I was told that zyprexa makes you want to eat more as well but I did not eat that much still while on zyprexa I was still depressed to eat much and if I did feel like I was craving food I would suck on sugar free lollies.....I did not over eat while zyprex I barly ate regular meals unless some on made me food and gave it to me in bed I would not eat and even then I stuggled to eat what I was given......Once I finally was up and about and feel'n a little better I still stuggled to convince my self to eat or make food I would make a weight loss shack to drink because I did not want to eat any thing but I was so hungry......I think one of the reason I was put on zyprexa was to make me want to eat but I just do not feel that I ate too much, I eat more now than I did back then, and I now go to gym and for swim's and I lot 10kg very quickly but my weight loss has halted but is stabble because i got sick and cant push my self in the gym to make my matabilisim kick back in again to start loosing, every time I finally start to push my self harder I get really sick or I have a very serious asthma attack that last over a week the last time I was put on steroid tablets to help fix my asthma....I have never had serious asthma ever in my whole life just exercise induced very mild asthma that could be easily controlled.

The other biggest problem I had with zyprexa was the pains in my legs it hurt so bad to walk I was taking pain meds just to go the local shops for a 5 min walk because it hurt to lift my feet of the ground....it took over 6mth after coming off zyprexa for the pain to finally go away but I still have serious fatiuge in my legs proberly party because I really have not walked much and use to walk for hours every where I went I walked before my depression, its feels better since I been using weights at the gym to strengthen my mussels again but I dont feel this is the whole reason. I still have plenty of days where just walking to bus stop 5 mins down the road is so hard because I feel like I'm going to faint or lmy knees will give out or I just wont beable to take another step and will have to sit on the ground to rest for I dont how long till I regain some energy to make my self pick my legs up off the ground. I'm determined to get when walking was enjoyable and relaxing to me rather than the hardest thing to do. I keep getting told the fatiuge is depression related ect but I just zyprexa had a a large impact on it as the most of the fatige starts in my legs and as I stuggle to pick them up and put one foor in front of the other it spreads to my whole body.......But I still know with out zyprexa I would still be in bed so depressed and scared of getting out of bed and I thank goodness I was put on it and I'm now strong enough to fight for life with out zyprexa every day.....I was only taking a 1/4 of 5mg zyprexa waffer tablet thats only 1.25 mg every day......since coming off zyprexa I have very days that scared me making me think I had to do something drastic or I'm gona end up back on zyprexa again but I got threw them.

As I said I would use it a last resort med it's an anti phycotic med so unless your moods are uncontrollable or you have delusions I would ask to try some thing els first.