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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | OCD, depression, anxiety | Severe increase of anxiety, major suicidal thoughts, nausea, diarrhea, persistent shaking. And a couple times hallucinations. | I developed serotonin syndrome while I was on this medication even though my doctor made sure my body was rid of the older ones. I can't even begin to describe how it felt, my entire body was turned against me and even though I stopped taking it as soon as the symptoms appeared it took a month for all the symptoms to finally go away. After a week the major symptoms went away then slowly I felt more like myself. If you're going though this right now and see this please know that I felt *drastically* better after it was out of my system and that you will as well. | F | 17 | 5 days | 8/18/2015 | 1 | Ocd depression anxiety si thoughts | Shaking nauseous dizziness inability to sleep worse depression eye twitching extreme fatigue anxiety trouble breathing inability to focus | I hope the side effects go away for me soon. I know certain meds don't work for everyone and this certainly is one of those medications | F | 17 | 5 days 40 | 2/20/2015 | 4 | Schizophrenia,depression,OCD & PTSD | I am so cold that I feel as if I am living back in New York in the winter time, and it's summer right now! Also, I am not constipated, but it does take me longer to go to the bathroom. And I am very hungry. I did however lose 1 pound. | I AM FREEZING, and it is summer time. | F | 37 | 2 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 8/15/2012 | 3 | bipolar, anxiety,ocd | weird uncomfortable feeling, drowsy (sleep alot in the morning), leg pain at night | well i can say ive been on alot of meds in my life...and well not many have actually made a difference..im coming on a week on this and wow i see so much difference already i mean its even worth the weird hours (im on a hiatus in life anyway college dont start till jan)and everything was so clear..no racing thoughts i didnt want to rip my moms face off when she talked and it was great well untill i upped the dose today as per instructions now im up still at 5am and oh my god my legs are cramping (sould be cause i sleep on the floor but we shall see) i looked up stuff on line and im hoping to god this settles cause im on a trial with this till dec and wow what heck will this be if im in pain alot...ill keep yall posted | F | 21 | 1 weeks 120mg 1X day | 10/3/2010 | 1 | OCD, anxiety. | Akathisia!!! | this is a sh** drug like Risperdal... avoid it! it increases anxiety!!! i have memory problems, depression... i do not reccomend it to anyone. | M | 24 | 2 days 20 mg 1X day | 6/23/2010 | 4 | Depression, OCD, Panic Disorder | Runny nose, difficulty speaking, quivering in the muscles of my jaw and legs. | I wanted to update my submission from 1/27/10. I have now been taking Geodon for one month and have noticed a few side effects. The doctor raised the dosage to 60mg. total daily but suggested I take it 20mg. at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The drug makes me really drowsy during the day and I feel like everything is in slow motion. I have trouble driving a car. My vision is off. I am having some difficulty speaking and my jaw feels stiff. I also noticed some initial quivering in the muscles of my legs when climbing stairs, and also the muscles in my jaw. The doctor said by dividing up the doses, the side effects will be fewer. He also gave me a prescription for Cogentin to counteract the side effects, but that made me VERY drowsy. Also there were some serious risks with taking Cogentin and a Tricyclic antidepressant at the same time, and I do take Anafranil. I cant function during the day if i take the medicine during the day. So I am back to taking it at night and it really knocks me out. I feel OK, but not wonderful like I did when I first started taking it. I have not gained any weight, which is a good thing. My appetite is weak. I think that I feel better on this drug than I did on Abilify or Risperdol. I really wish I didnt have to be on an antipsychotic drug in the first place but i had been having some paranoia and the doctor suggested this type of medication. | F | 50 | 1 months 20mg. 3X day | 2/18/2010 Patient History | 1 | GAD/OCD | Severe drowsiness, jitters, shakes, hot and cold flashes, thoughts of suicide or self mutilation, nausea | DO NOT TAKE THIS...I'm calling my psych on Monday to tell him to shove the RX up his ass real tight and set fire to it. Not only was I shaky but I got uncontrollably angry about anything and everything. I felt extremely detached from my body and my wife often commented that I looked lost. I couldn't keep track of bills, would forget short term events. Bad, bad stuff. You can't wake up, you can't go to sleep, you wish you were dead. | M | 34 | 14 days | 2/28/2009 | 5 | Bipolar & OCD | Just extreme drowsiness after taken for a week. | I've been taking Geodon for a month now. My new doctor who is actually a psychiatrist, diagnosed me as being bipolar, and having OCD. Originally I started with 60mg, 2 capsules at bedtime. I was just increased to 80 mg, 2 capsules at bedtime. I've tried Seroquel, Zoloff, Celexa, and other SSRI's, however none of them really worked for me, and they all gave me so many side effects. The only side effect I have is feeling really tired, however my doctor gives me Provigil, and that evens me out. I also get Klonopin for my panic attacks, which are less severe since starting the Geodon. Geodone is usually prescribed with an antidepressant, but I am not on one. I refuse to take them anymore, and my doctor says I don't need to with the Geodon. I have a chemical imbalance, and that seems to be working for me- with way less side effects than any of SSRI's. During the first week I couldn't work because I was so tired, and really out of it, and I did complain to my doctor- so he prescribed me Prov | F | 26 | 31 days | 12/11/2008 | 2 | GAD, mild OCD | extreme adjustment to temperatures, also had wired/tired feelings with Effexor XR | First prescribed for sleep. Geodon does nothing for GAD and OCD. Continuing to take because I don't want to go through withdrawal. Doctor is going to switch me over to Abilify. If it doesn't work I will begin treatment with Pristiq. | M | 31 | 2 years | 11/18/2008 | 4 | bi-polar mixed, ocd | It feels like my body is in overdrive, I can't sleep when I do finally get to sleep I don't want to wake up. Weight loss ( 5 lbs in a week) yay! My OCD seems to be more prominent which is ok, my house is spotless now. I have a slight trembling feeling in arms and tongue. I take 120 mg of geodon, 400 mg lamictal, and 10 mg lexapro. Tried zyprexa, it put 50 pounds on me in 8 monthes. | So far I really like the side effects except the trembling | F | 40 | 10 days | 10/12/2007 | 3 | Bi-Polar I and OCD | At 120mg at night I would awake with the most annoying experience that I couldn't sit down to have coffee or sit period. My whole body felt to stimulated but at the same time I was tired. Lost weight Which is good. Should also say I am taking 100mg Lamictal, 300mg of Trileptal, 40mg of Traszadone, and 2mg of klonopin. | My Psychiatrist has me on 60mg at night and 20mg in the morning. This seems to have done the trick. I have noticed that my attention span is short, get bored easy, still a little restless but can live with it. It has helped my mania and OCD and racing thoughts. So I would have to say that so far so good. I was on seroquel first but not a good drug for me. | M | 44 | 3 days | 8/28/2007 | 3 | OCD, mood disorder | When I 1st tried it I got sporadic panic attacks and a low level of panic at all times @ 20mg. I went up to 80mg BID and didn't feel well. | I tried 20 mg a felt panicky (sp?). I went off of it for about a week, and then tried it again. Felt OK, and was able to increase dose, but by the time that I was on 80 mg BID I was feeling agitated, and having difficulty sleeping. I've been dropped down to 80mg and 60mg, and feel a little better. | F | 40 | 2.5 months | 8/1/2007 | 1 | mood disorder, OCD, tics, anxiety | abdominal pain and nausea no appetite, blurred vision, mindlessness, restlessness at times, trouble concentrating | My son was put one this after an allergic reaction to Abilify and a disastrous trial of Litium. He was originally given 80mgs. a day 40mgs in AM and 40 in PM. Initially his appetite was just sporadic and weird and then he would not eat hardly anything at all. He began to complain of stomach aches and severe nausea. He looked pale and sick most of the time. We lowered the dose to 40mgs just at night but this did not help.The night I decided to discontinue this drug he did not sleep one bit. This has never happened to him before. Everything in his body and mind was totally off while on this med. He was very irritable at times because not so much I think because of his mood problem, but because he felt so sick. There was a time early into the med where I thought his mood had improved, but that definately changed once the physical side effects kicked in. He definately cannot tolerate this med. | M | 9 | 3 weeks | 3/23/2007 | 5 | schizoaffective bipolar OCD | there is a bit of sleepiness easily fixed by coffee. the rest is great. no more voices, delusions, you name it. mood stable. | my only dislike is when it has wear-off periods. when it wears off, I'm returned to my previous state and it feels twice as bad. now I just take more times per day. it's great. however, I can't speak for the long run of this drug. what I can say is that this is way better than abilify or seroquel was on me. (I had allergic reactions to both) | M | 32 | 2 weeks | 2/12/2007 | 2 | Bipolar, ADHD, OCD | My Daughter is 8 yrs is on Geodon. She complains she can't breath good after she takes her pill. She started at 20 mg tonight started 80 mg. She has been on it for about 5 wks. She also has had increased anxiety ad Panic attacks, she moves her leg alot and she can't seem to stop moving her Jaw. I am getting concerned about these side effects. | I m wondering if she is on the right med. She has had very odd and not good side effects from other med's like Seriquel made her legs cramp very bad and prozac made her LIERALLY climb walls She was up RUNNING 100mph for 3 days before she crashed VERY BAD! Plus others. I am feeling at a loss and don't know what to do. I don't know how long do I allow these side effects to go on to see if they go away + the Doctor says sometimes it means that she needs to icrease the dosage and than how about If I want to take her off Geodon how do I wing her so she doesn't get sick because i am reading about lots of people who say they had bad withdrawls I have been very good about working with the doctors and being PRO ACTIVE, but this is hard on her and all of us. I want her to be happy and well. | F | 8 | 47 weeks | 1/28/2007 | 3 | OCD w/impotence | Extreme weakness/fatigue; almost full-body acne; extreme facial oiliness; extreme difficulty reaching orgasm, weak orgasms, complete lack of sexual desire; constant need to move/restlessness; memory loss; blurred vision; increased thirst for water; loss of appetite; feeling "bummed out"; lethargy; heart "skipping"/palpitations/flutters; slurred speech when first beginning medication. | I'm being treated for OCD (obsessive sexual thoughts w/compulsive masturbation) w/an antidepressant, but that isn't completely helping, so my doctor recently prescribed Geodon, 60 mg a day. Wow!--this stuff really hits you! Geodon seems to have added to my increase in sexual difficulty/impotence. I think that *maybe* the Geodon has helped calm my obsessive thoughts bcse it has turned me into a robot w/no sex drive whatsoever. However, when I *want* to reach orgasm, it's nearly impossible. It's even harder now on the combination of meds than just on Luvox. When I first started Geodon, I couldn't stop wiggling around. I felt a constant need to move any part of my body, which kept me from being able to sleep, in spite of the extreme fatigue it caused me--I almost passed out in public from it. I also have experienced memory loss. I've found that most of my body has broken out in a strange type of acne that can't be popped. My face has become oilier than fried chicken. I've been DYING of th | F | 33 | 10 days | 10/18/2006 | 5 | Tourette's Syndrome and OCD | Initial extreme drowsiness that went away after two weeks with each dosage increase; loss of appetite/weight loss; occasional dizziness. Small initial side effects that went away quickly also included muscle spasms, anxiety, and restlessness during the day. | I have increased the dosage at each 20mg interval from 20mg to 80mg, which is what I am at now. Although the initial drowsiness is over for this dosage, drowsiness now occurs in the mornings if I go to sleep too late and wake up to early, i.e. not get enough sleep to "sleep off" the medication. I usually wake up early but now I have trouble with this and cannot wake up until later or else I feel incapacitated and drowsy for a few hours. Geodon has really helped me a great deal and it is truly a miracle, but I hope that this morning drowsiness goes away soon because honestly it is quite a problem. | M | 20 | 3 months | 6/3/2006 |
GEODON (ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE): Ziprasidone injection is used to treat occurrences of severe agitation in patients with schizophrenia. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. Ziprasidone injection is used when quick relief of your symptoms is required. It is not used together with the form of this medication that is taken by mouth. An injection of ziprasidone works quickly to reduce tension and anxiety which, if untreated, can result in dangerous behavior and interfere with your treatment and care. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA) FDA Approval Date: 2001-02-05