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#1
Sep 24, 2016, 02:41 PM
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I'm on olanzapine and wondering what others have experienced. For me it was just weight gain.
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I'm on a mix of meds. Who knows at this pont.. 
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Sep 24, 2016, 04:37 PM
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For me it was just weight gain as well.
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Sep 24, 2016, 05:02 PM
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I have only taken it a couple of times and it was horrible each time it made me a zombie for 3 days and the next time gave me a wicked case of the munchies
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Sep 24, 2016, 06:06 PM
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zombie like sleepiness
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#5
Sep 24, 2016, 07:06 PM
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It increased my appetite but it also calmed me down a lot. If it weren't for the weight gain I'd still be on it.
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Sep 24, 2016, 10:05 PM
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Weight gain and high cholesterol
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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#7
Sep 24, 2016, 10:16 PM
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It chilled me out big time. Too much. I slept 14hrs a day and my range of emotional expression was flat. And I gained 25 lbs which I haven't lost to this day.
But at the time it was what I needed; it knocked me out of my mixed episode/suicidality and onto my arse.
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Bipolar II Currently attempting med-free with therapy. We'll see how it goes. "Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil, struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness." -Vasily Grossman |
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Sep 24, 2016, 10:21 PM
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I wanted to eat my sofa
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#9
Sep 24, 2016, 10:28 PM
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It made me gain a lot of weight as well as a decreased libedo but it worked well for me for a long time... Till I was diagnosed with Tardive Disconesia . That shook things up a bit.
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“Then what is your advice to new practitioners”? “The same as for old practitioners! Keep at it “. Ajahn Chah Bipolar 1 PTSD Social Anxiety Disorder Panic Attacks Parkinsonism Dissociative Amnesia Abilify 15mg Viiibryd 40mg Clonzapam.05mg x2 Depakote 1500mg Gabapentin 300mg x 3 Wellbutrin 300mg Carbidopa/Levodopa 25mg-100mg x 3 |
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#10
Sep 25, 2016, 12:17 AM
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My friend had extreme nervousness on this drug it was so frightening he refused to be put back on
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Sep 25, 2016, 12:21 AM
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I've been on it for a long time and I can honestly say that it's the glue that holds me together. I tried going off of it once and suffered greatly, despite the fact that I'm on several other drugs for BP. I'm only on 5 mg but it's enough to keep me very stable. I did gain weight on it in the beginning, but have lost it all and more besides. (That's because my husband passed away a couple of months ago and I lost my appetite, which hasn't returned.) But even if I hadn't been able to lose that weight, it would be worth it to me to stay on Zyprexa indefinitely.
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#12
Sep 25, 2016, 09:43 PM
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Ive lost weight fortunately
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