Zyprexa (Olanzapine) for OCD

[Green_dragonfly]

Hi. Has anyone had a good experience reducing their OCD by taking Zyprexa (generic is Olanzapine). I'm thinking of taking it.

[Selesnya]

I took Zyprexa for depression and it certainly helped, but it is a really powerful drug. I can't say that it did anything for my OCD. It had some big side effects for me. It made me really sleepy during the day and I had to sleep a lot at night -- 9 to 10 hours on weeknights and 12 to 14 hours on the weekend. I'd end up having 7 or 8 cups of coffee during the day to try to counteract the sleepiness of the Zyprexa. It also led to weight gain and slowed down my metabolism so that I was cold a lot. I just tapered off of it completely and now my sleep is all messed up. I'm dealing with insomnia now as it seems like my body forgot how to sleep properly on its own after being on Zyprexa for a couple years. If I had to do it again, I would try not to be on Zyprexa at all. I think that most of the benefit I got was from having a good sleep schedule, and you can certainly do that without taking the drug itself.