GEODON Reviews (ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.7 (579 Ratings)

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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  mood disorder weight loss, extreme fatigue/feel like i just broke out of a casket when i wake up, mood swings aren't any better, nausea, racing heart, kind of a high sometimes i went to the hospital in may last year, took 80 mg when i was there and when i came back, and my psych lowered it to 60. so maybe it's just this dose, but i feel like utter crap. tho before, when i was taking 80, i was high all the time. so i don't recommend geodon, overall. it's good if you gained weight from a former drug, i guess, and for some people it probably works, but it doesn't for me, go figure. F 16 2 weeks
60?? 1X day
5/8/2013
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 2  Bipolar I It did stop my manic episode. But as it was explained to me, atypicals (lower side effect profiles) become typical the higher the dosage. And I gained 10 pounds in a very short period of time. Right now the internal shaking is a real downer. I'm coming off of it and feel like I'm coming out of my skin. The tremors got progressively worse, not better. This may work for people, I just never loved it. F 41 3 months
120mg
5/7/2013
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 5  bipolar disorder Lethargy, low blood sugar, seizures F 34 6 years
40mg
4/27/2013
 1  bi polar Blurry vision,50lbs weight gain, dry mouth and shaking hands F 31 2 years
60 mg
4/5/2013
 5  Bipolar II Mild nausea first 3 days The best medication I've ever been prescribed for hypomania/depression. No side effects and great control of symptoms. F 57 3 months
100mg 1X day
3/11/2013
 4  Treat bipolar Heart flutters Jittery, restless Paranoid Decrease in appetite Euphoria F 26 9 days
40 mg BID
1/29/2013
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 1  bipolar Well it definitely didn't help with nething besides a psychotic break. F 31 2 months
60mg/2x
12/4/2012
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 4  Bipolar I tremor in hands, twitch in tongue, drowsiness geodon is the "magic" that pulls all of my other meds together to work well. the drowsiness is useful to help with my insomnia. used to treat psychotic and paranoia symptoms. M 25 4 years
20 mg 1X day
10/23/2012
 1  'schizophrenia' the worst and most powerful drug of all that i took. I believe that there is no stronger drug than this. i couldn't stand seated, i wasn't well in any position if i wanted to walk i coudn't because of contractures in the foot, extreme heavy head, extremely dry mouth, extreme agitation, extreme headaches... i believe this drug could be used to turn horses unconscious you don't want to know what it does to human M 23 1 months
80 mg 2X day
10/21/2012
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 4  Schizo-Affective Disorder Over 100 lb weight gain. I eat like a bird and can't lose a pound on this medication F 55 5 years
80 2X day
10/11/2012
 4  Bi polar with voices Makes me relax, loss of apetite, weight loss, watery mouth, burping F 24 1 months
40mg
10/10/2012
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 1  Schizoaffective I gained over 100 pounds felt as though I was having a heart attack diziness became manic at one point so the dose was increased I got diabetes decreased urine output F 25 6 years
160 mgs
9/14/2012
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 2  Psychosis Drowsiness, akathisia, extrapyramidal symptoms, lack of appetite I've been on olanzapine, seroquel XR and risperidone before and they kept the symptoms of psychosis away but caused significant weight gain. I tolerated them well however. In hopes of losing some weight i was switched to ziprasidone. From the first dose i felt it is a different drug. More potent and aggressive. I was initially dosed with 40mg x 1 but it was increased up to 100mg x 2 eventually. I've experienced an outbreak of psychosis through seroquel 800mg which explains the unually high dosage of ziprasidone. In the beginning i had mild akathisia and it only got worse as my dosage was increased. It didn't occur at night time because i was able to sleep but 2 hours after the morning dose with meal was plain hell to me. When you're at work where you've got to concentrate and deal with a lot of people the last thing you want is bad akathisia. Now i take 140mg once daily and can live with it but i'm about to go for another medication soon. I also have experienced muscle rigidity, especially in my jaws, tremor in my legs and slight difficulties to swallow sometimes. I think the older antipsychotics have some similarities with ziprasidone's side effect profile especially with motor side effects. For others this drug may be more tolerable but i'm done with it. M 29 2 months
140 1X day
9/1/2012
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 1  Suicidal ideations Extreme neck stiffness (acute dystonic reaction) and muscle pain I would never, ever, ever take this in a million years! My psychiatric ARNP put me on it when I told her I was experiencing suicidal ideations that I didn't want to act on. She sent me to live in a "safe house" where I could be monitored outside of the hospital psych ward. Thank God I was there! I took this medicine one time at night before bed and woke up the next morning in pain. My muscles were stiff and sore. I also realized, while in the bathroom, that something was wrong with my neck. It would get stuck in unnatural positions. I would be forced to look up or to the sides and couldn't get my neck to move back into its normal place because it would snap back. It made me very anxious and frightened because this had never happened with any other medication. One of the house parents took me to see the ARNP on an emergency appointment and she diagnosed me as having medication-induced dystonia. She prescribed Benzatropine and took me off the Geodon. I was given Lithium for the suicidal ideations instead. I only took it ONE DAY and this happened. Geodon is dangerous! F 24 1 days
40 MG 1X day
8/17/2012
 4  Schizophrenia,depression,OCD & PTSD I am so cold that I feel as if I am living back in New York in the winter time, and it's summer right now! Also, I am not constipated, but it does take me longer to go to the bathroom. And I am very hungry. I did however lose 1 pound. I AM FREEZING, and it is summer time. F 37 2 weeks
40 mg 1X day
8/15/2012
 3  manic deppsion It makes me tried. I wouldn't really recomed this for anybody but I really like it becase it helps me sleep. M 22 4 months
40
7/31/2012
 1  bipolar tried to come off. cant sleep, after a couple of days without sleep you become a zombe,headackes,you want to sleep but cant. but as soon as you give in and take the drug you sleep and you are a new man that quick,over night. lasted one week and half befor i gave in wouldnt recomend this for anybody!!! M 41 4 years
20 1X day
7/17/2012
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 4  schizophrenia Can't remember the side effects experienced other that I know I went through some time where I had to adapt to the drug. No problem now after almost 4 years taking it. I left a comment rating this drug years ago on this site when first started taking the medication and I gave it a rating of 5 because I didn't know then the weight you lose when switched to geodon from another antispychotic (risperdal in my case) doesn't stay off. I ended gaining all the weight back plus 10 lbs more than on risperdal but that doesn't seem to bother all the chicks that flirt with me when I go out to places and I have no complaints about that. I workout regularly (weightlifting, walking on the treadmill) and I can fit into size "L" shirts instead of "XL" shirts like when on risperdal so I guess that's what doctors refer to geodon as being more weight neutral. I had my doctor reduce my dose from 160mg to 120mg because I felt no difference and noticed I lost 2 inches from chest and waistline in 4 weeks, but the weight remained the same. On my previous post I wrote that my sex drive had been enhanced when switched to geodon but like with any antispychotic, it slows you down and I mention slow down because I still keep my sex drive way better than while on risperdal, drug which actually ceased my sex drive, can't remember, I also have no complaints about that. I stopped smoking, drinking all forms of alcohol and illicit drugs prior to being switched to geodon so I experience no side effects from this drug other that I can no longer sleep after effects from geodon wearing off after a a couple of years, another thing I don't complain about. To all M 37 4 years
120 mg 1X day
7/12/2012
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 3  Bipolar Visual side effects, bad withdrawals It worked pretty well for my mood however I am now going off due to the visual side effects I experience on it. I am having to taper off very slowly due to withdrawals... if I miss a dose of this medicine the withdrawals are terrible. Nausea, body aches, chills, sweating, BAD insomnia (took 2 over the counter sleeping pills and slept maybe 2 hours all night, couldn't nap or sleep the rest of the night or day). Going on this med, beware of the possibility of developing withdrawals. They can be intense. Also, if you go off cold turkey for any reason, some of the withdrawal effects can become permanent (I believe it's the akathisia that can). F 23 6 months
80 MG 1X day
7/4/2012
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 1  Bipolar NOS, Depression This medicine didn't work at alll for me. I was diagnosed with Bipolar NOS and Depression and Anxiety in 2008 and I started off on Abilify. Then I was put on Geodon in February 2009. It messed with my sleep cycle. If I missed just one nightly dosage I couldn't sleep at all that night no matter how tired I was. It also made me have some hallucinations. And it made me fall into random periods of depression and rage. F 17 2 years
80 MG
6/11/2012
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