ZYPREXA Reviews (OLANZAPINE)

Average Rating: 2.5 (585 Ratings)

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ZYPREXA  (OLANZAPINE):  Olanzapine is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). It may also be used in combination with other medication to treat depression. This medication can help to decrease hallucinations and help you to think more clearly and positively about yourself, feel less agitated, and take a more active part in everyday life. Olanzapine belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. Talk to the doctor about the risks and benefits of treatment (especially when used by teenagers). See also Precautions section.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-09-09 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  OCD/Anxiety Somnolence, apathy a little bit, increased hunger, helped me sleep tho which is nice, gaining weight though It's a pretty decent drug really. The worst thing is the weight gain... M 27 3 months
5mg 1X day
9/1/2010
 4  Psychosis Sleepy, hungry, drowsy with lack of alertness, need to push myself to be alert and responsive, bit of low/frustrating but that is more related to job scenario, tiredness and do not feel like doing excersice and have to push myself. I have been taking this medicine since around 10 years due to diagnosed psychosis. It really helped me in controlling the hallucinations and bringing me back to the Earth (grounding). Due to stress caused by mother's serious illness and passing-away I had a small episode so my doc increased the dosage from 5mg to 10mg. Now I am waiting eagerly so that my doc could reduce it again as I have to fight a lot against the side effects. But I am a strong believer of the Super Conscience and believe that whatever is happening is for good only. Just try hard to cope up with side effects and move on fighting every day as a war against myself. M 40 10 years
10 1X day
4/22/2010
 4  psychotic depression weird weight gain, ultra-sedation, akathisia. it is the best antipsychotic that took back reality on me. side effects were really very annoying. M 24 3 weeks
5 mg 1X day
6/1/2010
 4  bipolar mania weight gain (45+ lbs), no sexual I mean NO sexual drive, Sleep a lot, HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES!!!! I wake up several times a night with dieing nightmares or torture.. Well of course I have gained weight (45 lbs) since I started using it. which wasn't a horrible thing because I have always been underweight..I'm just scared to sleep now cuz my nightmares!! I don't know what I'm going to do. M 28 180 days
5 mg 1X day
6/3/2010
 3  schizophrenia I gained 60 pounds of weight immediately after taking this. I lost it by going to the gym. My appetite was crazy. I can't sleep without taking it. My mind and thoughts start to race too much. I can even notice when it happens. Very unsettling. I can say that it has helped me with my symptoms tremendously. I just wish that they could find the root of the problem and cure this once and for all. Who knows of the effects of this years from now. At least I learned there is another layer/dimension of life...even found out where the demons came from. (yes I'm stable) M 26 6 years
20 mg 1X day
5/5/2010
 3  schizoaffective twitching legs. sometimes i get a feeling like i'm being poked with a needle. put strange thoughts in head, for example i would think "yes master" just before taking it alot. also, gave me alot of gay thoughts and i am straight. made me really scared to talk to people and i get anxious around others, sometimes i can barely breathe. it also jolts me awake with a bad anxiety attack every morning and sometimes i struggle to fall asleep. the meds also made me feel really spaced out, almost like nothing was real. At first this medication was good, but now that i have been on it for a while it is making me really antisocial and has stolen my life. i used to bicycle all over Toronto every summer, but now i can barely make it to the corner store. it is the best one to take for me as i have been on risperdal, fluanxol, modecate, seroquel and lorazepam. i was allergic to seroquel and lorazepam and the others made me shake alot. i think i might try invega or abilify in the future. i really would like more energy so i could get a job. its really boring sitting around all day. M 27 5 years
30mg 1X day
8/26/2010
 3  psychosis sexual dysfunction-totally dead, weight gain- hungry all the time, forgetfulness, severe lack of motivation, apathy,solomence the side effects can be pretty terrible but to be fair the drug has helped me live a pretty normal life the past 8 years, now ive been re-diagnosed as having no sign of phycosis and thats amazing because at the start i was VERY ill but i think probably knowing God has been the much bigger factor in the healing process i thoroughly recommend Jesus christ as your healer and more so as your saviour(but never come off antiphycotic till you doc says so). Im coming off olanzapine now and im rejoicing M 30 8 years
15mg 1X day
7/31/2010
 3  phycosis sexual dysfunction-totally dead, weight gain- hungry all the time, forgetfulness, severe lack of motivation, apathy,solomence the side effects can be pretty terrible but to be fair the drug has helped me live a pretty normal life the past 8 years, now ive been re-diagnosed as having no sign of phycosis and thats amazing because at the start i was VERY ill but i think probably knowing God has been the much bigger factor in the healing process i thoroughly recommend Jesus christ as your healer and more so as your saviour(but never come off antiphycotic till you doc says so). Im coming off olanzapine now and im rejoicing M 30 8 years
15mg 1X day
7/31/2010
 3  bipolar II Mania Tiredness all day, no motivation, increase in appetite, zombieness Since my last, and first "manic episode" I have been very calm, and submissive. No reocurrance of mania. I feel tired all day, and my motivation is gone. This pill makes you a boring, and semi-concious person. I went from being manic to being borderline depressive with no mood whatsoever. Unless you call a zombielike trance a mood. If it weren't for the Ridalin I don't know if I would ever get out of bed. M 26 2 months
10MG 1X day
1/12/2011
 3  schizophrenia Sleep 12 hours a day hangover effect M 24 3 years
10mg
4/23/2012
 3  Depression Weight gain Anhedonia Excessive sleeping It gives you a half-life. You'll be stable, but completely anesthetized emotionally. If I could describe it as a color, it would be a permanent shade of gray. M 23 3 years
10mg 1X day
4/24/2012
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 3  Schizophrenia 1. Debilitating Sedation - I was unable to function, plain and simple. I slept between 14-18 hours per day for all five years on the med. 2. Moderate weight gain - I gained around 25 pounds and I am a rather skinny person (I never became obese but I was rather unhealthy and lacked motivation to exercise or eat right). 3. Depressive Symptoms - Schizophrenia and depressive bouts come together, but this drug made it much worse (and it improved upon stopping the drug). In fact, my two hospitalizations in this time were due to depression not schizophrenia! Despite the side effects and horrible impact on overall quality of life, for people with bad symptoms who cannot stand EPS symptoms and akathisia, this drug is a good option. In fact, at one point, I was on a nearly unheard of 40 mg per day (equivalant to 15 or more mg of Risperidone) and had no movement problems at all. That is remarkable IMO. It was the right drug for me at the time (when I was not familiar with the scary symptoms of Schizophrenia yet). M 25 5 years
20 MG 1X day
3/25/2013
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 3  Anxiety/OCD slight weight gain, shaking hands in the early stages. stopping cold turkey: extreme and uncontrollable anxiety and panic. after two weeks of this with no improvement i went back on. will have to taper slowly. i was prescribed Zyprexa to 'augment' my 60mg of Paxil during an acute bout of anxiety and OCD. It worked well; my intrusive thoughts backed right off and my anxiety dropped away. i was never warned however that some people experience an extreme reaction to a sudden cessation of the drug. i stopped cold turkey after 2 months, and within 3 days was experiencing extreme withdrawal/side effects. 5am-5pm, every day, i would be gripped by never-ending anxiety and panic, and constant crying (sometimes howling). these symptoms were much, much worse than anything i had ever experienced before. after nearly 2 weeks of this i could not stand it anymore and went back on zyprexa. i've been back on it for a week and am finally starting to stabilise again. if you have been prescribed this drug for any of the anxiety disorders then please make sure you taper your does very slowly, as it can weeks (10 or more) for your brain chemistry to readjust to the withdrawal of the drug. a 10% reduction every 2 M 33 2 months
10/24/2006
 3  Cops arrested placed hospital Inomnia? I think this medication 10 mg is a great stress reduceer. I started sleeping later then all of a sudden Insomnia hit me so I stupidly started to take seroquel 50mg <------- makes you a stonned zombie now I have insomnia ever after taking seroquel I've tried different sleep meds but they are short lived my advice don't take any of this crap if possiable especially if someone brought you to the mental health floor and they were dressed in blue. I had no choice I had to take it like a big medicated wuss otherwise they would ship me off to a really metal ward. M 31
9/17/2006
 3  acute psychotic episode weight gain (60 lbs) It helped a bit. But it seemed that time is what healed me more. I would still get random thoughts (voices)on this medicine. Risperdal worked better with less weight gain problem. However the risperdal causes sexual problems. Check out Phieffer's treatment of mental illness with vitamins and supplements (located in Naperville, IL area). Less stress too in your life will help if you can do that. M 50 5 years
11/17/2005
 3   weight gain It helped some. I gave the wrong spelling for Pfeiffer Treatment Center and it is located in Warrenville, IL now. They use nutrition to help treat mental illness (vitamins and supplements). I hope this helps someone. M 50 5 years
11/17/2005
 3  Schizophrenia and manic depression Rapid weight gain, large weight gain (100 lbs). M 25 2 years
12/27/2006
 3  schizoaffective insane amounts of weight gain - 70lbs in 1.5 years, spacing out (phasing out)-lack of creativity, non existent sexual drive - which my wife hated of course I have to say, despite its extremely negative side effects, this medication does wonders for paranoia and delusional thinking. I noticed the difference in 5 days of taking it after being off of it(stopped it abruptly by myself) The anxiety is non- existent now. I am able to function as a normal human being. M 26 1.5 years
2/26/2007
 3  bipolar Weakness, difficulty waking in the morning, dizziness, weight gain. Zyprexa certainly has lots of side effects, even at my 5mg dose. I feel that it helps but I need have my doctor play around with the dosage a bit for the following reason. I've been on the drug for 6 weeks - the first 5 and a half of which I couldn't get out of bed in the morning. Now I'm starting to get up during the night, having slight insomnia and am getting up fine in the morning. I'm not sure if its masking another agitated/manic episode or if the side effects are wearing off. I've lost a lot of co-ordination and I feel dizzy quite often, but Zyprexa works. What a horrible mixed blessing. M 30 6 weeks
10/16/2007
 3  anxiety Sedation, Sleepyness in the morning, mild inhibited feeling, extream weight gain. I had to be taken off it because it was making me gain too much weight I went from 185 to 301 pounds in one year. Luckly now I only weigh 195 so I'm back to looking good and being in shape again. Zyprexa kind of helped, but the side effects wern't worth the antianxiety relief it hardly gave me. anotherwords it didn't work for me. I'm now being prescribed 20mg.s of diazepam (valium) to take three times a day and its working great for me I can now walk down the street without the unreal fears of what I thought people were thinking about me. Plus because of the help of valium and my own self determination I now have a job. So Zyprexa was close, but no cigar. Zyprexa didn't work. M 23 19 months
11/5/2004

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