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- Mixed Phases | Extremely Tired; Sensitivity to light; loss of appetite; restlessness | F | 23 | 6 weeks 80mg | 10/12/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | I don't know if these are side effects but here we go: I sleep very very hard, I have leg cramps sometimes at night, drooling, stand up and rock side to side all day,hoarseness. | Controls my anger. | F | 43 | 8 years 120 1X day | 10/12/2015 | 1 | Back pain due to spinal injury. | Permanent extreme tremors, suicidal idiology, suicide attempt resulting in hospitalization | Don't take it! | M | 28 | 8 months 300 MG | 10/9/2015 | 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 | 5 | Bi Polar 1 with mixed episodes | I've only taken 20 mg with dinner for the past two nights. Both nights, I immediately starting burping and felt slightly jittery. I have a mild headache that goes away with Advil, but that's about it. The first night, I slept for 10 hours which was awesome! But my mouth was very dry when I woke up. So far, these are things I can deal with. I feel pretty good emotionally after having a bad bout of depression a week ago. I'll give it a month and see if the mild side effects go away. | F | 40 | 2 days 40Mg | 6/25/2015 | 5 | depression and motivation issues | The first time I took Geodon I had this weird side effect. About 20min after taking it I felt suddenly severely depressed and suicidal. I started crying for no reason then laughing. My heart was beating really fast and it got worse to the point where I called 911 because it was pounding so hard I thought I might die. Everything turned out fine and I didn't end up going to the hospital but I stooped taking it for this reason to later on trying it out again. If I hey overly excited/scared my heart will beat to fast and sometimed I get heart palpitations but I think I've got it under control now To where it's not a major problem anymore but a side effect that had gotten better over time. I also have 0 appetite. I had to lower my dose to 40mg because I couldn't physically eat. I was gagging on anything I tried eating even something small. I went back up to 60mg recently and it's been better but I am never hungry. I continue to lose weight which is nice but I'll have to watch out if I get too low. Another reason I don't eat much is because it make a me feel nauseas. My stomach seems weaker and can't handle much of anything besides water. I feel mild nausea after eating a bowl of soup and a piece of bread. | Keep a close eye out when you first start taking Geodon or when you increase it. Everyone I increase the dose I get a severe side effect. Sometimes you have to stay at a lower dosee for your body to get use to it so don't rush with it. I had severe anxiety/feeling like I was jumping out of my skin when I increased my dose. Don't let a bad side effect stop you from taking it if it's helping. Talk with your doctor about it. Also I feel dehydrated a lot so make sure your drinking enough water. | F | 23 | 2 months 60mg | 4/24/2015 | 1 | Bipolar w/ depression | The most horrible back pain. Spent 2 days in bed, missed work. | After coming off, back pain lasted 4 more days. | F | 33 | 6 days | 4/23/2015 | 1 | Mood disorder/ depression | -UNIMAGINABLE FATIGUE -low blood pressure -fainting -restlessness -dizziness/ disorientation | PLEASE DONT SKIP! My Dr. Put me on this on top of other meds to help with hopeless thoughts. I took 40mg at night and about 30-40 seconds when I woke up the following morning I felt extreme shaking and restlessness. I had to get up to go to school and the second I got up I was really dizzy and disoriented. I went to use the bathroom and I knew something was wrong because I could see black spots and felt like I was losing control of my body. I tried to call for help and tried to lift myself up with a towel hanger but it broke just as I was BLACKING OUT and hit my head on some marble. My dad is a Dr. and said the medicine can cause a SIGNIFICANT drop in blood pressure for some people. By the time I was able to lay down again I physically/verbally could not communicate or move. Another red sign was knowing that my eyes WOULD NOT STAY OPEN no matter all my will power I gave to get up due to the fatigue. I couldn't go to class I woke up in the late afternoon. I am a light sleeper and this put me out DEAD COLD even though I took it the night before. This pill will knock the hell out of you and I'm in college I can take tired this was NOT THAT. This level of exhaustion can only be felt because of something like this and I hope no one has to feel what I felt! PLEASE consider another form of medication before trying this! I have been on God knows how many mess BUT THIS WAS THE WORST! | F | 20 | 1 days 40mg | 4/22/2015 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | I was suicidal and severely depressed. Was started of Risperdal and Trazadone. Risperdal has so many law suits it's crazy. I stopped that drug. Was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was started on Geodon. Best thing I ever had for 3 weeks. I was extremely functional and able to experience joy again after months of darkness and depression. Then I missed a dose. The very next day I was suicidal again. I was depressed all over again. I stayed off for a few days before starting it again. I needed a fix. I started again and things got a little better but not much. I would still have manic phases and urges. This past Wednesday I missed a dose. I also missed Thirsdays dose. Friday I started getting strange sharp pains atop my head followed by dizziness and and elevated heart rate. I was hauled off in an ambulance with a blood pressure of 198/113. I thought I was dying. I had 5 panic attacks this past weekend and visited the hospital 5 times. Finally having a CT scan that was clear. I was also placed on BP meds. It's Monday and I'm plagued with a feeling of water running in my head. I feel itching in my head and forehead. Also burning. All accompanied by headaches. I'm tAking Ativan to help me calm down. Heart rate and blood pressure still not under control. | Worst drug ever! Will be weened off this drug ASAP. DO NOT take it! | M | 33 | 2 days 20 | 4/13/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | Made me feel in a depressed mood. I was never happy. When I stopped taking it for a whole day I would get really bad anxiety &' panic attacks.. I would never sleep if I stopped taking it. I gained a lot of weight with this. Sadly I also lost my appitite all the time. I would not reccomend this at all. I've never ever felt like this in my entire life. Made me go crazy for the longest time. | It's the worst.. Ever since I stopped taking it, I've been feeling like myself again. &' been more happier than ever. It's just a drug that makes you go crazy in my opinion. | F | 16 | 1 days 30 MG | 3/27/2015 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Worst rash ever chest pains hearing more voices runny nose eye twitching my stomachs feel like I was in a boxing match for 12 rounds no sleep wired for 4 days straight don't know what's going on lack of concentration overall not recommended | M | 29 | 5 days 50 mg | 3/26/2015 | 5 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Lost weight, slight Q-T prolongation on an EKG | Geodon has saved my life. I went from being hospitalized, confused, hearing voices about 80% of the time to completely lucid, motivated, and voice-free. The only downside of the medication is that you may not lose as much weight the second round you take it. | F | 29 | 3 years 80 3X day | 3/18/2015 | 5 | bipolar | Need to wear glasses, insomnia, I think that's all oh yeah I lost weight. I did have breast leakage just a little though. | I have been on Geodon for about 2 years only medicine that actually helps me. It takes away the anger, the mood swings all of it. I feel totally normal now. I am currently taking Geodon while pregnant I stoped for a couple months and had problems so I had to go back on it again. Works wonders for me. The baby is healthy and doing great! Currently no problems I know of and had many ultrasounds. | F | 28 | 2 years 160 mg dai | 3/16/2015 | 3 | Schizoaffective | Hallucinations increase, feel high, | M | 26 | 7 months 160 mg | 3/4/2015 | 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 | 1 | bipolar 1 | initially mania, lack of sleep, skin rashes and after a year at the highest dose, Tardive Dyskinesia. I was better off on the more sedative choices. I was manic as loony tunes | If you go online you can see a lot of class action lawsuits against Geodon regarding Tardive Dyskinesia which really tells you something,. | F | 54 | 3 years 50 mg 2X day | 2/17/2015 | 4 | Bipolar II | Well, other than it making me feel drunk, or there is an earthquake going on, I was quite impressed. In one dose it stopped my hypomania. I woke up feeling I might want to live again! Sure I'm sleepy, but it's manageable. I have noticed increase in forgetfulness, but I have Fibromyalgia so deal with that anyway. I also have my appetite back which I know I need to be careful about. I think the reason I'm so impressed is I was on Depakote for 5 days and I went into a psychosis state (thought I either already killed someone or was getting ready too). I barely urinated, ate, hated everything, began throwing out things I'd cherished for years...didn't get too far into it when I decided I didn't give a damn! It's a good thing I take my dog with me when I drive because twice I was going to drive into something purposefully just to stop my brain from being so "painful", which is how it seemed to me, but I couldn't hurt my dog too. That's what was nuts: having lucid moments in between the freaky ones. I sincerely hope this the drug for me; guess we will see soon enough! | F | 57 | 1 days 40mg | 1/23/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | This medication gave me gastritis. I took for the first few days and I had the worst stomach pains EVER!!!! This drug scrapes your stomach and destroys its lining. Ever after I stopped taking it, my stomach still hurts :(( This drug is HELLISH!!!! | Not a good drug, at all! | F | 38 | 3 days 40 2X day | 1/16/2015 | 1 | bipolar 2 | Extreme lethargy drunk feeling. Unable to wake up in the morning. Too tired to function. Strange feeling that I was going to die but apathetic to it. Missed periods. Anxiety through the roof but again kind of apathetic about it. Unable to function. | This drug is crazy. Not sure if it is meant for bipolar 2. Dr didn't explain how lethargic it makes you. I took it first time just before leaving for church and felt so drowsy and drunk an hour and a half later. I never ever should have driven! Do not take this and drive until your body is used to it! I am a single mom two young kids. This was very very dangerous for me. I couldn't wake up for them. Constantly tired. I missed a dose one night and starting hearing voices. I never heard voices before this. Withdrawal from this drug is real and scary. Psychosis shaking sweating are all withdrawal side effects. Titrating off this drug will cause this. I heard sounds and voices every time my dosage was lowered. Very scary. Read up on this drug before starting it. | F | 32 | 3 months 80mg bid | 12/29/2014 | 5 | Get rid of anger | Weight loss, watery mouth, and even with the zoloft I feel woozy | N/a | M | 22 | 2 weeks 40 | 12/4/2014 |