Fluoxetine / olanzapine and Tiredness: What Users Say

• Von...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 14, 2019

Fluoxetine / olanzapine for Bipolar Disorder "Day 4. Wow!!! I feel alive for the first time in 25 years. Tired first few days but am full of energy. No excess hunger yet either. Just feel great after feeling at the end of the road for so long. Wish I would have been put on this much sooner!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 13, 2013

Fluoxetine / olanzapine for Bipolar Disorder "I don't get majorly depressed anymore or suicidal. My only problem is being so tired all the time. I used to work a lot and be up for days sometimes and required only 3-5 hours of sleep per night. Now sometimes I do nothing but sleep for as long as 5-6 days, only getting up to eat, shower, and use the bathroom. My energy level has gone from 9 to 3 on a good day. Marriage is in trouble too. I've had dosage adjustments all over the place and am back to my starting dose of 3/25. 6/50 was the worst. Now taking an additional 20 mg of fluoxetine during the day, but it doesn't help so I'm stopping that. I'll stick with the lowest dose and start drinking coffee or something to get me going. I'm a 52-year-old male in good shape. No reason for the tiredness."

• Evi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 17, 2015

For Major Depressive Disorder "This was a good med for crisis mode. After crisis time, I got off the olanzapine and stayed on just the antidepressant, fluoxetine. The olanzapine makes you tired and fat if you're on it long, but works to calm crazy thoughts. Take it about 2 hours before bedtime, and you will sleep like a baby. Lowest dose for me."

• Yes...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 14, 2022

Fluoxetine / olanzapine for Bipolar Disorder "I have bipolar disorder. I’ve been on Lexapro and Prozac just by itself. Lexapro made me feel nothing, and Prozac was better, but it did nothing to control my hypomania, and I had delusions while taking it. I tried out the Symbyax combo for about 6 months. I was tired. I was so tired all of the time. I only wanted to sleep and eat. As somebody who suffered from severe insomnia from birth, that was helpful, but I slept 20 hours a day on my days off. It gave me tremors in the morning, and my heart raced, but that went away. It got me through my days, sure, but I was 130 lbs at the start of the treatment and was 180 by the time I pulled myself off of it. I’m 5’0, mind you, and that was horrible. I will never use this ever again. It wasn’t worth it for me."

• Anonymous
• July 22, 2011

Fluoxetine / olanzapine for Depression "I have been taking Symbyax for 2 years. It saved my life! The biggest problems I have are no energy, weight gain, and the cost. Would I quit taking it? NO!"