User Reviews for olanzapine oral

Olananzapine has been known to cause breast cancer .that more than enough for me to quit taking it .ive been sick to death for over a month with headaches hot fashes and nausea i feel like I'm dying and hope the withdrawal symptoms go away soon its been awful feeling sick every day .been on olanzapine for three yrs

I took Olanzapine from 1997-2013, so I have a lot of experience. Worst part: my weight DOUBLED in a few months. I went from 93 lbs to 186. I am only 5'2" so I rocketed into obesity. Pro: gradually over several years, I was able to accept my illness. And the awful weight gain. One day I woke up and saw color instead of the gray I'd been in for years. The voices went away after 10 years on the medication. Depression eased but I was also taking 3 antidepressants at the same time. Any good it did may simply have been a matter of time, not a med effect. Con: I slept 16 hrs a day. I totally lost my sense of humor. I was a total zombie. I could not read or watch a movie and understand any of the plot or follow the dialogue. It was hell getting off of it even with 2 yrs of very slow careful tapering. I lost 60 lbs once off of it and regained my sense of humor. In my living will I asked not to ever be put on olanzapine again. Ever. It is one of the worst things that ever happened to me.Read More Read Less

It kills off all the negative thought in one stroke, one pill of 10 mg kills it after days of hallucinations, as for weight gain I suggest you associate more with sex and love than food, because sex and food are interchangeable, you can choose, also eat only twice a day and in evening eat snack, have more sex and less food, don't eat bread or rice, if you are on spiritual path then it helps take away the visions, you can imagine seeing Jesus and it is just your mind playing trick, Olanzapine will ground you and let you progress in meditation and silence, you are faced with 2 choices, either rot and die or take advantage of the sanity Olanzapine provide to seek spiritual, find someone you love and have sex rather than eat, and meditate, because your soul is not your mind, but without a calm mind you cannot reach the soul, also I heard that enlightened people cannot sleep because of too much light, and sleep rejuvenate so if you are enlightened, Olanzapine can help you sleepRead More Read Less

My mother was diagnosed with late onset Alzheimer's dementia and had a prior history of frequent outbursts, ease to anger, escalation of simple situations to screaming, and predominantly negative thinking. It was becoming very difficult to be around her because even on Christmas Day with a presentation of gifts and anticipation of nice dinner being prepared for her, she escalated to a screaming rage within 20 minutes of arrival. She has been on Olanzapine since March 2022 (in conjunction with Fluoxetine) and the changes have been dramatic: No inappropriate outbursts and anger triggers have significantly diminished. She reports feeling much calmer and less stressed (and even her blood pressure has been consistently lower :) In addition, she had no negative side effects and no drowsiness. This drug was a life-saver for her and her family!Read More Read Less

Been on this medication for over 20 years. Puts my bipolar in check. Able to live a normal life. Married, have children & have been self employed & also have a cdl.

Used with Metformin to balance the chemical imbalance, which is the downside of this drug, can in my case ease the negative side affects. Research this very common drug, I did and the doctor prescribed it.

I've been on olanzapine for 3 years now. I had a lot of side effects like drooling, heavy eye lids numbness, which went away after a few weeks. The biggest negative side effect is weight gain. I gained 50lbs on it, and now I'm overweight. I'm trying to lose all the weight by working out and eating healthy. Overall, it has helped me to stop hearing voices, delusional thinking, and mood swings.

I have been taking olanzapine for four years. It has worked well to improve my sleep. I recently had major life stress and psych increased to 5mg night and 2.5mg morning, to date it has helped with anxiety so hoping this will help. I gained 20kg in first year eating junk foods and just recently joined weight watchers. I have lost 10kg while on olazapine.

Put on 3 stone, hooked on this drug, cant get off it

It made me want to sleep all day. It made me so tired , I would have to take a 2hr nap several times a day. I had zero energy.

I struggled with bipolar disorder my entire life. My depression lasted years with little to no breaks. I had a manic episode that caused me to seek outpatient care. Where I was diagnosed with psychosis and then prescribed Olanzapine. I’ve been taking it for a little over 3 months. The symptoms I’m experiencing are increase in apatite and weight gain. However if you are an athlete like me the symptoms should be manageable. Olanzapine helps with insomnia as well. During my manic episodes racing thoughts would keep me awake. These racing thoughts and delusional thinking at that have subsided although they haven’t stopped entirely. I like Olanzapine and I don’t think you should be afraid of trying it to help with your mood. It’s a very good mood stabilizer.Read More Read Less

It helped at first. I was prescribed 5mg for mania. It instantly knocks you out but gives you a LOT of side effects. I went from being an athlete with abs at 78kg to 115kg almost prediabetic. Be careful with this medication.

Olanzipine does what It needs to do however it can cause weight gain and essesive eating later during the night after taking it. I struggled with my weight ever since 2018 being on it. I've managed to introduce excises once a day for 2 has a day. I was a over 100 kiols and maneged to get in the 90s now. If you don't want to gain weight suggest other medications as olanzipine without excises and poor diet leads to extreme weight gain. Hope my advise can help you

From the first day I tried this I hated it, but was stuck on it for some unknown reason (trauma maybe?) then three years later, still stuck on it and things manage to get worse. Now five and a half years later and they got EVEN WORSE. I was able to lower from 15mg to 10mg but am stuck on that now and life could not be worse. This drug has completely ruined me, high blood pressure since I started it, weight gain, smoking habit that I cannot stop no matter what I do, not to mention the constant fear and terror I feel on it that drives me to try another antipsychotic just to realize i'm either too addicted to this one or none of the other antipsychotics out there work. I didn't have a choice in taking this but if you do... PLEASE look for an alternative, this thing will cripple you and enslave you all in the same go.Read More Read Less

Be careful, this drug can cause EXTREME withdrawal symptoms if you try to go off them. I am not sure why they prescribed this to me for normal depression, but this medication wasn’t helping me at all. I never had trouble sleeping before, but I became dependent on this drug to sleep. I cannot sleep without it anymore. The worst is how, even while tapering off with the help of a professional, I get extremely sick if I stop taking it. Constant nausea and vomiting and intense anxiety attacks that don’t stop until I begin taking it again. Numerous times, I have spent two weeks throwing up nonstop and being bedridden before I gave up and began taking the medication again. To this day I continue to be dependent and addicted to a drug I do not need. I cannot speak for its effectiveness with schizophrenia or insomnia, as I do not have those.Read More Read Less

This medicine is horrible. I am 14 years old and gained almost 80 pounds taking it from January to June. My family members told me i was acting meaner and was very tired when I was on it, but it reduced my symptoms of OCD, so i stayed on it. Please do not take this medicine.... find an alternative I did like 2 -3 weeks ago and ive already lost almost 10 pounds.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDICATION! It has been absolute h*ll I started this drug after pregnancy about 2.5 years ago. At first it seemed like it was really stabilizing my mood… but then everything started happening I was getting VERY nauseous every single day I was living off nausea meds for the last 2.5 years .. there wasn’t a single day that went by that I didn’t take them. My doctor just kept saying it wasn’t my meds. Next… I gained 80+ pounds while on this medication which…. GAVE ME TYPE 2 DIABETES!!!! My other doctor (my primary care doctor) told me this medication caused all these issues and didn’t know why my doctor didn’t get me off sooner Ok… so eventually in may I start weening down I was at 10mg Then 7.5 To 5mg and then 2.5mg A week ago my doctor said “hey it’s such a small dosage just completely stop taking it if you want” So I did…. I AM HAVING THE WORST WITHDRAWAL she never mentioned any of this! I have been sleeping next to a garbage can for 5 days! I am dizzy, shaking, i have the chills and am extremely cold She told me nobody gets withdrawals Last night I googled it (please do research on this drug) and NUMEROUS (a TON) of people had the exact same experience as me and their withdrawal was HORRIBLE! Some said it lasted weeks to months… and they had horrible lingering effects from this drug This drug has RUINED MY LIFE Since getting off and lowering my dose I have lost 16 pounds in 6 weeks So this medication just made me eat eat and EAT it was horrible I now have diabetes and have to work on that every single day I was sick for 2.5 years of MY LIFE!!!! This drug is horrible. I don’t understand why they still prescribe it to people! I am not the only one with this experience… please do your research!!!Read More Read Less

It hasn't helped me with my anger and yelling this drug is weak and pitiful it doesn't work for me my anger is still there mentally and emotionally hurting physically and mentally I hate it

For acute psychosis, was prescribed 5mg tablets. Taking them at night, I still had severe drowsiness through the day. I split it into 2.5mg pills (doctor approved) and still took at night, which worked well for me. Almost immediately eliminated delusions and hallucinations, and I felt my mood improve (I also experience depression). I didn’t take the medication one night to see if the psychosis had lessened; I hallucinated again and took the 2.5 dose and it worked fo eliminate symptoms within 1 hour. Can’t speak to long term treatment (though that’s likely where I’m headed).Read More Read Less

I’m a 16 year old teenage girl. I’ve been taking this since I was 5. It is super effective at treating my bipolar and anger. I take 20 mg