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Open Question: Olanzapine............?
(Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:33:54 GMT)
How long does it take for my body to get used to this medication and the side effects of light headedness, muscle fatigue go away?? Thanks
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Open Question: How does Olanzapine work (Question for pharmacists, or other healthcare profesionals)?
(Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:27 GMT)
I understand that Olanzapine is an antagonist at both dopamine D2 and 5-HT2 receptors (among others). Now, I can see why Olanzapine may reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders as it acts to block dopamine at the receptor site, but I can't work out why introducing a 5-HT2 antagonist (as olanzapine is) would reduce the negative symptoms. Surely this would decrease serotonin transmission in the brain and increase the negative. I note that aripiprazole is a 5-HT2 agoni
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Voting Question: Is there any connection between diabetes and olanzapine?
(Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:11 GMT)
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Resolved Question: Cause of recurrent priapism?
(Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:32:38 GMT)
My husband is a Psychiatric Patient. We are in a huge dilemma and we really need some help. My husband has been taking Anti Depressants since last 10 years. Sometimes, he had to be put on Antipsychotics On and Off. But the biggest problem is that although these antipsychotics ( particularly Olanzapine ) work the best for him, he suffers from acute and recurrent Priapism ( prolonged continuous penile erection lasting from 10 hours to 37 hours, once he had to be Aspirated ) after taking these an
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Resolved Question: My mother is reacting very strangely to her pill prescription and needs help, anyone with same symptoms help!?
(Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:35:21 GMT)
Okay. I am a very concerned son, trying to find out what is going on with my mother, and I'm taking my chances everywhere I possibly can to try to find help. We take her to the hospital and to her regular doctor, almost every other day. My mother is on antidepressants and other various medications for cancer, kidney and liver failure, and nausea. Lately, she has been walking around in almost a 'zombie' like state, extremely slurred speech, very unstable balance, swollen tongue, nausea, diarrhe
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Resolved Question: did anyone become manic from olanzapine(other name zyprexa)?
(Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:52:46 GMT)
were you under 18 when it happened were you misdiagnosed with bipolar
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Voting Question: hi there , can you help me with this ?
(Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:41:20 GMT)
i havent had a period in 6/7 weeks , i take 15mg of valium a day and 20mg of olanzapine because i have bi polar. i have implanon in my arm but before i started taking these meds i had peroids every four weeks , do you hink the drugs have stopped my implanon working?
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Resolved Question: Does anyone have the following, i guess, 'side effects' from these medications?
(Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:37:19 GMT)
I take olanzapine wafers 10mg and fluoxetine 40mg, have done for about 2 months now on this combination, and now i just feel dead inside. I used to feel, maybe a bit too much, hence the tablets, but I feel well and truly past the point of any feelings that i cant even cry, or laugh. Is it normal that this medication makes you beyond feelings? I am aware that the meds are to stabilize me, but when they take everything away....
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Resolved Question: Do you think 19 olanzapine and 21 celexa could kill someone?
(Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:54:45 GMT)
if not kill you, what will it do to you?
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Resolved Question: If olanzapine is not addictive, how does it improve mood?
(Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:48:31 GMT)
Been on olanzapine for 5 months now and wondering if it actually does anything for me.
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Resolved Question: Does olanzapine conflict with anti-depressant medication?
(Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:30:49 GMT)
i read that olanzapine blocks the dopamine (D2) receptor and serotonin (5HT2A) receptor. Anti-depressants are made to increase serotonin. If olanzapine blocks the serotonin receptor, won't that counter the anti-depressant ?
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Resolved Question: what does olanzapine do to the brain?
(Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:08:03 GMT)
does it block the serotonin and dopamine receptors? if not, what does it do?
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Resolved Question: So I have Seroquel, Olanzapine and Fluoxetine. Can they kill?
(Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:50:27 GMT)
Can they kill peacefully if overdosed on all three taken with lots of alcohol?
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Resolved Question: Zyprexa has reduced my brain functioning capability?
(Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:49 GMT)
I am 25 years old and I have been on zyprexa (olanzapine) for almost 3 years. I had been initially diagnosed with substance induced short term psychosis and later been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I had two episodes of psychosis in 1 year successions & for a period of 3-5 months. I had lost my wife, my job and my friends due to this. I feel due to my illness and possibly the medication my cognitive ability to analyze,process and memorize tasks has diminished significantly. I notice this
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Resolved Question: Does anyone know of a 'legal' appetite suppressant?
(Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:44:01 GMT)
I have to take medication (Olanzapine) which makes me hungry all the time. It's terrible...
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Resolved Question: how much weight would you lose ina week on 800 kcals?
(Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:38:19 GMT)
i have bi polar and been put on olanzapine and i have put on 2 stone in two weeks, i know about healthy eating but just need to know how much you could lose
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Resolved Question: Overdosed Olanzapine?
(Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:39:33 GMT)
hi, on sunday i overdosed on olanzapine (zyprexa) 10mg i took 4 tablets the equivalent to 40mg i know its not a huge overdose but i still should not have taken that many. what my question is , its now wednesday and i still feel lightheaded (dizzy) , will this effect wear off? is there anything i can do to help it go away? thanks, oh and im 19.
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Resolved Question: how to get rid of obbessive thoughts?
(Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:19 GMT)
i am a very nervous person and am awful shy and have become obbsessed with thoughts of death and how to do it! i am not suicidal but just constantly think these bizzare thoughts and they are really getting me down! ive lost all my confidence and dont want to venture out of the house! ive been on olanzapine and prozac but still im constantly thinking! i suffer from ocd also! any help greatful!
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Voting Question: how do u get rid of unwanted obbessive thoughts?
(Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:50:57 GMT)
i am a very nervous person constantly and have become obbsessed with thoughts of death! i dont feel suicidal but i am constantly thinking of death and how to do it! i am nervous around everyone even my friends and ive lost all my confidence! how do u get rid of obbessive thoughts? ive been on olanzapine and prozac but these dont seem to be helping! any help grateful!
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Resolved Question: For people who take Olanzapine, how do you find it?
(Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:42:40 GMT)
Does it make you fat, have low amounts of energy etc
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Resolved Question: can olanzapine shrink the brain?
(Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:00:46 GMT)
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Resolved Question: Iv just started 5mg's olanzapine?
(Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:50:33 GMT)
and wanted to know how long will it take to work.
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Resolved Question: Is there anything after SSRI'S?
(Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:06:19 GMT)
I've been taking ssri's for depression for the last 7 years and have recently come to the conclusion that they are only placebo.I have been put on 5mg of olanzapine recently but don't think that its doing anything for me either. Is there any other type drug that i could suggest to my doc? I feel suicidal...
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Resolved Question: How does Aripiprazole (Abilify) work?
(Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:12:30 GMT)
I'm a student psychiatric nurse in the UK and I've noticed that quite a few clients are treated with Aripiprazole if they haven't had success with the standard atypicals (Olanzapine, Risperidone, etc.). However, looking at the pharmocology of this drug, I can't understand why it would work for individuals suffering from psychosis. As I understand it, both typical and atypical APs work as an antagonist at various dopamine receptor sites (specifically D2). However, Ariprprazole acts as a p
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Resolved Question: How can I increase my metabolic rate?
(Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:07:18 GMT)
I do exercise quite a bit but I'm on antipsychotics (olanzapine and haloperidol) which make me hungry too often. Instead of being hungry a lot, I would rather eat more but have a better metabolism so that I don't put on weight. I am 52kg and 1.64m tall.
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Resolved Question: OCD problems, need help?
(Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:29:54 GMT)
I had bad ocd for about a while now. Last month I developed severe depression because of my ocd. Although, my doctor raised the dosage of my prozac to 40mg, and put me on zyprexa (olanzapine)7.5mg, I lost my of my depression, but only helped a bit (25%) with my ocd. Recently , I've been constantly obsessing about my brother, and I'm scared of him, because of something (with little value) that I've done, and he was nagging me and annoying me about it for a day, which was about a week and a half
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Resolved Question: I went to my OB/gyn and I have postpartum psychosis....?
(Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:14:48 GMT)
I went to my doctor today and the diagnosed me. I have to go on a medicine called Olanzapine and I can't dance for at least a month. They actually wanted to hospitalize me because I cut my wrists a TINY bit, but my dad said he wanted me home... Does anyone suffer or know someone who suffers from this? Am I crazy? I feel out of control, I just want it to end... My mom decided to come home WITH the baby, which really makes me mad, plus I have to miss school. I feel so horrid right now! No my mo
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Resolved Question: How to stop my doctor from putting me on Olanzapine (Zyprexa) ?
(Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:41:05 GMT)
I'm bipolar and recently my doctor suggested replacing risperidone with Olanzapine. He warmed me very seriously that this medicine has a strong side effect of putting on weights. I refused and then he said we'll see how the situation goes. I googled on this topic and have a few questions to ask: Is it true that the reason why Olanzapine guts you on weight is not only because of the increased appetite, but unlike some other anti-depressants, also prevents calories from being burnt during exerc
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Resolved Question: i think i'd like to leave my psychiatrist, is this possible?
(Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:30:45 GMT)
i'm currently seeing a psychiatrist and cpn for psychosis but they really aren't helping me and i have reasons to believe that my psychiatrist is working for someone bad and evil towards me. i am currently on medication. i switched from olanzapine 10mg and am currently on 5mg of abilify but i'm worried they're going to make me increase my dosage. it took me ages to feel okay on abilify and i don't even think i need it! it's all so confusing. but i'm terrified they'll make me increase my dose
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Resolved Question: PLEASE HELP!!!!!! Zyprexa (olanzapine)?
(Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:53:01 GMT)
I took Zyprexa for 4 year. My doctor diminished it little by little and I am off zyprexa now having terrible withdrawal effects. First I have insomnia, auditory alucinations (which is a new symptom I didn´t have it before the pill or during the pill), im shaky, im confused. Did you have this symptoms? do they go away? I took zyprexa for depression not schizophrenia. I took 5mg, then 2,5 then half of it
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Resolved Question: Is there any ant psychotics that do not make you gain?
(Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:18:11 GMT)
weight or do they all come with weight gaining effects, and could you name some. Do you know why when I mention geodon to my doctors they say they have never heard of it, but want me to stay on medication that is causing me pain and making me gain weight (olanzapine)
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Voting Question: I am on mirtazapine and abilify?
(Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:34:51 GMT)
and I still feel terrible, I feel depressed, all the mirtazapine is doing is helping me sleep because I have insomnia. My psychiatrist will only change me to olanzapine but iv told him it is putting on too much weight and uncomfortable and painful when I walk. Is this what a psychiatrist job is to put you on something despite the serious side effects just because it makes you well. I have mild psychosis and schizo affective disorder.
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Resolved Question: question here, I have been diagnosed with bi polor and have the mental health people coming out?
(Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:02:20 GMT)
to do home visits and pump me up with medications such as lithium(invented in the land of Aussie land proud to say I am an Aussie) and they pump me up with Epilin, Olanzapine, Diazepam. They have just cut the dosage down today because it was effecting my day to day activities. I am female who is 40. How many of you out there are being pumped up on these things?By the way my old shrink says I have AD HD. and the mental health CAT team says I am bipolar, weird. how many of you out there find
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Resolved Question: Extremely unexpected responses from mood stabilizers.Desperate for help from China!!?
(Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:08:29 GMT)
Extremely unexpected responses from mood stabilizers.Desperate for help from China!!? thanks for your precious time！I am a 27yrs old male with Bipolar II(predominantly mild depression,Rapid cycling and Mixed, obvious anxiety) from Shandong, China. (pardon my English), I have had extremely unexpected responses from mood stabilizers, and ultra-sensitive to most of psychiatric medications When I first start a new drug or increase the dosage of the same med, I would immediately dysphoric/euphoric
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Resolved Question: do Chinese Meds work?
(Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:06:24 GMT)
I am on abilify 15mg's and mirtazapine 30mg's, the mirtazapine is making me gain uncomfortable weight and I manely take it to help my insomnia. If I was to go to one of them chinese medicine shops on the high streets and ask for some think to help me sleep, what should I expect. Will it work and is it safe to take with abilify and how much will it cost, I am in London. Please do not tell me to go to my doctor because my doctor and psychiatrist already no I have weight issues on me and insi
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Resolved Question: is Geodon an anti psychotic (hope iv spelt it right)?
(Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:47:46 GMT)
Is it any good, and why won't my psychiatrist offer me this, instead he is determined to put me on Olanzapine even though it is causing me to gain weight rapidly.
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Voting Question: does the amount of weight you gain depend on the dose?
(Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:09:23 GMT)
of Olanzapine you are taking, I was on 5mg's and gained three stone, my nurse is thinking about putting me back on it at 7.5 mg's will this make me gain twice as much weight? I do not want to go back on it because of health reasons but they say its the only drug they will give me.
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Resolved Question: Urgent question about what I should do about my anti-psychotics?
(Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:24:57 GMT)
- okay so i'm on abilify/aripiprazole for psychosis (i've had psychosis for 7 months now). - i went off zyrexa/olanzapine because it was making me fat and sleepy. it helped a bit with the voices. - i have just gone down from 10mg abilify to 5mg because it is making me feel incredibly nauseous, and dizzy and faint at times. - i am meant to be going on holiday this saturday. i have no idea what to do about my meds. i have only been on abilify for a week but i'm fed up with feeling so sick and
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Resolved Question: has anyone bought their meds from canada and is it safe?
(Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:12:04 GMT)
i'm thinking of buying generic zyprexa ( olanzapine ) it's the most economical way $200 for 100 vs. $307 for 30 at pharmacy. thank you in advance
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Voting Question: Do AntiPsycotics Cause Brain Damage?
(Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:05:15 GMT)
Is it true that they shrink the brain and destroy grey and white matter? Also I was on risperdal and olanzapine and seroquel for 2 yrs each high doses for ADHD and was smoking weed on all of em and now feel retarded. Is my brain shrunken? Thank
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Resolved Question: Can anyone tell me what Lyrinel and Olanzapine is for?
(Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:44:13 GMT)
I had to call a doctor for a member of my family, as he had been lying on my couch for over a week, playing with his laptop, and in his usual bad mood bad mood. The doctor thought my room was rather smelly, and gave me a prescription to take to the drugstore, not sure what this prescription is for, can anyone help.
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Resolved Question: Aripiprazole question?
(Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:04:01 GMT)
I was on olanzapine then came of them and my doctor gave me aripiprazole, and said they don't cause weight gain, I took them for one day but they made me feel week and sick, so I went back on the olanzapine without him knowing, the olanzapine makes me bloated and I gain too much weight so today iv gone back on the aripiprazole and feel sick in my tummy. will this feeling leave me and is it safe to switch from olanzapine to aripriprazole.
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Resolved Question: Higher dose of olanzapine?
(Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:33 GMT)
I need to be taking 20mg's of Olanzapine and at the moment I am only on 5mg's. Will taking 20mg's make me gain more weight?
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Resolved Question: Stopped Valproate because I was told it makes you gain weight?
(Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:14:21 GMT)
I put on a large amount of weight taking Seroquel & olanzapine. I've been on Sodium Valproate (epilim) since then, and it made me so much happier that I was able to lose 24lbs in the last 2mnths. A friend told me last week, that my body would get used to the valproate, & I'd put on weight, so I stopped. I'm more 'down' now & want to spend all day in bed; don't want to exercise. I also tend to eat more when unhappy, so feel valproate was better. Do you always gain weight on it? How come I was l
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Voting Question: I'm on olanzapine 5mg but I don't think its working?
(Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:43:28 GMT)
iv been with the mental team for more than five years but they said they don't know whats wrong with me, iv never told them this but i secretly thing i'm going to lead every one to africa and the radio stations that i listen to know i'm listening and they pass comments and they play certain songs for me, i think that posters on the billboards are aimed at me and I think that even some sections on yahoo are against me and when they know i'm around ask silly questions because they don't like me.
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Resolved Question: Should I tell the psychiatrist? How should I say it?
(Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:03:12 GMT)
(i'm currently switching meds from anti-psychotics olanzapine/zyprexa to aripiprazole/abilify) basically this month i haven't had a period... and i'm wondering if this is a side effect of my medication. i was only on olanzapine for 3 months but i don't know. do i need to tell my psychiatrist? the thing is i have a severe anxiety disorder and talking about that sort of stuff would be really difficult because i still get embarrassed by it even though i'm 18. what shall i say? how can i word i
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Resolved Question: Help With Birth Control?
(Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:02:10 GMT)
ok, so I'm 20 years old, I've been on Alesse (now known as Avaine) for a little over 4 years, and I'm having some concerns..can you give me some advice? are all bc's the same? do they all have the same side effect? is there a better birth control then others? i need to stay on the oral contraceptives because it's easier to plan around my week. -i don't smoke -i rarely drink (less than once a month) -i get horrible nausea sometimes a couple of days before, although i know its normal, it still
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Resolved Question: im on weight watchers following religiously but cant shift any more weight, why?
(Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:03 GMT)
I am 5'2, 11st 4lb and 20 yrs old. I do an hours walking a day but my arthralgia makes higher intensity exercise hard and painful. I take medications including Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Burspiron and Microgynon and the doctor told me it may increase my appetite and reduce my metabolism, could this be a factor? I want to do swimming and dance again but need my pain to ease before i can. My natural mother was curvy but slimmer. I have an overactive thyroid too. Im not just fat and gorging my face
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Resolved Question: What are your experiences of Aripiprazole/Abilify?
(Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:10:25 GMT)
i am switching from olanzapine/zyprexa to aripiprazole/abilify for psychosis. what are your experiences of this? if anyone can compare the two drugs with their experiences too that'd be great. i will be going up to 10mg and i'm coming off 10mg zyprexa because the weight gain and sedation have been unbearable. x
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Voting Question: Help reducing Zyprexa (olanzapine) dosage?
(Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:01:58 GMT)
My doctor decrease the dosage of zyprexa from half pill to 1/4 quarter pill. Today my mind went blind for a minute. What have been your symptoms reducing zyprexa (olanzapine)?? Did your symptoms come back after quiting zyprexa?
