Olanzapine for Insomnia User Reviews (Page 5)
Brand names: Zyprexa, Zyprexa Zydis, Zyprexa Relprevv, Zyprexa Intramuscular
Olanzapine has an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 from a total of 102 reviews for the off-label treatment of Insomnia. 43% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 35% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Olanzapine
- Anonymous
- November 16, 2015
"I can finally sleep at night again"
- bronson
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- July 12, 2016
"great medicine for strange thinking or ocd. gained over 70lbs though"
- Dee
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- July 29, 2021
"I took this drug for a year, my doctor, prescribed it to me for sleep, oh my stars, I cannot believe a doctor can be so uneducated and irresponsible to use this as a sleeping pill."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 21, 2018
"This is the worst drug for anything made me paranoid and couldn't do anything. I talk to a psychiatrist on the 29th hopefully I can convince her to take me off, she isn't the one that put me on it."
Are you taking this medicine?
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 29, 2023
"I was on the drug for 3 months and now I cant sleep. Has anyones sleep improved with time after they got insomnia?"
- ACDF
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- October 24, 2022
"Stay away from this medication. I was on 10 mg for about 8 months for insomnia. I tapered off about 3 weeks ago and since stopping I have barely slept."
- asdet
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 10, 2021
"I had 15mg once, this stuff is useless. I had amnesia and felt weird, cannot recommend this medication for anything."
- cody
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 20, 2023
"Great for my sleep issues and bipolar. Works great. I take 60mg a night."
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