GEODON Reviews (ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.7 (579 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare GEODON with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | bipolar 1 psychotic features | Gave me energy,no side effects,great sex drive,felt alive!No mania,or hallucinations. | Coming off is like going thru hell,migranes,hot/cold flashes,naseau,dizzy,took 3 weeks to get over w/drawal.Going back on manic again,well worth it. | F | 38 | 4 days 40 mg 1X day | 11/30/2011 | 1 | Child Onset Schizophrenia | Cognitive Issues, Akathisia, Agitation, Irregular Heartbeat | My son started this med @40mg @10y/o. Helped with auditory/visual hallucinations and delusions, but did not eliminate. Occasional irregular heartbeat. Nausea only when he didn't eat with pill. Symptoms of psychosis increased so his meds increased to 60mg. He can't sit still any longer. Walks around in class all the time. Verbally threatens teachers and other students. (Never had issues such as this before) His writing is atrocious. I can't even read it any longer. His motor skills are non existant, and the school wants to kick him out because his meds made him so agitated. I cannot recommend this drug for treatment in anybody. Schizophrenia didn't make my son crazy, but Geodon did. | M | 11 | 8 months 60 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 3 | Schizzoaffective ADHD | Slowed thinking, dizziness, loss of appetite, heavy deep sleeps, can't think & comprehend properly | It's a dangerous drug. My recommendation is to stay off it unless symptoms are heavy. Even then, do not use for more than a week or two. | M | 31 | 4 days 5mg 1X day | 11/25/2011 | 1 | MISDIAGNOSIS of bipolar | Beginning of tardive dyskinesia, insomnia, possible long term cognitive problems. | Got this for bipolar 1, which turns out was misdiagnosis. In Jan 2010 my doctor took me off b/c of tardive diskinesia like symptoms. Suffered extreme insomnia for 5 months. I could not read and process written information for approx 4 months. I am still concerned that I might have cognitive issues. This is an EVIL drug and please don't take it unless you absolutely have to. I can't verbally describe what the withdrawal was like; I've never experienced "street" drug withdrawal, but I'm betting I experienced something very similar. If you have to stop it, do your best to titrate your doses to help with withdrawal symptoms. I was in horrible physical pain (never mind my psychological experience) aches, fever like chills, headache. I felt like I needed heavy duty painkillers it was so bad. I never thought the mental torment was going to stop, which took roughly four months. | F | 40 | 9 years 180 1X day | 11/21/2011 | 1 | bipolar | I hate Geodon just got switched to Latuda. Like much better. | Latuda is easier to take, 40mg once daily, and it works better then Seroquel XR. | M | 30 | 3 months 40mg 1X day | 11/6/2011 | 2 | Bipolar, ADHD | Nausea, Shaking of entire body, Confusion, Blurry Vision, Loss of appetite, cold tremors, involuntary twitching, Migraines, Dizziness, Muscle Spasms, | I was placed on Geodon to help regulate my bipolar and adhd disorder. My psy. said that it would not only help bipolar, but help with my adhd as well. I've been on this pill for 2 months, and I'm still drowsy. If you miss a dose, prepare, I get a major migraines, and I have NEVER, until this drug, had a headache or a Migraine in my life! Wouldn't recommend it to anyone. | F | 21 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 10/4/2011 | 4 | bi polar | clenching of the jaw,insomnia,tremors,low blood pressure,high cholesterol,severe breathing problems within 30 minutes after taking,extreme nausea the following day until new dose is taken at night | I was on 120 mlgs in the beginning and kept going to the er for breathing problems.They lasted until I took my benadryl every night(I have terrible allergies) I noticed that about an hour after I took my benadryl my breathing was ok.I began taking my geodon with my benadryl and my breathing was fine.I had my dr lower my dose as I was having far too many side affects and was tired of living in a zombie like state.I am now on 20 mlgs at night and I take it with benadryl.No more breathing problems and no more major side affects although I still get tremors at least twice a month.I am not a big person so I account this to my always having low blood pressure when I am thin.I have a normal appetite and at 5'4 I weigh 117 pounds.I don't eat dairy or red meat so have a hard time understanding why I have high cholesterol either.I also don't eat eggs or chicken.I was diagnosed as bi polar after an extended period of severe mania in 2009.I was 46 when this happened.I don't suffer from depression or mood swings just one instance of mania.I have not gone into mania since 2009.Some of the meds that I was on in the beginning caused depression and suicidal thoughts.I am happy to say that geodon does not cause these thoughts or feelings.I plan on sticking with the 20 mlgs.I don't like the toxicity of this drug however.I skipped a dose one day and was violently ill all day the following day.When I was lowering my dose(drs approval) I had to carry hefty bags in my car as I was getting sick abou | F | 48 | 11 months 20 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 3 | paranoid schizophrenia/bipolar II | DROWSINESS, Tardive dyskinesia, pain in jaw and neck, rapid eye movements while awake, tremors, swelling of face, loss of appetite | Still have mild hallucinations, it dulls my delusions but they're still there, a lot of unwanted side effects, still get depressive episodes (of the same degree before I started taking it), and I'm still extremely paranoid. It does get rid of most of my hallucinations (which are visual mainly), but they are still there along with my other symptoms. Also it didn't do a thing for my confusion and thought disorders and speech problems. I take it at night so maybe I'm not the most accurate example of the use of the drug, but still I will give my opinion. I really don't recommend it unless your anxiety/mania/hallucinations/etc are so bad that you absolutely need to be sedated during the day in order to stay calm. It definitely sedates you though, so if you have school or a job or another important responsibility, I wouldn't take it. | F | 17 | 2.5 weeks 60mg 1X day | 9/10/2011 | 3 | Depression | sedation | initially geodon made me feel tired all day until I lowered the dose. Then it was great for sleep at night. My doc put me on it for my concentration, and it did help. Later I became suicidal due to extreme stress and so he changed to abilify, which worked wonders without sedating me. | F | 29 | 1 years 20 1X day | 9/9/2011 | 4 | Bi Polar | Severe anxiety, insomnia, lack of appetite. I can go days without eating. Forgetfulness. No sex drive. | It has been great for weight loss especially after coming off of Seroquel. The reason I was given geodon was due to a lengthy suicidal depression which it helped with that. My main complaint is the anxiety/panic attacks. I was prescribed valium for the anxiety but the normal 5mg 3 times a day doesn't do much. | M | 39 | 2 months 40mg 2X day | 9/4/2011 | 5 | bipolar,anxiety,depression | i do not have any bad side effects on this drug | my doctor started me on 160 mg (80mgx2 a day). this was way to strong of a dose for me, i felt like a zombie all day. My dose was lowered. Now i take 40 mg once at night. I've been taking this dose for a year now. this works perfect for me, no anxiety, no depression, no mood swings.This is a very potent drug, you might want to try lowering your dose before giving up on it, just my opinion. | F | 36 | 1 years 40mg 1X day | 8/27/2011 | 1 | bipolar | Akathisia from the "done" drugs risperidone and ziprasidone. | Akathisia: If feels like you nerves are attacking your bones and muscles. To relieve the pain and discomfort you pace walk. All these leads to insomnia and makes your symptoms worse. It also leads to discontinuation of atypical antipsychotics because akathisia feels so discomforting. Alot of pdoc's will just ignore you and want to up your dose of the medicine. They will do anything to you they can get away with, especially if your in a hospital they will talk to you for 3 minutes maybe not even and the increase your medicine to give you more Akathisia, then they will walk out of the hospital and not solve the problems or ignore you. Pdocs will brain wash your parents and support groups into thinking the side effect of Akathisia your feeling is apart of your illness. | M | 29 | 2 weeks 60mg 1X day | 8/18/2011 | 1 | Bipolar 3, anorexia | twitching, withdrawal symptoms between doses, weakness in arms and legs, exhaustion after sleeping over 14 hours a day, desperate need for sleep within 1 hour of taking a dose | I was put on Geodon after Seroquel and Abilify did not work as mood stabilizers. Tried to go off them because of the side-effects once and was committed to a psych hospital. That time, I experienced the worst headache of my life that left me unable to move from my bed to ask for help. Found a new doctor and am quitting it cold turkey with her blessings. I have lost a week of my life to sleeping and crying, but it is SO worth it. I felt like Geodon was killing my quality of life. It also made me binge horribly- which is not good with my eating disorder. I did not feel like I could feel full. | F | 35 | 2 months 40 mg 2X day | 8/11/2011 | 1 | anxiety | excess saliva, abnormal tongue movements, slowed thinking, bad balance, from similar medications. TRIED ON MANY, SOME CAUSED SEVERE SEDATION | please get your thyroid checked and educate yourself on hypothyroidism, many people have depression or anxiety because of a thyroid disorder, this can be easily treated, but instead doctors are putting patients on these drugs that can make the thyroid disorer worse, people who have a thyroid disorder will be sensitive to sedatives. | F | 67 | 3 months 1X day | 8/8/2011 | 4 | anxiety | extreme weight gain - i gained over 100 lbs. not sure if it is the combination of medications i am taking - lexapro, clonazepam and geodon for anxiety but when the geodon was added that is when the extreme weight gain happened. i now have metabolic syndrome, high blood sugar and high cholesterol. i have to get off this med now. hopefully another class of drugs will work for my anxiety - they haven't in the past. | F | 42 | 5 years 40 MG 1X day | 7/27/2011 | 3 | bipolar/rapid cycling/borderline pe | high anxiety....adding Klonipin has helped with that but the racing thoughts are unbearable sometimes. It does help me sleep though I am dizzy when I wake up. No drug is a cure all so I am sticking with this until things settle down in my life a bit. I have been experiencing crazy dreams & while it does help me sleep, it's not for prolonged peroids...usually about 3 to 4 hours at a time. | Nothing so horrible that I want to stop taking it right away but I am going to discuss these side effects with my doctor at my next visit in a week. | F | 36 | 17 days 40 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 3 | Bipolar 1 | My depessive mood quickly improved while taking 20 MG twice per day. Since incresing to 40 MG twic per day I am extremly tired during the day and have almost fallen asleep behind the wheel. At night I wake up after 4 hours of sleep and can't fall back to sleep. Energy level is high to being agitated. | M | 57 | 18 days 40 MG 2X day | 7/23/2011 | 1 | Bipolar Depression | Geodon caused the worst anxiety and panic attacks I've ever experienced. It was dangerously severe. I could not think clearly and became nearly paralyzed in fear and panic and anxiety. Songs set off anxiety, or an advertisement on TV, or almost any minor trigger will set off HORRIBLE anxiety. It is not attached with anything. It just happens. Furthermore, I had two 7 year-old dachshunds that I had to give away because I needed to go to a hospital because of Geodon. There was no one to watch them for me, so I had to find a loving home for them to go to. I lost my dogs because Geodon left me in an absolute panic with anxiety and fear for no reason at all. Now my dogs are gone forever. I want Geodon out of my system immediately. | I quit taking Geodon cold-turkey. I want it out of my system. Withdraw symptoms include sweating, anxiety, panic, fear, confusion, sweating palms, heat-flushing of the face, trembling, nausea. Although this drug works for others, it did not work for me. I consider it dangerous. I also lost my appetite and lost 15 pounds in 3 months. I only weighed 133 pounds, and now I weigh 118 pounds. Geodon also caused heart palpitations. Anyone taking Geodon should be closely monitored frequently. My doctor told me she didn't know Geodon to cause anxiety. Well, it sure did with me! | M | 47 | 3 months 80 MG 2X day | 7/21/2011 | 1 | bipolar | Severe akathisia. Very Very scary side effect. | Akathisia | M | 31 | 3 months 40mg 1X day | 7/9/2011 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | A little tiredness, grogginess, slight loss of appetite, forgetfullness. Still feel some anxiety though. My mind isn't racing as much and I have better focus. Moods have gotten better too. | F | 38 | 2 weeks 20 mg 2X day | 7/1/2011 |