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 | F | 38 | 6 months | 10/11/2006 | 4 | Bipolar I | Hypomanic when I started. Initial drowsiness. Started 80 mg at bedtime with 20mg PRN during the day. I was hammered in the am after 80 mg. Mania increased until I ended up in ER. | Learned at low doses geodon can induce mania. Increased bedtime dosage to 120 mg. Curiously, not so hungover at this dose, and I've come down to a manageable mood. Still a bit hypomanic. No daytime PRN dosages. I finally got some good sleep too. Obviously this drug is very unpredictable and since our "consitutions" are so individual one must be monitored very closely initially, and always watch for any changes, physical or mental. I have been searching for 3 1/2 years and I'm hopeful. | F | 49 | 26 days | 10/11/2006 | 4 | Bipolar | painful uncontrolled movements of tongue, can't sit still | I experienced extreme hostility last month after trouble sleeping. I don't know whether it was caused by the Geodon but I'm definitely watching for signs. | F | 37 | 8 months | 10/1/2006 | 1 | stopped racing thoughts before bed | EXTREME nausea. DO NOT TAKE you will be MISERABLE your entire day AND EVEN a few days after that. | F | 17 | 2 days | 9/26/2006 | 5 | Bipolar 1 w/psychotic features | acne, sleeplessness at times, very groggy in the am | It's a miracle... | F | 33 | 2 weeks | 9/24/2006 | 2 | bipolar disorder | sleepiness initially | not a very effective med for anxiety/delusions | F | 34 | 3 months | 9/14/2006 | 1 | bipolar | panic attacts, shakeing, irratible , hard time breathing | i hated it. iv been haveing terrible panic attacts(that just started when i took this) that even made me end up in the hospitial. my hands shake , it feels like someones sitting on my chest, my mood swings increased.i stoped taking it a week agao and im still haveing panic attacts, but not as bad.it did make me lose weight, i lost 20lbs.i lost all intrest in food.i had to force myself to eat once a day to once every other day.every moreing i woke up i was suprised because it made me feel like there was something seriously wrong with me. i finally convinced my mother to let me off it | F | 16 | 3 months | 9/11/2006 | 1 | bipolar | everything imaginable | it killed my son think twice before taking this drug kills get off it now grandfather was taking also now he has heart failure | M | 35 | 7 weeks | 9/11/2006 | 3 | Bipolar I | extremely tired at first, anxiety/panic attacks, hair loss | I was miserable on geodon for the first 6 months because I would have panic attacks and I couldn't get out of bed. I am now also taking zoloft and I think part of being so tired was because I was depressed. The zoloft is working well for the anxiety and I wake up at a decent hour now, so the mix of the two drugs is working well for me. | F | 26 | 7 months | 9/8/2006 | 5 | schizophrenia | feeling tired (but mostly went away and not all the time), having trouble sleeping sometimes. I experienced anhedonia at first, but it went away after a month. | Geodon is much better than Risperidone (Risperdal). Risperidone made me feel very dizzy and extremely tired at all times and ruined my sexual functioning. I have regained some sexual functioning on Geodon. I feel mostly like myself. | M | 33 | 3 months | 8/10/2006 | 5 | schizoaffective | urinary retention in the morning. If I don't get enought sleep I pass out in the morning. Had muscle tention for the first year but it went away. | This drug has been a miracle for me. I'm now able to work full time. It puts me to sleep at night and wakes me up during the day. | F | 42 | 3 years | 8/4/2006 | 2 | Schizophrenia | Rash,drowsisness,muscle aches, shaking, loss of energy. | the first brand i tried helped (3 Blue Pills) but second brand (2 white pills) made everything worse. | F | 15 | 1 months | 7/4/2006 | 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 | 5 | bi-polar | initial fatigue; wore off. Low grade fever since starting it, but less with lower dose (currently 40mg BID). | Was reluctant to take an anti-psychotic, especially a new one. But it has helped a lot with my anxiety, low-grade paranoia, thought-blocking, and other cognitive effects of depression. Seem more able to focus on studies, tasks, etc. Expense is big drawback though. | F | 42 | 3 months | 5/29/2006 | 5 | Bipolar 1 Disorder | Initially, extreme tiredness, foginess in the morning with double vision. I couldn't "wake up" until around 1:00 p.m. That only lasted about 2 months. Breast milk (not pregnant), but prolactin levels have not increased. | I've been on it for 14 months, and it's the only drug out of handfuls that has tamed my mixed states and manias. Without it I don't know where I'd be. Today I know what it feels like to function. I still get tired, but that's not a lot to complain about. Someone posted that they had to go off b/c they produced breast milk? My doc said no and so did a breast specialist. Scary to think I would have to...Hmm. | F | 27 | 14 months | 5/4/2006 | 5 | Bipolar | Lost weight. | Effective for more severe cases of bipolar (i.e. hallucinations, hearing voices). | M | 29 | 2 years | 4/27/2006 | 5 | Treatment resistant depression | Started taking this a month ago, 20 mg. at night plus 100 mg. Cymbalta/day after trying several other drugs for my depression with little response. The first couple of nights it knocked me out, which was fine with me as I have trouble sleeping anyway. | For me this has been a miracle drug! I feel like my normal, pre-depression self without any wacky side effects. | F | 47 | 30 days | 3/9/2006 | 1 | bi-polar, anxiety | The drug worked great to help me sleep and feel calmer (however I did have some sleepiness after the morning dose so I would set my alarm and take it 3 hours before I had to get up and that solved the problem) and I felt like I had more energy during the day. However - there is one hideous side-effect that sent me to the ER: I had such terrible abdominal bloating that I felt like I was going to burst open! I felt and looked like I was 4 months pregant while on this drug. The effect got worse over a 2 week period until I felt like I must be growing a huge tumor in my abdomen and I went to the ER. They x-rayed me and really found nothing (they thought I was mildly constipated- that's all the ER doc could come up with), but the discomfort was terrible. I actually have stretch marks on my belly from the short time I took the drug, and I didn't gain weight in any other part of my body. I went off of it and the effects subsided, but my doc wanted me to go back on it again. So I took | It's a shame the drug has this awful side-effect, otherwise I really did feel better on it. | F | 35 | 25 days | 3/2/2006 | 4 | BiPolar II | Nearly total loss of interest in sex, extreme sleepiness | Geodon is effective in controlling my dramatic mood swings, and keeps me from feeling intensely angry. 4-6 hours after I take my 80mg dose I must go to sleep--there's no avoiding it--so I've begun timing my dosage to align with when I plan to go to sleep for the night. Geodon has not been effective in alleviating my depression. | F | 30 | 6 months | 2/26/2006 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder II | mania | Shortly after starting on 80mg of Geodon I became very manic. PDOC doubled dose to 160mg and my mood state went to normal. | M | 56 | 14 months | 2/24/2006 |