Stopped my anxiety attacks (two recent visits to ER). At the ER they gave me lorazepam. My doctor put me on 5 mg per day olanzapine because lorazepam is a depressant and could trigger another anxiety atack (paradoxically even though it is an antianxiolitic) before the flouxetine he also prescribed stabilizes me. I had to reduce to 2.5 mg after first dose of olanzapine because of severe lethargy (M...
Dani | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
9/10/2022
Condition: Bipolar Disorder in Remission
Overall rating 3.3
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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
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666zapine | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
9/5/2022
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 1.0
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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
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Amy | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
8/9/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.0
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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
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Anonymous | 13-18 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
8/7/2022
Condition: Mental Disorder with Loss of Normal Personality & Reality
Overall rating 2.7
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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.
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Britt | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
7/7/2022
Condition: Depression associated with Bipolar Disorder, Adjunct Treatment
Overall rating 1.0
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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
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Angry man a | 19-24 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
6/27/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.3
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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
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Anonymous | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/22/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.3
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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
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Ashley | 13-18 | Female | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
5/21/2022
Condition: Bipolar Disorder in Remission
Overall rating 5.0
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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
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juju | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
5/11/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.3
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I have OCD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I started taking Olanzapine because of an acute OCD episode. It helped me so much, but I couldn't deal with the side effects. It basically eliminated my OCD thoughts and it also helped me sleep better. But, I gained a lot of weight quickly and my cholesterol went up a lot. So I decided to discontinue the medicine.
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Magpie126 | Patient
5/6/2022
Condition: Bipolar I Disorder with Most Recent Episode Mixed
Overall rating 3.0
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I’m bipolar and it’s been fairly under control for a long time with just little hypomanic episodes here and there lasting a few days at the most. Recently though I started a hypomanic episode that got progressively worse and I knew I had to call my doctor for help and she put me on this med. she told me from the get go that it’s a “heavy hitter” and I’ve taken enough psych meds to know how that goes. This is my fourth day on it and I have been seriously been sleeping most of each day and am groggy when I’m not sleeping nodding off while watching tv or on my computer. As for stopping the hypomania I can’t tell if it’s doing anything and luckily my doctor said I would be on it less than 2 weeks, oh and I am only on 2.5mg! Thank goodness I am not working right now because I probably would be fired as there is absolutely NO way I can work while taking this. I am also fortunate enough (or unfortunate) to have lots of experience in taking new psych meds so I know they can make you tired. I’m going to see how I feel when I hit one week but I REFUSE to take this more than 2 weeks, I’d rather be hypomanic Read More Read Less
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Anonymous | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
1/24/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 2.7
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I took Olanzipine due to midnight awakening. And it helped for sure. I slept throughout the night for 7 or 8 hours when I took the medicine. But the side effects were terrible. I gained weight which is a common side effect. And even worse than that I started to see and imagine things on my skin starting from having tightly packed holes or pores on my skin out of which little things came out and later insects or clusters of pins attached to my skin and sometimes spikes coming out of my skin which made me go crazy because it made me feel really uncomfortable. Even seeing images or videos of things like that made me go crazy. I couldn't even look at the Coronavirus symbol because it had things coming out of it and I imagined it on my skin. This is a terrible side effect which made me immediately stop the pill and it is taking months for this side effect to ware off. I hate this pill and advise against it. Read More Read Less
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Thinker | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
9/4/2021
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.3
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This medicine caused me incredible problems after 2 months of use. After the planting, hell ensued. It took me a whole year to start feeling better, I hardly slept all year, I lost my appetite, I was constantly shaking, I was alternately cold and hot. I was mentally at the bottom. I couldn't live normally. It wasn't until a year later that it started to improve, then I started my own medicine and in 1/2 year I was completely healthy and without consequences. Now I'm going to file a lawsuit against the doctor.Read More Read Less
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8/8/2021
Condition: Other
Overall rating 4.0
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Was going through post traumatic stress disorder and my psychiatrist doctor prescribe olanzipan 2.5mg.it help me sleep at night but with the side effects of palpitations, trembling, numbness etc.apart from these side effect the medication has help me subsided my symptoms. But very difficult in dealing with side effects of medicine. But don't plan taking it for a long period
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Faiza Shariff | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/27/2021
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 5.0
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When I was 25 I was diagnosed with Severe Manic Bi-Polar Disorder. What a relief, I finally had a reason why I acted the way I did. Tried every cocktail of pills imaginable. I live in a constant state of mania. The mania is so bad I actually woke up in the middle of heart surgery, and they couldn’t put me back out. When I was 37 I decided no more meds. I had a good ten years, now it’s back with a vengeance. I got a new job. I didn’t realize I was so manic until a few people asked me if I was “coked up” I went to my Dr. and he added Olanzapine to my current cocktail. It’s only been a week, but I am very calm inside. A big part of me is my big personality. The way society is, it’s better that they think I’m a coke head than tell them the truth, that I have a mental illness. I already have what they call flat affect. No highs, no lows, nothing. I feel nothing. I feel like they just medicate us so we can try to fit into the “norms of society”. I am emotionally chemically restrained. I don’t fit in anywhere. I’m not suicidal or homicidal. This is a horrible roller coaster to be on, and all the psychiatrist does is let you talk for about an hour and refills scripts. They don’t really want to address the actual trauma that got me here. Read More Read Less
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Anonymous | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
6/21/2021
Condition: Bipolar Disorder in Remission
Overall rating 4.7
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This medication helped get me back on track after an experience with a bad psychiatrist. I lost a couple years. It really helps with delusions, voices and racing thoughts. It also has a calming effect. It helped my thoughts become more organized. It definitely has some side effect like feeling like your in a coma or detached feelings. Also walking is more difficult so I take the lowest possible dose now 2.5 mg. It keeps you mood in neutral with no highs and lows. One disappointing down side is that you won’t have an orgasm during sex anymore.Read More Read Less
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Overseas patien | 65-74 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/3/2021
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.0
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They start using this medicine for my dad yday after that he see some people around us and talk to nobody he imagine some people come and go and he see animals and snakes I advise nobody used this poison plz safe your life it’s like drugs ????????????Be careful. Only one time and my father became like crazy talking to himself and confused. Bad medicine I wish they stopped
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Jason Mehlhoff | 45-54 | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
2/16/2021
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 5.0
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I have been on Zyprexa since 2000. This medication has saved my life I feel. I am working. I live a good life. I am fairly happy. Things are good. I believe this medication can work for certain people. Best wishes to you all. There is hope.
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Furious | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/13/2020
Condition: Bipolar I Disorder with Most Recent Episode Mixed
Overall rating 1.0
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I was prescribed this medication as Zyprexa, a "mood stabilizer", not knowing that it is really an anti-seizure drug. My throat swelled shut on less than 1mg--I was almost gasping for air. A few years later a different doctor gave me the same drug as "olanzapine", also not mentioning why I should take it. This time I was prescribed 10mg doses instead of 2.5mg, which the pharmacy failed to notice despite the warning of "allergic to Zyprexa." Never were side effects mentioned by the doctors. Later I was forcibly injected with this horrible drug after I had told ER personnel to check with the pharmacy, that I was allergic. Instead, I got a high-dose injection (10mg, plus Ativan, plus Haldol) and I went comatose, then got very very ill in my guts. I could not walk at all. My son said that there was "no speaking with [me] at all" on olanzapine. I think this is a terrible drug. In the hospital, nearly all the people taking antipsychotics and "mood stabilizers" had iatrogenic (doctor-caused) tardive dyskinesias. These movement disorders are usually permanent, are embarrassing, and stigmatizing. TDs are close to untreatable. I now have done research and believe that nearly all the psychotropics are neuroleptics: they are damaging to nerve cells in the brain. Not "balancing nerve chemical imbalances" -- as the advertising goes. It took me a long time to get past the nerve spasms I got from forced injections of powerful drugs. No one at the hospital bothered to ask about trauma, or about what non-drug treatments would help me. They only offered drugs, drugs, drugs. I have reported medical malpractice because no one believed me that I could not tolerate Zyprexa/olanzapine. For me, this drug was torture, and put me into a state of being "beside myself", staggeringly unable to speak, walk, express myself, with nerve pains and tingling, with painful constipation followed by relentless diarrhea, constricted airways (I say "coma", the nurse wrote "resting comfortably"!). Read More Read Less
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JFH4040 | Patient
7/12/2020
Condition: Bipolar Disorder in Remission
Overall rating 4.7
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Have been taking only four days, Really helps with the Bipolar Insomnia. May not get a lot of sleep, but the quality of sleep is greatly improved feel refreshed if only sleeping a few hours. A side effect is now I have the appetite of Velociraptor!
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Anonymous | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
6/11/2020
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 1.0
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Heavy metal Poisoning from Titanium Dioxide and Iron oxide. Clear correlation. Opadry is a company that big pharma uses for psychiatric meds. I suggest doing a lot of research. I took copious amounts of hyxrooxyzine HCL as reccomended for anxiety for over 1 month and developed schitzophrenia. Very clear correlation and and buildup in symptoms. Metal induced schitzophrenia can be removed completely if caught right away. Solution: -Copious amounts of vitamin C (liposomal is best) combined with MSM (2,000mg) -Drink tons of water and exercise to sweat to excrete wastes -Sauna or steam room or sweat toxins -Dr. Christopher’s blood stream formula (first school of natural medicine in the western United States) used to treat for heavy metal poisoning. -Dr. Schulze potent detox herbs -frequent Epsom salt baths in distilled water -Cilantro and Chlorella (very powerful removing heavy metal poisoning) concentrated tincture -Vitamin B12, Vitamin B1, folic acidic. Neuroprotective. Chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax oil, neuro nourishing. -Vitamin C injection if severe -Eat only organic foods, lots of vegetables, fruits. Organic blueberries are high in anti-oxidants. -Eat balance amount of fats. Chia seeds, non-lignan flax oil, hemp seeds are most effective. Fats are very important for brain health. -Drink tons of water. Reverse osmosis or distilled water with trace minerals added, spring water is OK. -Tap water is Southern California is hard and municipal water supply contains toxic chemicals -Culligan charcoal water filter attaches to vitamin C filter (found on amazon) -Ginger, Tumeric with food -Chinese medicine doctor, Naturopathic doctor ND, DO, for herbs.Read More Read Less
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