Geodon,Clozapine,Seroquel,Risperdal,Abilify,Haldol...and now on combination : Haldol 4mg,Zyrexa 20mg,Tegretol 400mg,Prozac 20mg,Xanax 1mg,and they all work fine controling my simptoms.Sure,zyprexa is not the best option for everybody,but it works for me. | M | 18 | | 1/2/2008 | 5 | Bipolar I | Morning somnolence, fogginess; puffy eyes; emotional flatness. | Zyprexa has been an extremely effective anti-manic agent for me, and also seems to help with depression. | M | 39 | 8 years | 4/6/2008 | 5 | PTSD paranoia nightmares depression | some short term memory fuzziness | Went from almost no sleep to restful sleep reduced nightmares 80%, lifted mood restored motivation to do things.Used in addition to effexor | M | 42 | 4 weeks | 6/13/2008 | 5 | Bipolar 2/Cyclic Depression | Weight gain. Also, after 5 years at 2.5 mg/day, I'm just now starting to experience some toe and ankle movements that may be precursors to tardive dyskinesia. I'm not looking forward to the withdrawal process (Google "Zyprexa withdrawal" for more anecdotal information). | This is a *wonderful* medication if you need it. It gives me the deepest, best sleep I've ever had and has eliminated agitated, irritable states and the horrible anger and homicidal thoughts that went with them. On the other hand, please read about the side effects, which can be serious. I've read that average weight gain while taking Zyprexa is 40 pounds in the first year. It appears to contribute to the onset of diabetes in some people (as would the added weight). I am concerned I might be in the early stages of TD, so I will talk to my doctor and begin slowly cutting back on my dosage to see if the movements and restless legs disappear or at least improve. For short-term use, it's a miracle. | M | 58 | 5 years | 8/5/2008 | 5 | massive anxiety | gained only 10 pounds, sleep is great | this drug is great, if you exercise everyday and don`t let yourself get lazy then this drug is fine. but if you get lazy then yes this drug will eventually probably kill you, one way or another. don`t be lazy. it actually seems to give me more strengh in the gym and i have great erections from it and works awesome for anxiety | M | 44 | 2 years | 10/2/2008 | 5 | anxieyt, PTSD, Irrational fears | I know that Zyprea has know metabolic side effects, but it has been a life saving drug for me Shortly after I started taking it, it was like the veil being lifted from an aweful nightmare. To date no major side effects, I exercise regularly and and am very consicous of my diet. No major side effects for me other than fatique when my dosage was increased | zyprexa has been a "miracle" drug for me. Thank you Eli Lilly for producing it!! | M | 46 | | 5/17/2009 | 5 | As a mood stabilizer for Bipolar | Suprisingly, the only side effect I really notice is sleeping for 10-12 hours a night. I do feel a bit lethargic during the day, but nothing too bad. Overall its probably been the softest med, side effect wise, that I've ever taken. | I take 10mg of it along with lexapro, the lexapro keeps me out of the deep depressions, and the zyprexa keeps me from getting too manic off the lexapro. Funny how that works lol. Overall though I've been very impressed with the zyprexa....worked fast and works well. I've put 10-12 lbs on in the couple of months I've been on it....but the gain has seemed to stabilize now (hopefully). I'll need to be on meds the rest of my life though, and unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm willing to take the chance of developing diabetes, or cholesterol problems, down the road. And zyprexa's track record in those area's isn't very good. I think zyprexa's awesome for what it does, but I don't think its a good long term choice. I am going to miss the effectiveness though. But I'd rather have a little safer long term mood stabilizer....even if it is less effective. | M | 46 | 60 days | 10/21/2009 | 5 | Tic disorder | Sedation | I have been taking 5mg of Zyprexa since 1996 when the medication first came out. This medication controls my tics and I have not had any side effects. On the plus side it has helped my depression as well as sleep. | M | 30 | 13 years | 11/4/2009 | 5 | schizoaffective disorder | Increased appetite, rapid weight gain, drooling, nightmares | The side effects are a small price to pay for the benefits. My fiance suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which is the worst of both worlds: schizophrenia and manic phase of bipolar. He doesn't want to take meds long term, so I keep Zyprexa on hand because thus far it is the ONLY drug that takes him out of a manic schizophrenic attack and keeps him out of the hospital. As a pharmacologist myself, I feel that Zyprexa, a very powerful and effective drug, should be used only as a prophylaxis for a short time and then weaning off, but not for long-term usage. Zyprexa is truly a miracle drug, and I laud Eli Lilly for manufacturing it! | M | 31 | 5 days 30 1X day | 1/5/2015 | 5 | Obsessive thinking | Weight gain | This drug saved my life. I was obsessing over a friendship that ended and it was making me suicidal. This drug stopped my thoughts I can't believe how wonderful I feel and people have noticed how I have changed. I am amazed how well this drug works | M | 53 | 10 days 2.5 2X day | 11/24/2016 | 5 | Bipolar Mixed | This drug has been a life saver for me. Yes, I gained some weight but it's well worth it considering how bad my mixed bipolar episodes got. | M | 43 | 4 months | 2/11/2017 | 5 | Schizophrenia | Extensive weight gain, loss of strength and tone, sleeping half the day away, not able to sleep until 2 or 3 am | I am not diabetic despite taking for 16 years...and Both parents diabetic! Noticed alot of people don't like this drug for no reason. Some even say their diabetic after a few short years which is not my experience. | M | 31 | 10 years 15mg pd | 2/8/2017 | 5 | severe obsession | instatiable hunger | this drug made me hungry found myself eating a few burgers at a time, some chips, cake. anything i could get my hands on. i ended up learning how to bake so i could make my own treats like pie, muffins, cookies. started putting cheese on everything like nachos, tacos, pizzas. i kept chocolates all over the place so i could eat between meals. i was baking 4 pies at a time, dipping my cookes in chocolate, having 3 bowls of cereal for a midnight snack. i gained 50 lbs but ive found my love for food. | M | 30 | 5 days 5 1X day | 6/21/2017 | 5 | Drug induced psychosis | My son had slight weight gain, which was needed. Helped tremendously. He is not paranoid any longer, the voices have stopped and he’s able to interact with family and do schoolwork. So thankful for this medicine. | M | 17 | 7 days 5 mg | 11/19/2019 | 5 | Schizoaffective disorder | Weight gain, memory loss | I take zyprexa 4 times a day, 5mg in the morning, 5mg at noon, 5mg at 430, and 30mg at night. I also take 15mg of haloperidol at night. It seems to work for me kind of. I have break through symptoms but I manage. I do feel tho that it has affected my memory quite a bit. | M | 33 | 4 years 45 mg 4X day | 1/9/2023 |