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 |
| 3 | bipolar | initially panic attacks, continual hair loss (evenly distributed) | Geodon had prevented psychotic episodes effectively. I am discontinuing use because of the hair loss. | F | 53 | 1.5 years | 1/15/2008 | 3 | bipolar disorder | I take 120mg at bedtime. If I take it early enough the drowsiness wares off before the next day. It helps my mood, keeps it stabilized. However, I have had really bad anxiety since I've been on the drug as well as panic attacks. My doctor raised my dose from 60mg, because lower doses have been found to cause more anxiety than higher doses... but I still feel anxious a lot of the time. | F | 23 | 4 months | 12/20/2007 | 3 | Major Depression/ psychosis/GAD | Fatigue, Drowsiness, and stiffness. Can sometimes see parts of my body pulsating (i.e., arm, eye at times). Helps with the bad thoughts though. | On the whole, an ok drug as I am now able to sleep. Take 40 mg at night. Also take 30 mg lexapro (10 in morning and 20 at night) and 75 mg vistiral (25 mg 3 times a day). Sex drive shot for most part, but this was shot prior to taking Geodon anyway. | M | 38 | 39 days | 12/9/2007 | 3 | Bipolar I | I couldn't sleep for a couple of weeks then I started being able to sleep but now it takes forever to get there and when I do I can't wake up in the morning. I have lost my sex drive I can concentrate or remember anything. Basically I feel stupid. My hair has started falling out. | F | 25 | 2 months | 12/4/2007 | 3 | bipolar | could not wake up in the morning first couple of days. That went away and was replaced by evening restlessness and difficulty going to sleep. days 7,8,9 were a disaster; experienced rapid cycling, anxiety, and agitation. I decided to stick it out and things seem to be smoothing out; however now I have developed canker sores on the inside of my cheek. I do not usually get canker sores.The jury is still out on how effective this medication is for me. | I have been on wellbutrin 150 SR 2x daily for about 2 years. I am just beginning to work through my medication treatment for bipolar. I have gone the last 20 years without being formally diagnosed even though inside I have always known. I was misdiagnosed at age 17 with major depressive disorder. | F | 42 | 13 days | 11/12/2007 | 3 | Depression | Panic...or restlessness. I can't sit still...I feel like I am always holding my breath and about to explode. | I am now on 160 mg because the higher dose, which I started this week, should help get rid of the restlessness. I hate this feeling and I hope it goes away. I see the Dr. Weekly and am now off the abilify for over 10 days. I also take Cymbalta for depression. I just have no life...I can't work yet due to the crying all the time. I am to tired to focus. I am going to stick with it though and see what next week brings. | F | 40 | 45 days | 10/23/2007 | 3 | tics | Severe anxiety/panic attacks! | I tried this b/c Risperdal caused weight gain. It's only been a week but I've already had 5 panic attacks! I'm going back to Risperdal. I'd rather be fat and stable than slim and crazy. | M | 31 | 9 days | 10/15/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Skizto | Drowsiness in the morning, seem to be unable to snap out of it for a couple of hours and so far constipation, no weight gain. | I like it. It does make me happy. No rapid voices in my head and dont hear or see shit. So we will see. | F | 24 | 3 months | 9/21/2007 | 3 | Bi-Polar I and OCD | At 120mg at night I would awake with the most annoying experience that I couldn't sit down to have coffee or sit period. My whole body felt to stimulated but at the same time I was tired. Lost weight Which is good. Should also say I am taking 100mg Lamictal, 300mg of Trileptal, 40mg of Traszadone, and 2mg of klonopin. | My Psychiatrist has me on 60mg at night and 20mg in the morning. This seems to have done the trick. I have noticed that my attention span is short, get bored easy, still a little restless but can live with it. It has helped my mania and OCD and racing thoughts. So I would have to say that so far so good. I was on seroquel first but not a good drug for me. | M | 44 | 3 days | 8/28/2007 | 3 | schizoaffective disorder | extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness | I have been taking geodon for 2.5 years but have recently experienced severe side effects. The medicine has taken away my mania and anxiety but I think it works so well because you are too exhausted and weak to have manic energy. It also makes me dizzy upon standing to the point where I stumble sometimes. The plus side for this med is that it has enabled me to go back to school without suffering any cognitive side effects. | F | 27 | 2.5 years | 8/17/2007 | 3 | OCD, mood disorder | When I 1st tried it I got sporadic panic attacks and a low level of panic at all times @ 20mg. I went up to 80mg BID and didn't feel well. | I tried 20 mg a felt panicky (sp?). I went off of it for about a week, and then tried it again. Felt OK, and was able to increase dose, but by the time that I was on 80 mg BID I was feeling agitated, and having difficulty sleeping. I've been dropped down to 80mg and 60mg, and feel a little better. | F | 40 | 2.5 months | 8/1/2007 | 3 | Bipolar II | Blocked sinus breathing, some agitation, mind up when trying to sleep, it does knock me out but breathing problem interferes-working on it. | Doc wants me to build to 180mg but I was having too many side effects at 120. Mood is better, I'm a little hypomanic but this is not a big problem as I was withdrawn before. Helped energy and the interest in," doing something "which I didn't have before.So it seems to be helping more than it's hurting at this early point.Oh yeah, also taking Lexapro 10mg and Ativan 1mg but long time on those. | M | 58 | 6 days | 7/30/2007 | 3 | Bipolar I | none | I have found a marked decrease in anger (dysphoria) and have felt slightly calmer when under duress. | F | 49 | 3 months | 7/4/2007 | 3 | treatment resistant depression | the first few days on 20 mg were wonderful, i felt everything i should have felt from the 60 mg Cymbalta i was already taking. then the day before i upped my dosage to 40 mg, i experienced shakiness & muscle spasms to the point that i was dropping things...i couldn't use scissors or drive, and i was barely able to type. my appetite dropped significantly [all i wanted to eat were popsicles] couldn't sit still, felt like kicking everything in sight, and i couldn't sleep. period. | this drug was not for me. i liked the happiness but not the side effects. | F | 16 | 1 weeks | 6/20/2007 | 3 | bipolar II | cycles of shivering, extreme fatigue, both of which cleared up in a day or two, and persistent anhedonia (loss of pleasure in things) | taking 80mg with food twice a day. it reduced my hypomania after a day or two, but at first it might have made it, and anxiety, a little worse. | M | 36 | 2 days | 6/17/2007 | 3 | HOLIDAY SCHIZO | "Drug Holidays" From Antipsychotic Medications | My docotor just gave me a drug holiday for Geodon. He wants me to have a break from the side effects. This is a new practice that most doctors are doing. It has been found very helpful in treating phycosis. She is giving me 4 months off | F | 33 | 13 years | 5/23/2007 | 3 | schizoaffective disorder | headache, tremor, decrease in apitite, anxity, Anxity attacks, paranoia got worse then got better, vomitting, drowsiness, extreme highs and lows. | The first day it was terrible. I went to work and had an anxity attack. I couldnt eat, I couldnt sleep. My paranoia was horrible. The second day was a little better, and the third day was better than that. I am now on my forth day and I havent herd voices or been paranoid in a while, but I have felt all the rest of the side affects listed. Overall I am hopeful and optamistic about Geodon. | M | 17 | 4 days | 2/26/2007 | 3 | Bipolar II Mixed States | My nose gets so stuffy after I take it that I can't sleep even if I'm drowsy! So I've started taking a decongestant about an hour before I take it and that helps though I worry about mixing decongestants with Geodon. Also I am taking Depakote 250 BID. The Geodon was a starting dose of 60 MG/QD then BID, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to tolerate it twice daily! Otherwise, my nose is stuffy/runny/sneezy all day and I've developed a cough/tickly feelings in my lungs (Though maybe that's just a cold, who knows?) | Feeling maybe a bit better, but experiencing apathy still and some not so cheery what-if type suicidal thoughts. I'm looking forward to seeing how this helps eventually in combination with psych therapy. | F | 39 | 5 days | 1/27/2007 | 3 | BiPolar Disorder | Dry mouth, Rash, confusion, extreme drowsiness (I was asleep for two days and could not be roused), muscle tension | I had taken this maybe 4 years ago, when I was fifteen, and it worked well to stabilize my moods for a few months. Then it just stopped. When I came off of it, there were extreme reactions including hallucinations, and loss of some body control (drooling, wetting self, no hand-eye coordination, no balance). This lasted about 4-5 hours. Now, I just started again due to some recent emergencies, and I've been sick, and I've got this nasty rash crawling all around my body. When it worked, it worked beautifully. | F | 19 | 3 days | 1/1/2007 | 3 | bi-polar | it had terrible side effects. it made me really really sick. i felt like i was comming off of heronie. im not a tweeker, but this drug made me feel like i was. it also made me very manic. i was very high, then i went dangerously low. be careful with this drug. | F | 16 | 4 days | 12/15/2006 |