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 | Bi Polar | Jaw clenching, memory loss, decreased appetite, paranoia, insomnia, hung over feeling in the morning. | Geodon has actually helped with my depression. I was isolating so bad I could barely go to the store to feed myself. I've become a lot more social and am doing a lot more activities than normal. The worst side effects I've experienced are memory loss and paranoia. I had to buy a watch just so I'd know what day it is. I gained 60 pounds on Seroquel. I've already lost 20 pounds in the two months I've been taking Geodon. It killed my appetite which I am enjoying. I just wish it was sedating for me. I get about 6 hours of sleep then wake up with a hungover feeling. | M | 39 | 2 months 80mg 2X day | 6/21/2011 | 4 | Bipolar 1 Disorder | Heart problems when exceeded advised maximum dosage | The only side effect I had was prolonged QT syndrome (a heart problem) when I was taking 80mg 3x a day. The max dose is supposed to me 80mg 2x a day so it isn't all that surprising that it happened. No drowsiness at all. Nothing. It keeps me from going manic, which is incredibly important. I would go mixed/manic if I went off it. It doesn't help at all with the soul-crushing depression though. I have to take lithium and wellbutrin to smooth the depression out some. I've tried going off Geodon in the past and I was manic within 2 days. So I NEED Geodon and it works well for me. Everyone reacts differently, so don't avoid Geodon just because of the bad ratings. People rarely come on here to tell good things about meds, usually just the ones that didn't do well for them. | F | 22 | 9 months 80 2X day | 6/10/2011 | 4 | manic/depressive bipolar 1 | very sleepy at first 3 weeks, then the restlessness kicked in about 5 weeks,i feel like i have to be doing something all the time. agitation as the pharmist has told me, | other than relestness which i hope will go away soon, i havent had anymore side effects as of late but the relestness is driving me crazy, hopefully it will get better by the next 2 weeks. | F | 38 | 6 weeks 20x2 2X day | 6/8/2011 | 3 | Depression/Paranoia | Loss of appetite, EXTREME drowsiness within 2 hrs. after taking with evening meal, dizziness if I tried to get out of bed at night, INSOMNIA after reducing and stopping medication | F | 27 | 1 months 160 MG 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 4 | Steroid Phychosis from Medrol pack | intense dreams, tired, introverted | This medication worked very well for the steroid phychosis, however it is very hard to wean off of. When I try to wean down I get very anxious. Looks like I will be stuck on the med cause I can't handle the anxiety. | F | 48 | 3 years 40 mg 2X day | 4/17/2011 | 1 | Rapid Cycling Bipolar/Paranoia | agitation, cold chills, muscle spasms, clicking teeth | Geodon made me extra violent and agitated. Ruined my family life, hate it, did not help at all. | F | 22 | 6 months 80 1X day | 3/21/2011 | 1 | Psychosis and racing thoughts | A HORRIBLE drug! I was taking this in March/April of 2010. The side effects were the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life. I was constantly cold, had horrible uncontrolled muscle clenching in my arms and legs that lasted around the clock for days. I could barely sleep due to the symptoms. I was sweating uncontrollably. I had anxiety on a massive scale and even something as simple as listening to a North Korean propaganda song on YouTube caused me to have a panic attack (I am not joking about that either). My dreams also were enough to cause extreme anxiety/panic attacks. Had no appetite whatsoever. I could barely even drink anything. The symptoms lasted for a week after taking the medication. | The doctor, instead of putting me on the lowest dose and see how it would effect me, had the wisdom to put me on a high dose of a drug I had never taken before. I have since stopped seeing that doctor. Be VERY careful with this drug! This drug can be dangerous to people such as myself. USE CAUTION and take the LOWEST possible dose when starting this drug even if your doctor thinks otherwise! | M | 26 | 2 weeks 80 1X day | 3/20/2011 | 4 | bipolar type 2, severe rage | Clenching jaw, licking teeth, blurred vision, extremely sleepy 1 hour after taking dose, loss of appetite. | I started out on 40mg for 3 days and was then bumped up to 80mg daily, was too difficult to function as I was in a zombie like state. Only clear headed for about 6 hrs out of the day. I was decreased to 60mg daily and tomorrow I will decrease to 40mg once a day. I've been lucky, the side effects I have are tolerable. The benefits of the drug have been wonderful. It's as if for the first time I truly feel normal. The my bipolar disorder is under control as well as my OCD. My obsessive thoughts and rituals are non-existent. My constant adreline rush is gone, I am not enraged on a daily basis. I feel optimistic about my future, a first for me. I'm glad I gave Geodon a chance. | F | 39 | 4 weeks 60mg 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 1 | Bipolar manic | it is 5 days later after Ive stop taking it I am still having bad acne shivers and numbing and tingling in head and face hair has slowed down on falling out though | F | 45 | 20mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 Patient History | 1 | Schizoaffective disorder | Chest pains, tics, dry mouth, excessive salivation, twitching tongue, blurred vision, slurred speech, muscle fatigue. | This is a horrible drug and I am terrified I will have permanent brain damage because of taking it. My symptoms were minimal and my doctor put me on the maximum dosage, I will never forgive him! Stay away from this drug, it is a true nightmare. | F | 37 | 1 years 80 2X day | 3/5/2011 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | None | I was hospitalized last November for major depression and was put on 40 mgs of Geodon. I felt better the next day! I haven't been this happy in years. It feels good to finally have my Bipolar Disorder under control. I did increase it to 80 mgs to help my sleep, but I couldn't get out of bed the next day, so I went back to 40. | F | 18 | 4 months 40 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II, Depression. | My experiences during the first 2-3 weeks were very different than the latter 2-3. This may be in part because I lowered the dose on the 4th week. For me, Geodon had severe sedative qualities. It was scary, but it got a little better after a couple weeks, and once I learned to take it with a full meal, the drowsiness completely subsided. I experienced a lot of pain and tension in my wrists, as well as numbness/clenched-feeling in my hands and fingers during the first week or two, but that's mostly gone away now. On the higher dose I occasionally had 'strange thoughts,' or felt that others were acting in very strange or confusing ways. These thoughts intensified at night, and especially around the 3rd week and I felt very agitated, depressed, upset, and scared that I was 'going crazy.' That all said, my doctor had tried me on Lamictal, Abilify, Seroquel, Lithium, Zyprexa, and then Geodon consecutively in a period of 5 weeks. So, I'm not a doctor but I believe that my body was in a | I had been taking Lamictal for about a year when it suddenly stopped working. It had been a miracle drug with no side effects, and suddenly I became severely depressed and simultaneously manic. It was unlike anything I had experienced before taking it. I tried a lot of medicines, and experienced the extreme opposite of the usual side effects.. (ex. severe insomnia and unable to eat on seroquel.) I finally tried 80mg of Geodon and it worked brilliantly at first, possibly a placebo effect, but then after 2-3 weeks I felt fairly depressed again and the side effects got too intense. Then I lowered it to 50 mg. (one 40 mg, plus 1/2 of a 20mg) and added a little bit of lamtical back and things have been going well. For me, Geodon is not really an antidepressant, nor does it completely quell my manic episodes. I have to consciously work to suppress my weird tics and negative thoughts, but before Geodon I couldn't even recognize those habits as being abnormal. It lifted me out of whatever episode I was in, and my body completely adjusted around week 4 and got rid of most negative side effects. Except, someone mentioned greasy hair and I've been experiencing that too! I just didn't attribute it to Geodon. It's the only thing that's worked for me, and even though I usually adjust to medicines rapidly, I definitely advise giving Geodon a little extra time. | F | 18 | 5 weeks 50-80MG 1X day | 2/24/2011 | 2 | bipolar | forgetfulness, cogntive blunting, twitching. | I hate this drug. I'm an electrical engineering student, and this drug made me forget most of the classes I took. I'm having to relearn fomulas and equations in classes that I got straight A's in so that I am prepared for graduate school. | M | 23 | 6 months 60-120mg 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 4 | Bipolar rapid cycling | Started taking 3 years ago for bipolar. Have never had this many manic episodes in my life! I think the drug causes them. When I first started taking it, I took one at dinner and couldn't stay awake during Survivor at 8pm. I mean I usually have a TON of energy and hardly ever get tired. Now it still makes me a little sleepy and it's hard for me to sleep if I don't take it. I have noticed-since I started taking it, I remember everything. I mean EVERYTHING. Sometimes I wish my memory would just relax and not remember everything that ever happened. My hands shake a little bit but nothing much. Sometimes I have very real dreams and wake up because they are too emotional. | I have had an awesome few years since taking geodon, but I'm not sure if that's related to taking it. I'm gonna talk to my doctor and see if another med would be better for me, though geodon worked fine I guess but did have a few negative side effects. | M | 27 | 3 years 80 mg 1X day | 2/18/2011 | 1 | schizophrenia | became suicidal and very agitated. started breaking things and ended up in the hospital for months.became more and more agitated and agressive. | this medication will ruin your life. do not let the medical doctor talk you into taking a high dose. all antipsychotics seem to work at first. then they change you brain chemisty and all of your symptoms worsen and new symptoms arise and then they just keep adding more and more meds. read the book....the drug may be your problem. peter briggin md | M | 32 | 5 months 80 2X day | 2/18/2011 | 1 | Schizoaffective Panic Disorder | Involuntary mouth movements, spasms, flicking of the tounge. My neck would tighten and my jaw would clench for long periods without me noticing. Confused thinking, worsening as dosages proceeded, vision "confused" i.e. both eyes stop cooperating with each other, waning perception of reality. I would have severe "panic" episodes where my body would tighten, I felt like I HAD to do something but I didn't know what, how or why. I hurt physically and mentaly. I felt like if I let go I would die. overall decline of the thread of mental stability I had before. | Nothing I was experiencing before taking geodon was as bad as what I was experiencing after taking it. I don't know why I took it so long maybe it's the stock I put in "small town" psychiatry. I started taking it because of confused thinking, loss of reality and over all I smoked to much pot and had a few bad trips. Nothing i couldn't have worked on. After about 6 months of 160 MG at night (this stuff made be DEAD SLEEPY) I felt like I had no control my physical or mental health. I spiraled out of control and ended up in the ER with unexplained "panic" episodes where they would medicate me with Ativan. The ER "to this day" think I am a hypocondriac and refuse to really take a good look at me. I have been off geodon for about 4 months know and I feel the downward spiral has stopped but I am not getting better. I feel that this drug has hurt me physically and mentally. I can here my doctor tell me "you feel this way because of your condition." Bull. I know what this drug did to me. It hurt me. Just my experience. Pay attention to yourself while taking this drug. | M | 23 | 1 years 160 MG 1X day | 2/17/2011 | 3 | Cyclothymic Disorder | Lack of appetite, diarrhea, nausea. | I'm not entirely sure how I feel about Geodon. It has definitely helped my moods, but it makes me very nauseous. Anytime I eat something I end up with diarrhea. It has lessened my appetite (which I need after gaining weight with Seroquel.) | M | 19 | 2 weeks 60MG 1X day | 2/12/2011 | 1 | bipolar? | intense jaw clenching, extreme anxiousness, a lot of confusion, paranoia, inability to concentrate, agitation, anger, suicidal thinking | This drug may help other people, but it made me feel really awful. I recently tried to overdose on some pills a couple months ago and was in the hospital. Recently my psychiatrist thought that I might be bipolar, which I've been considering back and forth for a while now. So, I started taking it a week or two ago. I started off on 40 mg once a day for like 5 days, and then I went up to twice a day one morning, and I felt probably the worst I have ever felt in my entire life. I will never take it again. It was last monday morning that that happened and I haven't taken it since. I'm feeling a lot better than I did then, but it's still in my system. I'm still clenching my jaw and having problems concentrating and studying. | F | 24 | 7 days 40 2X day | 2/5/2011 | 5 | bipolar nos, pstd, dissociative dis | just drowsiness | geodon works great. i dont have any other side effects except drowsiness in the morning. but i take 80mg at 10pm and 80mg at 4am so i wont be sleepy in the morning. if i miss a dose my symptoms come back and i have insomnia really bad. and i get sleepy usually three hours after i take it. | F | 32 | 1 years 80 mg 2X day | 2/2/2011 | 1 | Rapid-cycling Bipolar II | Extremely fatigued, felt drugged and not in control of my body (kind of like a roofie), had trouble speaking, excess salivation, my tongue felt too big for my mouth. It was an uncomfortable and terrifying experience. | I hated this drug. I tried to stick it out in the hopes that the side effects would disappear, but they just escalated as I gradually upped the dose per dr's orders. Went off cold turkey. I took this drug two years ago. | F | 20 | 10 days 1X day | 1/21/2011 |