Fluoxetine / olanzapine for Bipolar Disorder User Reviews (Page 2)

Brand names: Symbyax

Fluoxetine / olanzapine has an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 from a total of 44 reviews for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder. 75% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 14% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Fluoxetine / olanzapine

Times
June 17, 2009

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I was on this for several months and my mentality improved 100%. I have not felt so good in years. I was absolutely amazed by this medicine. I am only giving it a 7 for the simple fact that not only did it cause weight gain, but my ankles and fingers stayed swollen and was painful. I tried taking Lasix to get rid of the swelling, but it just never worked. I really hated to come off this medicine."

7 / 10

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skoot...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
May 31, 2022

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I took symbyax for six years until it caused me to start having seizures. Stopping Symbyax was a nightmarish hell. It was the most horrific experience of my life. Zyprexa is a very bad drug. Mixing it with prozac and calling it another name does not take away its destructive effects on peoples lives! Symbyax and anything with zyprexa in it should be removed from the market!"

1 / 10

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Dadvo...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
August 4, 2017

"I've been suffering from Bi-polar since diagnosed as a teen. I'm almost 40 now and I spent a better part of those years unmedicated. I had a lot of therapies however, and did well managing with the "tools" given to me over the years. In 2014 I began to exhibit signs of OCD and in 2016 Anxiety (both can be bed fellows with Bipolar) It was the anxiety that landed me at my doctors office. 2 weeks before departing for Europe and I began to have severe anxiety attacks. I was prescribed effexor, which did NOT work for me, then down the line of SSRIs , finally we tried Prozac. It worked very well for me, it even helped a little with the mania. But it did help wonders with depression and anxiety and I am functioning about 75% better than I was."

8 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 10 years or more
March 11, 2018

"I took symbyax for 11 yrs. But last year I couldn't afford it so Dr switched me to 2 seperate pills fluoxetine and olanzapine. It still seems to stabilize my moods and haven't been way up manic or way down depressed since I've taken it all these years. And like everyone says it definitely makes you gain weight. Rather increased appetite..hence 40 pd weight gain. But I prob would've never gotten married and had kids if it weren't for this medicine mixture. Nobody could handle me with my severe mood swings before I started this."

9 / 10

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Kat
Taken for 1 to 6 months
December 30, 2020

"Hello guys, Please note anyone going through Bipolar 1, psychosis, schizophrenia DO NOT TAKE this combo (olanzapine /fluoxetine) ! Will spike your condition to the max and make it 20 times worse .. gives you psychosis like crazy and makes you way more depressed! Needed to take lorazepam to calm it down . Please beware, best of luck"

1 / 10

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Gerald...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
July 16, 2019

"Was previously put on a plethora of medications before coming to this combo fluoxetine/olanzapine. I find this one manageable with my symptoms as it has helped me a lot. I am starting to gain a little bit of weight but it's worth it to be sane."

10 / 10

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Shanun
Taken for 2 to 5 years
May 4, 2022

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "Was diagnosed bipolar 1, ADHD and GAD at 18 and am now 38 and have taken a large gamut of the medications available on the market. 2 caused Stephens Johnson’s syndrome, some have caused rashes , some cycling. Some severe depression. Some hypomanic. I was on Latuda and gabapentin , and adderall for ADHD for 8 years and thought I was feeling pretty great, however I developed TD and had to stop. After several attempts at some newer meds we settled on supposedly the tried and true symbiax. I have spent the past 3 years feeling amazing. Legit every single person in my life has commented how I’m much more relaxed and easy going. I’m able to do things I don’t recall doing in my adult life like travel or drive at night without severe anxiety. I haven’t cycled in 3 years and while I’ve had some ups and downs like everyone does, it’s manageable and I’m able o function and work through it. HOWEVER. The 46lb weight gain is my breaking point. Weaning off back to the drawing board"

6 / 10

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

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "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."

1 / 10

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Anonymous
March 30, 2008

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I've only been taking this for a little over a month, and I can already tell a big difference. I feel 10 times better."

7 / 10

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labaj...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 18, 2015

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I've been on this medication for 2 months and this is the best I have felt in the 4 years since I was diagnosed with bipolar I. Only problem is I've gained about 10 pounds."

8 / 10

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Anonymous
August 12, 2008

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "Been taking it for about one month. Feel like a new person."

8 / 10

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Jeff
January 16, 2015

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "While it helped with the disorder, I gained 40 lbs in 5 months. I stopped taking it 6 months ago and I already lost 30 lbs."

1 / 10

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Anonymous
March 10, 2009

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I have been on this for almost a year and a half now. This medicine has changed my life. It has worked wonders for me."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
August 28, 2020

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "This medication Symbyax saved my life! Had tried Everything else"

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Anonymous
October 17, 2010

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "Helps against sadness, and strongly counters moderate urges to drink at a stressful, confusing time in my life."

8 / 10

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timmay
June 3, 2010

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "I was diagnosed with bipolar I, four years ago. I have been on Symbyax for two years. This medicine is really awesome but after a while it loses effectiveness. Will see about increasing dosage."

8 / 10

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marsh...
December 28, 2008

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "This medicine worked for me except the side effect of swelling feet and ankles, and pain in the ankles. I stopped the medicine on my own due to the swelling."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
November 25, 2008

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "Have been on it for one week and showing improvement."

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Jojo_D
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 2, 2017

"This medication is absolutely wonderful! I am much happier and calmer, but no mania either. The only downside is the weight gain. Other than that, Symbyax makes me feel great!"

9 / 10

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sweet...
October 23, 2016

Symbyax (fluoxetine / olanzapine) "depression and listlessness loss of appetite"

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kel
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
February 12, 2020

"I had a bit of drowsiness when I started taking fluoxetine but this resolved and it really helped my symptoms"

9 / 10

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Hen
Taken for less than 1 month
January 1, 2020

"I’ve been taking this for a week now, everybody else seems to have had a rapid improvement, I haven’t noticed anything yet, I’m really disappointed. Anybody else had no improvement?"

2 / 10

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Cosmic
Taken for less than 1 month
March 24, 2022

"Caused me to have my first manic episode at 12 eventually leading to a bipolar diagnosis"

1 / 10

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