Zyprexa

About ten years ago, I got hypoglycemia as a result of taking Zyprexa and Effexor. I checked the physician's desk reference. July 2010, I got diabetes as a result of taking Rispiridal. I have been contacted by Johnson and Johnson and I have signed a HIPPA request. This seems to be a shared responsibility issue. What does Eli ** suggest I do as per hypoglycemia? I would like an attorney to contact me. Would prefer to be contacted by snail mail.

I was having a hard time dealing with my separation of my husband and all of the extra duties I now have as a single mother. The doctor wanted me to try Zyprexa 5mg to help with some sleeping problems and mild depression. I started the medicine that night and within 20 minutes almost passed out asleep; same the 2nd night. I slept straight through getting my daughter to school causing her an unexcused absence on the 1st and bringing her very late the 2nd with no recollection of having done it.

Day 3, through 6, I couldn't even go to sleep at all leaving me confused, forgetful and I was extremely bloated. On night 7, my left foot, ankle, leg, knee and thigh swelled almost double in size looking deformed and green/purple in color. It began happening on the right side soon and then my stomach began growing and growing like I was pregnant. It was so painful! There was so much pressure and swelling!

I decided right away, I wasn't taking it again and stopped. By mid afternoon, the next day it was down quite a bit but returned that night with added tightening and sharp pains in my chest. I was oddly emotional/crying and couldn't mentally function properly. I didn't know what to do and couldn't really do anything because I couldn't think straight. I kept asking myself if I should go to the hospital but couldn't focus due to not being able to breath well and so much pain in my chest and left arm. I pretty much remained there alone suffering with the fear that I was going to die.

I didn't call the doctor because I was afraid he'd give me another medicine that would hurt me and decided I was never going back to that office. It's taken over 2 weeks now to get back to some normalcy but am still having pain in my legs and am thicker in the thigh, rear, waste and chest to where my clothes don't fit properly and now have skin irritations coming up on my knuckles. It's been **!

My son Jonathan was first prescribed Zyprexa in 1998 when he was just 12 years old for OCD problem. We felt he didn't need any medications as he'd outgrow this problem as his sister did. He was a very happy healthy brilliant talented boy who had the normal occasional sadness and shyness that most people experience, normal emotions. He was sent to a therapist then a psychiatrist who prescribed Zyprexa after meeting with us for 30 minutes, claiming Jonathan was psychotic and depressed.

Against our wishes he started taking this along with Seroquel. After 8 months, he gained 96 lbs, developed tremors, tinnitus and couldn't get out of bed for school. He was basically a zombie on this medication and seemed to all to develop the "psychotic behaviors" it was suppose to treat. From here, the following years were a roller coaster ride of many different drugs. Zyprexa was stopped after 9 months because of the weight gain and chest pains. Jonathan became a self-mutilator in his teen years and demonstrated "bizarre" behaviors in and out of school. Jon had taken himself off all medicines at two points during these years.

When he did, he got on the honor roll twice and was doing great. But the school wanted him back on medicines or he wouldn't be allowed to stay. So he was re-prescribed Zyprexa, Depakote, Seroquel, Atenolol, etc. He was in and out of psych wards 4 times over his teen years from cutting his arms. Jonathan died on May 23 2008 from Olanzapine toxicity. He died 1 week before his 22nd birthday. Needles to say, this has devastated our family and we'll never recover from the loss of this most wonderful child.

I've tried to get help from lawyers to hold those responsible for his death accountable but seems they've all gone through the Zyprexa lawsuit bandwagon and no one can take any more cases. I will just assume Eli Lilly and his doctor literally got away with his murder.

I also took Zyprexa and it was a nightmare; gained alot of weight; sleepless nights among other side effects.

weight gain, sleepless nights, etc. It was a horrible drug.

I took Zyprexa and gained from about 120 pounds up to 180 and I also now from it and other drugs have Tardive Dyskinesia.

My tongue rolls around and won't stay still, my toes curl up and down, my fingers move, my ears ring, my legs are restless and i can't lie still at night. I twitch. I can't sleep unless I take something to make me sleep.