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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Depression/Anxiety/Bipolar2/ASD | Sleepy the first couple of days | This medicine saved my life, and within an hour of taking it. I started last Friday -today is TUesday- with a 5 mg, (yes, 5 mg, suspended in liquid) dose at 8:00 a.m. To put it in context I've always responded to the most minimal doses of meds. Within 15 minutes I felt pleasantly woozy, relaxed, sleepy, and safe. I rested and watched TV. I actually felt GOOD!!!!!! I DK how many X in my life I can say I've felt good, just been varying degrees of pain.I was pleasant, sweet Mommy, for the 1st X in a long X. I enjoyed my kids instead of being overwhelmed by the constant demands of my 2 teenagers on the autism spectrum and my 6th grader who's just trying to survive having non-neurotypical siblings. ADD 90% better. Patience, I have energy, I have love for my family....MInd you, friend said I sounded a little manic on the phone, and I'm xperiencing a ++Sex drive. Almost none before: bad relationship, depression, age or ?, it's nice to have my old friend back, but it does feels a little high octane. If I were younger this would maybe lead to impulsive behaviors. But I don't feel impulsive. It's a new experience, not to (re) act immediately on every whim. I feel grounded for the first time. I feel sunny, friendly, full of possibility. So today is day 5, I'm @ 7.5 mg 2x a day. 1st 3 days I slept after taking it, but not today. Gd lck, hope it works for U. 2 nights ago I got a heat headache. Maybe bc I took singulair. no singulair = no heat headache. | F | 50 | 5 days | 8/26/2009 | 4 | BI POLAR | Sleepiness, dry mouth (frog in my throat constantly), clenching jaw, memory loss, trouble focusing or concentrating, weird dreams, muscle twitches, tremors, paranoia, blurred vision, appetite suppressiong (good thing!)body acne, sweating, tight muscles in neck and thighs, feel off balance, irritable at times, increased skin oiliness, dialated pupils otherwise it's doing its job. | I am at 160mg that I take at night because they knock me out. It took awhile before the sleepiness got any better in the mornings, it sometimes took hours, now its only about an hour. I feel I can tolorated most of the side effects in order to feel better which it does help with that. I just hope they go away eventually. | F | 30 | 2 months | 8/25/2009 | 2 | Bipolar I, mood stabilizer | FACIAL TINGLING, MOUTH TINGLING, HEAD TINGLING, TIRED IN THE MORNING, HALLUCINATIONS, TIGHTNESS OF MOUTH AND NECK AREA, ANXIETY, dry lips, no appetite, and shakiness | Started on 20mg in the morning and at night. Made me too tired. Now I am on 20 mg at night plus 10 mg of Lexapro at night plus 30 mg of Busipar for anxiety and 15 mg a day of Naltraxone. I don't know what it is but I don't feel like myself. I cannot have a conversation without getting tongue tied or nervous. My nerves are bad now. My head is always tingling including my tongue and neck. It gets tight when I get upset and yes I am still having mood swings. When I lie down, my body feels like its shaking inside. Maybe the medicine is counteracting with the Lexapro. I used to take 20mg of Lexapro and didn't have any side effects. Don't know what I should do... :( Maybe I should stop taking it. Gonna call the DR. tomorrow. | F | 30 | 10 days | 8/25/2009 | 5 | Bipolar | I definitely have to sleep 8-9 hours most nights. | This has been like a miracle drug for me. I was a low functioning person from about the age of 21-23. I have been taking Geodon since I was 23 and I have been a fully functional, very successful member of society since I have been on it. I tried to get off Geodon about 6 year ago abruptly and was suicidal and maniacal about 2 weeks later. Got back on the Geodon and I have been textbook healthy ever since. I don't miss pills anymore, as I can't sleep without it. I have successfully decreased dosage from 80mg to 60mg per day, but tried 40mg and couldn't sleep at night. | F | 29 | 6 years | 8/24/2009 | 3 | Bipolar II, anxiety, anger | EXTREME fatigue, foggy thoughts, restlessness, 17 hours of sleep, hunger | Took first pill 9 AM - couple of hours later I was unable to lift anything or walk. A few hours later I was so tired I wasn't even able to speak or form coherent thoughts. I have never in my life been this tired, not even in college pulling 3 all-nighters in a row. Despite the gatigue, my legs were restless and I felt like I NEEDED to move even thought I couldn't. The anxiety was absolutely gone, though, since I was unable to think at all. I don't think I'll be continuing with this drug. I've not read anything encouraging to make me think these effects will lessen or go away. I know it was only one day, but that is just how bad that one day was. | F | 25 | 1 days | 8/12/2009 | 3 | bipolar disorder | I have bipolar disorder geodon helps me sleep. I usually take it at night about 7:30 pm and I sleep through the night, however I need 8 or 9 hours of sleep to sleep off the medication. I take 160mg once daily at night | I have dry mouth and I am thirsty all time. I try not to drink too much otherwise I will be in the bathroom all day | F | 52 | 3 years | 8/9/2009 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder II | Extreme exhaustion in the mornings, suicidal thoughts, the higher the dosage the harder the fall when the medicine would stop working, small spasms in different body parts and muscle tension especially in neck and back not stopped by Benadryl. | This worked like a charm initially at 40mg (20mg 2x daily), then stopped and I dove into depression. Dosage was upped to 60mg 1x daily but then same thing happened but worse. Went to 120mg 2x daily and within a week, same thing happened again but much worse. I started self-mutilating, having almost constant suicidal thoughts, wanted to die from the storms in my mind. Had to take time off work many mornings for exhaustion even with 200mg Provigil prescribed. STOP THIS MEDICATION SLOWLY. | F | 25 | 8 months | 7/29/2009 | 5 | Bi Polar | happiness,dry moouth,anxiety | i started taking it a bout a month ago. It is a miracle drug. I have had 3 years of insane depression and anger. I am happy and loving life again. I love this medicine. I can finnally be the dad to my 3 year old she deserves. | M | 29 | 1 months | 7/22/2009 | 1 | bipolar disorder | Drug-induced Psychosis, extreme confusion, suicidal delusions, muscle rigidity, jawlock, uncontrollable rapid tongue spasms. | I started taking geodon 2 years ago when I was diagnosed (inaccurately I believe) with bipolar type 1. I was 25 and psychotic (first and only time I've ever been "psychotic") and the geodon helped bring me down while I stayed at the hospital. I stayed on 60 mg for about half a year, then went down to 40 mg's for half a year, then 20 mg's for a month or two, then I stopped completely in March 2009. I felt a lot better, my acne cleared up, and I had less anxiety. I was back to my old self again. At the start of June I was feeling some anxiety and a little panicky, so I figured I needed my meds again, so I started on 20 mg's geodon. My anxiety got worse, so 2 weeks later I started on 40. At this point I was getting pretty tense and thought "I guess I am bipolar, I better take the dosage the doctor prescribed", and started taking 60. This is when extreme mania came over me and I was having a ton of paranoid delusions. My kids had to stay with family as I was out of control, trying to run away with the kids in the middle of the night because "somebody's coming to hurt us". I finally got to see a psychiatrist for 5 minutes and he upped my dosage to 120 mg's a day. This is when I turned into a delusional, confused zombie. My memory was shot and I couldn't think or talk about anything except what was happening in my delusional world. My back got curled forward, my arms would bend in front of me like a zombie, my jaw wouldn't open more than about 2 mm's, | F | 27 | 2 years | 7/12/2009 | 4 | schizophrenia | I have experienced tight muscles in back and neck as well as very clinched jaw muscles, BUT, these are NOT side effects, they are WITHDRAWAL symptoms which occurred anywhere from 4-6 hours before my next dose and when 1st starting the med. The doc had me on 80 mg 2x per day, and these withdrawals happened only after he switched me to 80 mg once per day. | The solution to avoiding the withdrawals is to take 20mg at morning and at noon, then 40 mg at bedtime. I am very happy with the way this med helps me to think so much more clearly. I have been told by old friends that I am like the "old me" before trauma to my head induced the psychosis of schizophrenia anytime I am overstressed. | M | 36 | 2 months | 7/6/2009 | 3 | bipolar disorder | After 3 years on 160 mg geodon, my dentist noticed that I grind my teeth a lot and recommended a night guard. At least a year later, I noticed that I choked when drinking water, bit my tongue a lot when eating and soon after that, began slurring my words. After ruling out a stroke, my doctor suggested going off geodon gradually. All symotoms disappeared. | At one time I thought it helped with my symptoms but have felt no change in my symptoms after going off it and have not replaced it with anything else. I was on it for 3 and a half years. | F | 61 | | 7/6/2009 | 1 | tourette's syndrome | I don't think I can be brief with this. Tremors, hand curling up, 2 trips to the emergency room for my muscles locking up, not able to sleep, ED almost as soon as I started taking it, and involuntary movement of my tongue. It stopped my ticks but now I have (probably permanent) severe tightness of the muscles in my neck and throat,and the muscles around my eyes are so tight that I constantly squint. The muscle tightness has also caused quite a bit of breathing difficulty. | This drug was apparently pushed to the market way to fast. When I finally told my doctor no more, I contacted Phizer for help and to get answers. They took all of my information then refused to talk to me any more. They said they would contact my doctor. Guess what--they never did! And now because I took this drug, I can't buy my own health insurance for 2 years after being off of the drug. | M | 47 | 4 years | 7/2/2009 | 2 | Anxiety Depression Paranoid Schizop | I've been taking Geodon for about one year. I was up to 240 mg a day. Now I'm 80 mg. I hate this medicine! If I don't take it I'm awake all night. I can't sleep if I don't take it. It has really messed up my sleep patterns. When I went down to 80 mg I gained 20 lbs. I hate having to eat something when I take it because I work swing shift and so I have to eat late at night. | I want to go off this medicine. I don't think it has really helped me anyways. I'm afraid to go off this medicine because I won't be able to sleep. Has anyone had problems with going off this medicine after taking it for awhile? I would really like some feedback about this. Thanks! | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/21/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | I was diagnosed bipolar just because of my family history, I don't have it! Anyhow my doc started me on 20mg and I was ok but feeling anxiety 8 hours after taking it, so he increased me to 40mg. The first night I woke up to use the restroom, used it and came back to the room and fell smack dab into my son's dresser, surprised I didn't knock any teeth out. Husband had to put me back to bed I was so weak. Called the nurse who agreed I should eat with the dosage the 2nd night. Did that and 2 hours later could hardly walk or talk. Started getting the shiver/shakes and getting weaker after hours so ended up in the ER. This was the worst 8 hours of my life. They did nothing for me but take tests at the hospital. I've done natural childbirth and that was 10x's easier than this. All my other docs and people around me agree I'm not bipolar, this is crazy! Not taking any meds unless I'm dying next time around. | F | 40 | 20 days | 6/15/2009 | 1 | Depression | This is the devil drug, I have been on a few drugs over the last 10yrs and this is the worst. So sleepy in the mornings and had a sense of beng drugged up, but was also tweeking like I was on cocaine..Rapid heatbeats freaked me out too. The only good thing was I lost 8lbs in 3 weeks. I felt worse on this drug and towards the end was thinking about taking my own life because of the way i was feeling. It may work for some but not me. | F | 3 | 3 weeks | 6/2/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | I have been on Geodon 60 MG for one week. I have been feeling extremely anxious. Crawling in my skin. Colors, smells and sensations are intense. Can't eat. Took double ambien dose and still couldn't sleep. Took ativan and still didn't relieve my anxiety. Go from manic to an irritated mixed state. Frightened of everything. Feel "out of it". Can't drive. Speech problems. I missed a dose and I already feel more "with it". It's hard to describe. I'm getting the hell off this medication. It's MAKING me crazy. | F | 21 | 7 days | 5/30/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia | Body aches, tremors, eye twitch, involuntary muscle movements when lying down. | I started taking Geodon about a year after it was on the market. No real research to look up. No chat rooms. My Psych doctor said it was new and effective, yes the Geodon was EFFECTIVE for controlling my symptoms. However I can't recommend this drug except as a last resort. I developed debilitating headaches into the sixth year I was taking the drug. I had every test in the book and the doctors felt that the Geodon (which after six years NOW had a track record)was responsible. I weaned off the Geodon slowly and it was He[[ and it is STILL He[[. It's been FIVE MONTHS and I still have the debilitating headaches as well as body aches and nausea and vomiting. Weird vomiting too, like one minute it's not there and bam.... This drug needs an updated warning on it's label warning patients that they might never get off this sh*t. It needs the Psych doctors really understanding what the drug does to people and the consumer needs to understand that it is like heroin to get off... Seriously evil. I've been suffering with severe headaches for a year and withdrawal AND headaches both for five months. How much longer?? Is this permanent?? Even Pfitzer doesn't know. Yes, Schizophrenia is scary and serious but Geodon is scarier and in many respects... worse!! | M | 25 | 6 years | 5/29/2009 | 4 | BP II | After 1 week these subsided: drowsiness, headaches, lightheadedness if I got up too fast, no appetite (still dealing with this one), euphoric feelings right after dosage and BAD diarrhea. | I would not recommend taking Geodon. I take 40mg twice daily (so 80mg all together). It helps me tremendously but its hell to get off. I tried tapering myself down a bit just to see if I'd lose some of the 10 lbs I gained after starting it and had horrible withdrawals. Research Geodon withdrawals and decide if you want to take this drug. Your body and brain form a major addiction to it. With any drug, don't take the pdoc's word, research, get second opinions, don't just take the script, fill it and then start taking it. RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH. I learned the hard way. I don't know if I'll ever be able to come off it. | F | 28 | 4 months | 5/26/2009 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Wanting to move all the time, dizziness/sleepiness when I take the dose at night. Not such a bad thing. | Extremely helpful, just switched from Zyprexa. Would highly recommend this drug. It has been a miracle drug for me. | M | 3 weeks | 4/20/2009 | 1 | PTSD | -Intermittent BLINDNESS(Tardive Dyskinesia rapid eye blinking which prohibited me from reading. -Drug Induced Anxiety Torture and associated drug induced anxiety talkativeness -Drug induced Akasthisia, could not stop marching side to side even in front of coworkers Drug induced migraines Drug induced sleeping disorder Drug induced weight gain of over 40 lbs over a short period of time, with the weight gain increasing each week I do not burn off 1200 calories a day. Yes, I had to do 2 hours of elliptical each day in order to avoid doubling my weight. All other psyche drugs made me gain as well, going from 94 lbs to over 170 in 8 months. Drug induced misery of all sorts Drug induced irritability Drug induced cravings for sugar High cholesterol Vitamin depletion Liver problems abnormal Electrocardiogram abnormal MRI slowed thinking loss of memory communication problems work problems severe sleeping problems which the sleep disorder clinic refuses to recognize because | If you take any antipsychotic long enough you risk becoming blind. Blinking over 200 times a minute which would prevent you from passing a reading eye exam, you cannot read, and you look like a freak. I could not see what I was writing while I was typing it when I was blind. My dose was lowered from 140mg to 20 mg and then I could read again and the rapid eye blinking blindness stopped, and I am determined to stop taking this poison. I was a lucky to have survived and gotten my sight back, but I still have the liver problem and I do not drink alchohol or use other illegal drugs so all liver issues would have to be psychiatric drug related. Plus now my heart is being monitored with ECGs. I have such slowed thinking that I may not be able to work after graduating from college in a technical major with honors. These drugs took 15 years of my life and might destroy my future. It made going to school alot harder than when I wasn't taking them. I am so sorry I got mixed up with psychiatrists, therapists promoting drugs, and social workers. That was the biggest mistake of my life, because they all just try to get me hooked on another disabling drugs. I could post all the torture I endured on the other drugs but it saps my energy to describe the torture and I am already weakened. | F | 41 | 8 years | 4/7/2009 |