I know what you mean about the weight thing. I have long had a love/hate relationship with Zyprexa for the very same reason. I'm obese and diabetic to begin with, and then you add "Vitamin Z" to the mix and you have a mess. Or not---I've been on Zyprexa for five months this time and have gained only about 12 lbs, and my blood sugars have been OK. The first time I was on it, I gained 25 lbs in four weeks and my sugars went out of control.

Don't know why I'm tolerating Zyprexa better this time, but I'm glad of it because it's the only drug that really works. The others I'm on are good, but I was still having lots of breakthrough episodes that have largely gone away since I've been back on the Z. The problem with me is that ALL meds work, for awhile.....then I have to increase the dosage or start taking something else, and nothing ever gets subtracted because it takes all of it to keep me steady. But I'll put up with the "extra" extra weight if it means being sane most of the time. BTW I wish I weighed 189 lbs., that would be cause for celebration!