GEODON Reviews (ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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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.   FDA Approval Date: 2001-02-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  for preventation of psychosis Runny nose lost memory I began in June with twice 20 mg per day. It worked for 2 months, and was ok, but I've got very lost memory at a time after 1 month. After 2 and half months I unfortunately relapse. My doctor only liked low doses. My doctor Think low doses is good at all the preparation. Actually she was wrong, on geodon, higher doses are reguallary required. But in late august I succeeded with an 40 mg package and took up to 160 mg over one day. I took Always with meal but with lunch time and dinner time later on the day. After every dosage I have to run to the bed, otherwise I would fall asleep when standing up. But I always managed to bed. Zeldox was an pure sleep medicine at the 160 mg dose. It had much better antipsychotic effect on 160 mg but it was not enough to fully remove may psychosis fully, but it helped a lot still. But my docotor discovered this and gave me only 20-40 mg again and then it was disaster, I've got Heavy psychosis and it does not helped anything at this low doses. I contacted doctor about to take Another antipsychotic by replace geodon finally but my doctor waited to long with meeting. I was close to suicide. I was hospitalized and been here for long, now I'm standing on haldol. If I would began geodon again then I must begin with an high dose already from the beginning next time. The low dose was not enough and the psychosis I've got then was Heavy. I'm not happy on my doctor..... 23 4 months
80 2X day
10/1/2016
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 4  I'm taking Geodon for bipolar 1 The only side effects I have had our one. I feel manic and two I can get really angry at times. But it has helped with depression and anxiety. I also take klonopin, Prozac and Vyvanse. I see my doctor tomorrow to see if it's the Geodon that's making me manic. F 50 2 days
40
9/29/2016
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 1  Panic Disorder / Anxiety This drug made me insanely sedated. I took it once a day at night for three days, on the fourth day I took it also in the morning and I could have fallen asleep standing up. Same for the next two days. I stopped taking it during the day because I fell asleep at my desk. It wasn't something caffeine could fix either. My heart would be POUNDING and I'd be jittery but could literally close my eyes for 2 seconds and be asleep. Cannot live like that. I started taking my dosage in the middle of the night (1 am) so that I could sleep off the drowsiness (it only really effected me for the first 3-5 hours after taking it), but after I upped my dosage I started getting tense jaw, teeth grinding and shaking. I was also getting involuntary muscle movements and did my research about tardive dystonia/dyskinesia and promptly decided to get off it. I do NOT reccomend this drug... it makes you feel very "drugged" and you can tell when 12 hours between doses is up because you start feeling w Controlled anxiety, terrible side effects. F 28 10 days
20 2X day
7/28/2016
 5  Depression none Love it. Taking it in addition to Zoloft. It's been so helpful. F 21 5 months
80mg
7/16/2016
 3  Intrusive repetitive toungue waggin Vocal tic severe sustained panic attack Helped at first then I experienced vocal tic and anxiety stopped taking it. Adverse effects remain after bring off it for two months Plus I started laughing randomly suggests presence of neurological disorder M 40 4 months
7/14/2016
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 1  bipolar depression This is the worst medication I have ever taken. Took me four miserable years to figure out that this was of my gut wrenting depression. For the first year it was fine. Then I became paranoid, convinced everyone hated me, lost all my friends. Then the dystonia started (when your muscles are tight and you can't control them) it was in my left leg right arm and face. I had no good emotions, no matter what. I found it so hard to smile, not to mention the anxiety of the charts, I was almost agrophobic. . And I was so lazy and enjoyed nothing. Not to mention I gained 100 lbs. But wait, it gets worse... I am currently tapering off this medication onto abilify and it is pure hell. I can't breath, I can't focus, I can't sleep. My Dr had to put me on benzetropines, that's now another addiction battle I'm going to have to fight. I swear, dress are paid to push this drug. There is no other way that a drug with this many side effects and down falls would be prescribed @ such doses to completely unsuspecting people who are just looking for help. AVOID IT WITH YOUR LIFE! IT'S BETTER TO BE NUTS! one pill is all it takes, then without it the withdrawls start. Please people, it'd pure evil! F 36 4 years
160 1X day
7/9/2016
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 1  Bipolar Depression Shortly after start, had episode of forgetting how to drive (middle of traffic on interstate), felt like I was coming out of skin, couldn't sit still, jumping from one side of sofa to other, couldn't walk, shaky. Unfocused. At. most times, walked slowly with shoulders hunched and mouth hanging open. Lost memory This drug took my life. I've been off of it for a year, now. The sad thing is, my side effects remain! Constant right hand tremor. I WAS an artist, with beautiful handwriting. No more. Still have severe memory loss. Still experience feeling of needing to get out of my skin. Severe anxiety. Mild OCD. Can't stand clothing to touch me, at times. Extremely debilitating depression. That's just a glimpse. Mental issues...due to past use, or just my own??? The memory loss and tremor, I can say, all Geodon. For seven years I took it, faithfully, to stop crying. Well, I didn't cry for 7 years! Not even when my only, baby sister died unexpectedly! Not when others I loved died. Not when terrible things happened to my kids. Many times, I had NO idea of what was going on in my own home! Not only did it stop my crying, but it took away laughter. Any ability to live was lost. Mostly, I isolated, and still do. I have 5 kids. Most of their events, I missed. I can never get years back! The tears have returned, but the joy is elusive. I can't imagine choosing to take Geodon, knowing what I do now! If I were not God's child, saved thru the blood of Jesus Christ, I'd have strongly considered suicide. It's THAT BAD! One good thing is, my withdrawal. I was taking 3 capsules a day. Weaned myself. First, a week or two of 2 a day, then, down to one. It wasn't at all difficult for me to stop that insanity! I only wish that the changes it made in me were not permanent. That, I believe, makes it an extre F 53 7 years
120 mg/day
6/19/2016
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 5  psychosis 20 mg twice per day, a total of 40 mg per day. Not hungry on it. On the contrary. Reduces appetite. take it at the same moment when I have a meal for best effect! No weight gain. No effect on metabolism. Stable blood sugar levels. Working ! I do not feel psychotic on it ! Good. M 22 2 weeks
20 MG 2X day
6/18/2016
 2  Bipolar 2 Disorder WEIGHT GAIN! I already have a problem with weight gain on the other psych meds. I take. This really upset me because my doctor knows how much my weight gain concerns me; so what does he do?! He prescribes Geodon which clearly has weight gain as a side effect. I'm quite peeved with him right now. Be your own advocate. Do your homework on any meds prescribed. My mistake was that I trusted my doc too much. I'll eventually get over it. F 63 1 months
40 mg. 1X day
5/27/2016
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 3  Bipolar 1 Dizziness, anxiety This is more of a question. My Dr started lowering my dose from 180mg to 160mg and now I'm at 140mg. After we lowered to 140 I started having really bad anxiety. It's not like normal anxiety it's like a panic attack is trapped inside my head trying to push its way out and it is literally driving me crazy. My breathing is calm and my heart rate is normal when it starts. It usually starts around 5pm. I'm taking kilonipin but that only takes the edge off of it. Any advice would help. M 36 5 months
140mg
3/21/2016
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 3  schizo effective w/ paronia anxiety and hyperactivity until I finally get to sleep usually around 4 hours later with the help of klonapin all serious side effects aside,did it occurred to anyone that this med may take at least a few days to adjust? most meds do. sleep usually returns to normal patterns in a few days to a week. F 54 2 days
40 mg so f
2/17/2016
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 1  Bipolar 2 with hallucinations The worst anxiety I've ever experienced, felt like I wanted to crawl out of my skin, serious thoughts of suicide because I felt so awful, panic attacks and extreme fatigue if I took the medication any later than 8 pm. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!! I can't yell it loud enough. This is my first night without it and I feel almost normal again. I stopped cold turkey and I'm a little afraid there will be withdrawals but I'm willing to risk it so that I can stop feeling as down right terrible as I did while taking this. It was a nightmare and I didn't want to live feeling like that. I would not recommend anyone ever take this medication. It really could have been the end of me. F 25 3 weeks
50 mg 1X day
2/9/2016
 1  Hospital I almost died taking geodon at the hospital M 22 1 days
2/3/2016
 4  Bipolar ll 30 pound weight gain. I'm sorry to read the severe side effects others are having. I take geodon for racing thoughts and irritability. The geodon has taken these issues away completely. I actually handle high stress situations much better than I thought possible. I switched to geodon in hopes of reversing the weight I gained from seroquel and saphris.Unfortunately if a med. has weight gain as a side effect I apparently am going to just gain weight. My pdoc suggested tegretol might help reverse the weight gain but I have read scary reviews about that med too.I take 150mg of lamotrigine daily as my mood stabilizer and it has been great for my depression. I've taken this for 10 years with no side effects. F 47 2 years
40mg x2 da
1/2/2016
 1  Bipolar Nose bleeds, Migrains, weight gain, anxiety, oversleeping, tiredness, memory loss still trying to figure out the damage... I was put on geodon at age 9 to treat my bipolar. It was paired with lexapro to treat depression. I am now almost twenty and have taken myself off of both medications. I started taking myself off as soon as I turned eighteen. Since being off I sleep better. I feel more alert and aware of my surroundings. I was forced into taking this medication. When I stopped I felt as though I woke up.. I have no anger or depression. I do however have mild anxiety attacks. This medicine has made my life extremely difficult. before my diagnoses i was diagnosed with several other disorders (Asperger's, adhd, schizophrenia )and was put on various other medications from a young age. I was bullied and grew up in an abusive household. The other medications made me do really strange things. I was taking geodon before I slept at night. if i was out of it or I forgot it I would have extreme withdraws. I am now concerned about my organs and my heart after being on this medicine for so long. It was unnecessary and did nothing but hurt me in the long run. I beg any one reading this to never put any one under the age of eighteen on this medication. It is too strong and causes to many horrible side effects that can and will do permanent damage. I have never felt better then I do now being off of this stuff. I am not saying your kid doesn't have a disorder or will be mis diagnosed like I did; however the brain is not fully developed at that age. being mis diagnosed is a real possibility. There are othe F 19 10 years
120 MG 1X day
1/2/2016
 2  Mood Disorder, Psychotic Episodes Irritability, rage, loss of motivation, headache, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, Dysphagia (had trouble swallowing at times) I'm writing this on behalf of my boyfriend. He was first on rispiridone which did wonders for him but he was bothered by the facial drooping and slurring of speech so his doctor put him on this crap. It helps him a bit but he becomes extremely irritable and sometimes rageful and will pick fights for no reason. He gets sick a lot on this medication and gets headaches and dry mouth. This causes him to miss school and he's already missed a lot this year. He also has panic attacks where he has trouble swallowing and that Dysphagia side effect made it worse. The only reason I'm giving it a 2 is because it helped his psychotic episodes a bit. It did NOTHING for his mood, in fact it made it worse. I was hoping this would help him put on some weight like the rispiridone did since he's a bit underweight but it's just made him sick. He stopped taking it and had withdrawal side effects from it too. A very poor choice for medication. M 18 2 months
1X day
12/29/2015
 4  Anxiety with Aspergers Greatly, massively depleted "will-power" to accomplish even desired activities. My son was diagnosed with Aspergers and Generalized Anxiety at 6. By 9, his outbursts led us to Geodon. It helped, but left difficulties the psych blamed on anxiety... He needed help to get to school, a party, a movie, brush teeth, tie shoes, do homework. etc. This went on 6 years. He is now 15 and has been in 11 schools - private, home, co-op, and public. He was banned from some; we left others. His “anxieties” controlled our family life. Then, 7 months ago, we stopped Geodon. Amazingly, our child came to life: eating new foods, laughing, becoming more animated, taking new initiatives, and never doing worse than with Geodon. His WILL returned and was now stronger than his “anxiety.” We withdrew from the private school for children with learning disabilities and re-enrolled in the public school that had started truancy proceedings 1½ years earlier. Now, halfway through the school year, he gets himself up and dressed, has never been late, has changed all of his classes to advanced placement, controls his frustrations, and his dull, uninvolved look is gone. He is animated and expressive making real friends. SUMMARY: Geodon was a lifesaver when our child was young. But as he matured, the medicine continued to suppress his “will.” His psychiatrists never connected his school and life troubles with the medicine. We should have stopped Geodon earlier. I now warn people to consider the positive will-power Geodon suppresses even as it M 15 6 years
30 mg. 1X day
12/1/2015
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 1  Major depressive disorder, DID i became a slobbering idiot, couldn't keep my eyes open, slept for 16-18 hours a day, and my dissociation worsened. worst medication I've ever taken F 23 7 days
11/20/2015
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 3  Bipolar 1, schizopheffective Insomnia, back pain, jaw clench,can't stop moving, feeling impatient I take 20mg in the morning and 80mg at night. I love and hate this medication. I've been taking this medication for longer than 2 weeks and I'm in pain! My jaw hurts so bad, my back is unbearable, I can not sleep at all! The reason why I love it is because my mood is fantastic and I'm not having any psychosis I don't know what to do. I have tried everything. So in hoping in a month it will get better... I just hope. F 23 10 days
20mg 80mg
11/19/2015
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 1  Autism and mood disorder Severely depressed, easily agitated F 8 1 weeks
20 MG
11/3/2015

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