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 |
| 4 | Bipolar & Anxiety | Tired (not necessarily a bad thing, I can sleep now!) | After having adverse effects from Wellbutrin and Lamictal, Geodon has been a welcome change. It's not a cure-all wonder drug, but I definitely feel more balanced. My appetite hasn't been affected much, though it is early to tell. I think we are all so desperate for balance that we fail to acknowledge that every mind and chemistry has it's own preferences and unfortunately it takes time to find the right combination of chemicals. | F | 18 | 14 days 40mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Sedation; insomnia if not taken with food. | Ziprasidone has been a great drug for me. It has worked on my delusions and is also an effective anti-depressant. | F | 27 | 7 weeks 80mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 4 | Depression and psychosis | Tiredness, akathesia, flatness after awhile, headaches | This medicine was pretty good. While I was on it, I wasn't paranoid or OCD at all. It helped me sleep well every night, and I didn't gain weight on it. I took Cogentin to help with the horrible restlessness. I got off of it though because I started to lose interest in absolutely everything and couldn't work or go to school anymore. My brain came back after I quit the drug. It did help with the symptoms it was treating, it just made other things worse! | F | 21 | 6 months 240 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 4 | BiPolar I rapid cycle | I have to take a 20 mg during the day to control mania. If I feel some edginess coming on I take one, if not, I don't. If I am not having manic symtoms and I take it then I fall into a deep sleep for an hour or two and I have a 3 yr old so that is bad. Some days I take all of it at bedtime. Some days I have to take a 20 in the am, a 20 in the pm and 40 at bedtime. This drug makes me extremely drowsy and that is why I can't take 40 in the day. I have developed hypoglycemia recently and I believe this drug can cause that. If I miss a dose I become borderline psychotic. When I got pregnant I went off over 3 days taper and went psychotic even while taking risperdal. Ran out of geodon and lost health insurance to pay for it and I went psychotic even though I took risperdal. Gradually tapered off (over weeks) while taking full dose of risperdal and had no problems this time. Never go off this drug too quickly. I can't usually go more than 12 hours between doses before I become hypo | I've tried almost every other drug and was unable to tolerate them so this is the only option for me right now. I worry about developing tardive dyskinesia and I worry that my fertility will be affected but I really do well as long as I take them. Without them I become a complete freak. Sometimes I wonder if these psych meds are making my illness worse because when I go without this stuff I am just a basket case. | F | 33 | 900 days 20n40 mgs 3X day | 9/27/2010 | 1 | bi-polar | EXTREMELY tired!!! Can barely keep my eyes open after taking Geodon. Now, I have an upper respiratory infection which is a less common side effect, but I got it none the less. My leg muscles ached so badly that I could hardly walk one day. Bad diarrhea the first few days. On and off nausia. | Other than the horrific side effects, the drug seems to be working. I don't feel depressed or manic. However, I will not stay on it. I will ask to be taken off ASAP. The side effects are not worth it. I have children to care for. I can't be this tired. I need to drive and tend to my children. I feel like a zombie on it. | F | 36 | 10 days 60 mg 2X day | 9/26/2010 | 4 | bipolar, severe manic episodes | Geodon has many side effects especially when you first start taking it. It would be too lengthy to list all the side effects that I experienced when I first started taking it but suffice it to say that somnolence, weight gain, unmotivation, gastro distress, athaxia were some of them | It works wonders for people with bipolar disorder who have severe manic episodes. Start slowly though or you might stop taking it because of the side effects. | M | 37 | 5 years 80 mg 3X day | 9/6/2010 | 1 | Anxiety, bipolar 1 | Prescribed for recently developed severe anxiety due to work environment. Bad reaction in 4 days. Slept 3-4 hours each night. I will not continue taking. Did not effect libido. Very powerful drug. | Gradually went from morning dosages 1 X (20mg) for 2 days. Felt like the walking dead but no anxiety. Went to 1 X (40mg) for 2 days felt faint, groggy, low concentration, anxiety returned in the evening. Then went to 1 X (60mg) next day anxiety returned all day, severe cramp in right knee (no knee problem before) limped most of the day. Believe it cased a severe manic attack in the evening. Also take 200 mg Lamictal, 30 mg Temazapam, 1.75 mg Alprazalam in the evenings. | M | 62 | 4 days 60 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 4 | Bipolar/depression/fits of rage | When I first started taking it I was unable to function at work. I was so tired all the time that my manager was scared to let me drive home. I would go home, take a 2 hour power nap, and then go back to work. After a few months I was able to make it through the day without going home. At first I was in bed every night by 8/8:30 and was waking up at 8/8:30am. If I miss a dose I can't sleep and I get the jitters. Recently I started to notice hand tremors, terrible short term memory loss and blurry vision from far away. My doctor said since I've been on Geodon for over a year it can't be a side effect and told me to see a neurologist, however, my therapist says it is a side effect. I dont know. We'll see what the neurologist says. | I take 140mg of Geodon a day (40mg in the morning, 100mg before bed), 200mg Lamictal at night and as needed 1mg pill of Klonopin. I've been on it for over a year, my outbursts of rage have been lessened, I still get angry but I'm able to control it now. I still get fits of depression but all in all I'm a much better person now than I was a year ago. I like this better than lithium. If you're going to take it just realize it's really hard to let your body to adjust to it but in the end it really does help. | F | 24 | 1 years 140mg 1X day | 9/3/2010 | 4 | severe depression and anxiety | jaw clenching | I started taking Geodon in the morning and it made me too tired so I switched to evening and it works great. I feel much better. However, I am clenching my jaw like crazy. My doctor wants to increase my dosage to 80mg. I am a bit scared. | F | 47 | 30 days 60mg 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 4 | Personality Disorder NOS / PTSD | F | 32 | 40mg 1X day | 8/29/2010 Patient History | 1 | Suicidal thoughts | Involuntary painful spasms of neck muscles (Tardive dyskinesia) | This medicine was prescribed to me when I started having suicidal thoughts while on Zoloft. The doctor sent me to a "safe house" to be monitored so I wouldn't act on those thoughts and so I could have my medication monitored as well. I took this medicine for the first night, and when I woke up in the morning, I started having problems with my neck muscles moving involuntarily to the point where my head would get stuck in a position for a long period of time. Everytime I would move my head into the correct position, it would snap back like a rubberband, and it was very painful and scary! The resident monitors called my doctor and I went to see her that very morning. She immediately discontinued the Geodon and prescribed me Lithium instead, and also a muscle relaxer to help with the spasms. I will NEVER go on Geodon again. | F | 27 | 1 days 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | This was a difficult drug as far as side effects go when I first started taking it. It took about three months for my body to get used to it. Now I don't experience any side effects at all. Initially, I had problems with restlessness, anxiety, blurry vision, and MAJOR sedation. I would get so tired about 30 minutes after dosing that it was almost impossible to stay awake. I think it's a good drug and works great at controlling mania. I think a lot of people of experience a rough period during the initial loading period but if you can get through that then you should see the benefits from the drug. Everybody is different and some people will experience really bad side effects others may not experience them at all. Give Geodon a chance to work. | M | 37 | 9 months 40mg 2X day | 8/23/2010 | 1 | Depression | RUN THE OTHER WAYYYY, AFTER ONLY TWO WEEKS ON THIS FOR DEPRESSION THIS DRUG DAMAGED MY BRAIN AND IM ONLY 21. I experienced severe confused thinking, DAMAGED VISION (everything looks like is moving fast), impaired hearing, head tilt, cant walk straight, difficulty understanding situations or emotions of other people. Is been one week and my brain is slowly recovering, I dont know if im ever gonna get my vision back =S. Please don't ever take this, please! I never post anything about anything but I had to warn others of the dangers of this. It's been 2 visits to the ER. Also I could barely recognize my own parents. | If you love your life don't take this drug please.... Think about this one review before risking your life forever. | F | 21 | 14 days 40 mg 1X day | 8/19/2010 | 5 | Bipolar Schizoaffective Disorder | tiredness, weight gain, hair loss | I really like geodon it has helped me greatly even though I have gained 15lbs thats okay atleast it is helping control my paranoid thoughts. | F | 22 | 2 years 160 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 4 | schizophrenia | Definetly akathisia-although I would say I'm in side effect heaven compared to my past regrettable experiences. I'm a little concerned about some agitation/irritability I'm experiencing. My Dr. said this was to be expected and I'm hoping that with time it'll go away, but it seems to gradually beginning to become a problem. When the dose was bumped up to 60 it wasn't immediately a problem, but as the days are passing I'm spending more hour(s) trying to overcome this mad mood. | I think adjusting the dose could perhaps mitigate these periods of agitation (and trust me I've tried many drugs and know what irritability during an adjustment phase is generally like). I think I might consider staying with this drug. | F | 24 | 2 months 60 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 5 | anxiety | and extreme groginess in the morning... I can't get up | F | 42 | 6 months 120mg 1X day | 8/5/2010 Patient History | 1 | Bipolar Rapid Cycle | I also have Generalized Anxiety,Social Anxiety,Panic,&Personality cluster b Disorders,&ADHD. I am also taking 150 mg Zonegran daily for moods and 30 mg Adderall daily for ADHD. IF YOU TAKE GEODON MONITOR YOUR HEALTH VERY CLOSE IF YOU CAN FIND A MED DOC TO TREAT YOU PROPERLY. THE SMALLEST PIMPLE, YEAST INFECTION OR STRAND OF HAIR LOST COULD BE THE FIRST HINT CROSS REFERENCE ANYTHING ODD WITH THE FDA WARNINGS!! | I have been extremely ill 7 of the 8 months on Geodon recently I rebelled my pdoc and quit. The first week on Geodon it was a miracle drug for my anxiety, panic attacks, and depression then my health went in very odd ways. I got the first skin lesion after 3 wks on, tested negative for Staph treated the lesion with topical steroids. As soon as the lesion vanished I got Oral Thrush (yeast infection) that lasted 5 months. When I got that cleared I got the skin lesions again it took 17 med docs to get the Staph diagnosis. I am disfigured from the lesions and still fighting it today. I had terrible vertigo/brain fog/memory loss that all cleared when I skipped the first dose of Geodon. I thought I was just sick and Geodon was lowering my immune system until I read the FDA site Geodon causes fungal (yeast) infections that are contagious! I passed the fungus to my 3 year old daughter, hairless cat, and fish. I became delusional, hallucinated and thought I had bugs/parasites on me and infesting my house. I threw away most of our stuff because of my delusions...I HAVE NEVER BEEN DELUSIONAL BEFORE! I wasted so much money on immune building supplements; my medical bills for the last 2 months are almost $3,000.00. I consulted my pdoc through all of this he told me no way, my meds wouldn't cause things like that. Last week I found the lawsuits where kickbacks were being paid for Geodon prescriptions. Oh and if you start losing hair it goes FAST and becomes brittle/coarse. I had hair | F | 31 | 8 months 40 mg 1X day | 7/31/2010 | 4 | Bipolar 2, social anxiety | The only side effects I've experienced so far are extreme drowsiness and loss of appetite. I have to force myself to eat and I've been forgetting too many times. Anyhow, right now Im typing after I took Geodon about 45 mins ago and while I feel more relaxed, Im not sleepy. My doctor suggested I always take Geodon in the evening before bedtime, but Im still wide awake. Currently, Im on lamictal, lithium, klonopin and now 80mg of Geodon and I haven't had any problems with any of them. After reading all these reviews, I guess I'm really lucky. I don't really need to lose weight though, I'll end up looking anorexic. | Before I started taking Geodon I was having rage issues. I was looking for fights to get into. Now, I don't care. Im just like, "whatever" and I move onto something else. Im really happy about that because I was very concerned about making a very huge mistake with my life through violence. I also find myself not caring at all about what anyone thinks of me, which is an immense freedom. But its only been a week so hopefully things will stay the same or get better. | M | 27 | 1 weeks 80 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | nausea, headache,diareha,worse FM,hotness,no appetite,total insomnia | This drug made me so sick, I almost went to the hospital. | F | 48 | 5 days 20 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 2 | bipolar | Hair loss, weight gain, drowsiness | I have to take it at night because it makes me very drowsy. I have noticed signifcant hair loss. | F | 30 | 3 years 160mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 |