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 | 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 | 5 | Bipolar | Trouble sleeping at first, does not sedate me right off, night sweats | GREAT drug..helped my moods tremendously. Takes 3 hours for this drug to make me drowsy, past 5 nights have terrible night sweats after 5 hours of taking drug, wake up drenched. Sometimes a slight headache. I take it with Effexor XR..seems to be working FOR NOW | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 4/19/2007 | 4 | insomnia, severe depression | Reduction of gag reflex, sleep 8-10 hours per night, hungry all the time, lots of energy | I've tried Zoloft, Serzone and Seroquel. I've been on 150mg of Effexor per day for 4 years. I've experienced severe depression and suicidal thoughts, especially during the winter months. I was hospitalized two years ago. I was on Abilify for a month after the hospitaization but it is too expensive. I've been on the Zyprexa for two weeks and I've been very energetic. I've socialized more in two weeks than I have in two years. Maybe it's a manic episode but I'm hoping it is a result of the Zyprexa. | F | 49 | 2 weeks 5 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 4 | Bipolar | I just started taking zyprexa, 5mg, and I was set on controlling the weight gain through exercise and watching my diet. Although I was working out more than ever I still put on a little over 5 lbs in the first 2 weeks. That's certainly not a mood 'stabilizer.' I just met with another doctor who prescribed metformin to control the weight gain. Long story short, it helps with insulin levels. Hoping it works...don't let doctors tell you there is nothing you can take to control the weight gain. | M | 22 | 2 weeks | 7/19/2007 | 3 | bi-polar/schizophrenia | i cant stop eating! and groggy morning | my scary thoughts have not gone away i can tell they are calming down. | F | 26 | 2 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 7/9/2010 | 3 | depression/severe anger/mood swings | sleep walking, sleep talking, intense hunger, weight gain | i took zyprexa for 2 weeks. i felt WONDERFUL!! but, i had to take zyprexa at night and i don't ever remember actually sleeping. i woke up really disoriented and was told i was walking around appearing to be awake. this drug also makes you really really hungry, all the time. i gained 5 pounds in 2 weeks. made me feel great but side effects were too intense. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 3/19/2007 | 3 | bi-polar disorder | Dry mouth, excessive hunger (good thing though, had lost over 30 pounds prior to being put on medication,) decreased fine motor coordination with tremors of hands. | Unlike most people, does not cause any drowsiness at all. I continue to experience insomnia. Other antidepressants and most cold medications do the same for me though. I take it now in the a.m. | F | 49 | 2 weeks | 11/10/2006 | 1 | my doctor prescribed for sleep | She prescribed for sleep and I started dissociating. I am not schizo or manic bipolor just recurring major depression with agoraphobia. I do have borderline personality disorder but have not fully dissociated for ten years. It was a horrible two weeks not to mention the weight gain. I am a little person and gained a lot in two weeks. I am off now. | F | 41 | 2 weeks 10 1X day | 3/18/2010 | 1 | postictal psychosis, psychosis NOS, | Induced or magnified Paranoia, anxiousness, horrifying dreams of suicide, muscle rigidity, heart palpitation | I was diagnosed with bipolar at the age of 49 and attempted suicide after 2 weeks of using zyprexa. | F | 49 | 2 weeks | 9/5/2005 | 1 | OCD thoughts | Worst drug ever! Withdrawl symptoms are still with me after only talking this for 2 weeks. It's been 4 weeks since I stopped. Medicine made me feel like a zombie. I had really bad dissociation from the med. I had extreme anxiety getting off of it..like bugs crawling on me, I can no longer nap with my kids during the day cause I am too wired and I have insomnia at night. I sleep for 4 hours and wake up every hour after that with my heart racing from anxiety. Don't not take it unless its your last option!! Withdrawl is bad! Do your research...worse than heroin they say!! | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 1/16/2013 | 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 | Mood disorder | My very normal 17 year old son smoked a lot of marijuana two years ago this December. Somehow it triggered a psychotic state in him. A few days later I took him to a psychiatric hospital and the doctors gave him zyprexa. He became very groggy and felt very hopeless. Two weeks later he took his own life. | The zyprexa at no time seemed to help my son feel any better or think any clearer. It made him feel very tired and low energy, which in turn increased his feelings of wanting to commit suicide. | F | 58 | 2 weeks | 12/16/2008 | 1 | was feeling extremely hostile | My psychiatrist's nurse assured me when I asked about weight gain on Zyprexa, "it's such a small dose, so you shouldn't have a problem." Well, in just these two weeks, my weight has ballooned, abdomen sticks out, I am constipated, bloated, thirsty, miserable. Jeans that are normally loose are TIGHT. I cut back on food. NO change. While I feel better, the stressful situation that led to this "drug" had already begun to abate. Yes I crave frosted flakes...2 bowls (1% milk) right after eating 1/2 of a digiorno pizza, but that was both lunch and dinner and didn't do that all the time. Gonna call the nurse TOMORROW and tell her I want off this med...even if it means going back on seroquel. I won't live like this. I think 2 weeks and tight jeans is plenty of time to ser how well a med is working--- or NOT for me. Plus I am supposed to be around post-menopausal...hard enough to lose weight. I don't need the problems from Zyprexa too. | F | 47 | 2 weeks 2.5 mg | 8/4/2014 | 1 | Jealousy | Nearly died off it slept for 2days and nights straight then woke up and had a stroke for 2days i died but somehow clicked out of it lets say ive been to the otherside | 28 | 2 weeks 10mg | 1/7/2014 | 5 | bipolar | hunger, gained 2-3 pounds in one week | made me calm, stable, and a nicer person. it's a wonderful medication, but i gained 2-3 pounds in one week. i was craving carbs like crazy. i was on 2.5 mg. | F | 25 | 1 weeks | 1/7/2009 | 4 | Mood Disorder | Increased Hunger | My daughter was put on Zyprexa after trying 15 other medications. She has a Mood Disorder, ADHD, ODD and FASD. Initial response was AWESOME. Totally different child. After about 5 days, the old behavior began to resurface. It's not as bad as it was before, but still difficult. Dr. has added 1/4 ml Haldol twice daily. She'll take for the first time tonight. Hopefully it will help! | F | 5 | 1 weeks | 11/19/2008 | 3 | Depression + anxiety | Nada; friend experienced major weight gain leading to diabetes | My psychiatrist put me on this for a week, dose 2.5, in addition to 225 Effexor on the theory that it could boost me out of my depression. It helped, but it wasn't amazing; on the other hand the appetite didn't kick in. A close friend with manic depression was on it for several months and had a lot of weight gain, to the point that she had joint problems and early diabetes. She said it was great mentally but the price was too high (She's 51, by the way). | F | 20 | 1 weeks | 4/28/2008 | 1 | freak small elevation | Feel like shit,lost my spiritually, and have not been able to eat due to so much body fat and weight gain. Can someone tell me if the weight will come off. I have taken myself off it for 8 weeks now, hope l get better. Have lost 5 kilo, another 5 to go, no sex drive because in so fat. Can anyone help. I am not usually suffering mental health problems, help. Help, i need a swim . | F | 45 | 1 weeks | 5/29/2014 | 1 | I feel drugged, i feel my head heavy, i feel detached from the reality, like a zombie, hand tremors, palpitations throughout the body, i wake up with dry mouth and throat, i sleep more than 12 hous per day, i even missed classes to sleep a little more, i feel like parts of my brain were shut off, i only feel fine lying somewhere and still. | Poison | M | 23 | 1 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 7/28/2012 | 1 | Bi-polar, anxiety | I gained 20lbs in less than one month, and now am covered with stretch marks. I have not yet been diagnosed with diabetes, but I have almost all of the symptoms now. It basically ruined my life; I cannot wear shorts or skirts because my legs are always purple and have stretch marks. My appetite rapidly increased. | F | 17 | 1 weeks | 3/17/2007 |