GEODON Reviews (ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.7 (579 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare GEODON with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Satisfaction lowest to highest. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
More on GEODON: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | OCD w/impotence | Extreme weakness/fatigue; almost full-body acne; extreme facial oiliness; extreme difficulty reaching orgasm, weak orgasms, complete lack of sexual desire; constant need to move/restlessness; memory loss; blurred vision; increased thirst for water; loss of appetite; feeling "bummed out"; lethargy; heart "skipping"/palpitations/flutters; slurred speech when first beginning medication. | I'm being treated for OCD (obsessive sexual thoughts w/compulsive masturbation) w/an antidepressant, but that isn't completely helping, so my doctor recently prescribed Geodon, 60 mg a day. Wow!--this stuff really hits you! Geodon seems to have added to my increase in sexual difficulty/impotence. I think that *maybe* the Geodon has helped calm my obsessive thoughts bcse it has turned me into a robot w/no sex drive whatsoever. However, when I *want* to reach orgasm, it's nearly impossible. It's even harder now on the combination of meds than just on Luvox. When I first started Geodon, I couldn't stop wiggling around. I felt a constant need to move any part of my body, which kept me from being able to sleep, in spite of the extreme fatigue it caused me--I almost passed out in public from it. I also have experienced memory loss. I've found that most of my body has broken out in a strange type of acne that can't be popped. My face has become oilier than fried chicken. I've been DYING of th | F | 33 | 10 days | 10/18/2006 | 3 | Bipolar I | extremely tired at first, anxiety/panic attacks, hair loss | I was miserable on geodon for the first 6 months because I would have panic attacks and I couldn't get out of bed. I am now also taking zoloft and I think part of being so tired was because I was depressed. The zoloft is working well for the anxiety and I wake up at a decent hour now, so the mix of the two drugs is working well for me. | F | 26 | 7 months | 9/8/2006 | 3 | Severe Depression/Anxiety | first couple of days were fine, then experienced fear and extreme anxiety. | The first couple of days I took Geodon I thought it was a life saver! My moods were improved dramatically and I wasn't as obessive as I had been before. However, my dose was increased from 40mg to 80mg and I took the 80mg a bit before bedtime and thougt I was going to freak out. My mother and I were picking up my niece and I thought I wasn't going to make it through the car ride. I have NEVER had fear like this before...it was so scary! I "slept it off" and feel much more like myself this morning. Going to talk to doctor today! | F | 26 | 14 days | 2/4/2006 | 3 | Bipolar I / Schizo-Affective | Really, really bad head pain. Reduced appetite, weight loss. Normal energy levels. | If you can take it without getting the head pain, I would give it a try. Maybe the pain was just a rare reaction but there was no way I could stay on it. | M | 28 | 8 months | 2/3/2006 | 3 | Bipolar Rapid Cycling | Extreme Weight loss, Dizziness, Shakiness, Difficulty breathing, Extreme Violent thoughts, Slowed Heartbeat, Extreme drowsiness! | This medicine has somewhat stopped the hallucinations but i still have hallucinations! When i first took this medicine the drowsiness effect was extreme but it slowly has been not as extreme! Im getting concerned about the dizziness and the slowed heartbeat so im going to talk to my psychiatrist about that! Also ive noticed that i have become more violent and agressive! | M | 17 | 2 years | 2/1/2006 | 3 | bipolar 1, w/rapid cycling | Lactation, very rapid heartbeat, fainting, dizziness, shaking,and SEVERE exhaustion | The drug worked on the mania, but it took away any emotion and personality. I slept between 12-16 hrs a day and was unable to work.I felt so lifeless and zombie- like that I became depressed and wound up in the E.R. because I didn't want to live anymore! Needless to say, I stopped and switched to Lamictal (250 mgs) w/ no unwanted side effects! | F | 31 | 7 months | 1/26/2006 | 3 | Bipolar II | My prolactin levels where elevated enought that my urologist wanted to send me to an endriconologist for a full workup. Thus my testosterone levels are at the low end of the scale. | After taking it for about two years I have lost 10 pounds of muscle mass and my skin texture is like that of an elderly person. My testosterone levels are on the low end of the scale for my age group. Prolactin inhibits the production of testosterone. | M | 49 | 2 years | 1/3/2006 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | I took my first 40mg dose today for the first time, so I don't have a complete idea of the side effect profile, but I have noticed a lack of appetite and a mild headache. | My psychiatrist claims that Geodon should improve cognition, plus stabilize my hypomanic tendancies (which personally I would like to preserve). So far, I can somewhat understand what he means, that is, it seems like I can focus better and be less "scatter-brained." I have an anxiety disorder that I hope this medication can resolve. I will update my remarks as I continue with my regimen. | M | 1 days | 9/13/2005 | 4 | Anxiety, depression | Dry eyes, slight drowsiness, cough(not sure if it's from geodon as I suffer from sinusitis. Withdrawal if I miss a dose. | I feel my anxiety and depression has gotten a little better. I know there are a lot of bad side effects listed for this med. but I have hope, and I hope you do as well. Good luck all. | M | 41 | 2 weeks 20 2X day | 1/22/2023 | 4 | Schizoeffective Disorder, PTSD | Extreme fatigue and sleepiness all day, hand tremor, muscle weakness, dizzyness | Still hear voices occasionally, couldn't handle a higher dose as it made me too tired. Fatigue is awful. Helps with sleep. Makes me feel high. | F | 30 | 12 months 60mg | 5/2/2020 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Bipolar- Mixed Phases | Extremely Tired; Sensitivity to light; loss of appetite; restlessness | F | 23 | 6 weeks 80mg | 10/12/2015 | 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 | 4 | Bipolar and Intermittent Explosive | Dry mouth, slight drowsiness... no big noticeable side effects, it really helps control my explosive temper. | M | 27 | 3 months 40 | 9/12/2014 | 4 | people talking in my head | tired | M | 44 | 2 years 80 2X day | 6/28/2014 | 4 | depression&Anxiety, repeat thoughts | Major dry mouth, sleepiness (which is why I only take it at night. | I love Geodon. I was put on it for repeating thoughts. I would sit around and think about everything that I did wrong from when I was younger to today. I guess it's a form of OCD. It is also prescribed for my depression. I am taking cymbalta for my anxiety. This medication is great. I can look at things differently now. My thoughts are still there, but I can stop myself and realize what I am doing, and I can turn those thoughts around into more positive thinking. I use to sleep a lot during the day. Sometimes I feel a little sleepy during the day but I do not sleep during the day anymore. This is a great thing! I am actually up doing things. Seeing the sun, hanging out with my friends, having a life. I have not had any hunger for sweets on this, or any weight gain. I was on mirtazapine before geodon and I was hungry all of the time on mirtazapine. On geodon I'm no longer craving just sugar. I am hungry but I'm hungry when I am suppose to be. I now can make good food decisions and eat the right thing because I am no longer hungry for just sugar. On mirtazapine I gained about 21 pounds. Since being on Geodon I have lost those 21 pounds plus more! I love this medication. I am active now and it has been easier for me to get over things that are negative. All the medication I've been on has made me gain weight, and I've only been on this for 4 weeks, but so far I am losing. Now I hope that the weight will stay off. So far so good. *knocks on wood* | F | 34 | 4 weeks 60 1X day | 7/26/2013 | 4 | Schizophrenia | This is the third or fourth time I post about geodon and, every time I try to rate this drug, I also want to comment to readers to browse on your search page: "schizophrenia as one extreme of a sexually selected fitness indicator" to better understand the diagnosis. Basically I'm making this comment to the person previous to this post, since I mentioned not so long ago I work out and that when switched from risperdal to geodon, it seems I gave the appearance of being not that big, than when on risperdal. I gained 12 pounds in January of this year and just recently in April, had to buy bigger clothes, so I'm thinking my doctors put me back on 160 mg, without me knowing, they now my schizophrenia is severe. Those voices that I once thought were coming from my head, now when I refer to them, I label them as the "system" since now they now give advice wherever I go and are fun to be with, so, actually voices are normal, only if I knew how we make this possible. | I'm in peace with local, state and federal police, so I know I can rely on them and they give me the impression they can rely on me, so I'm very happy I've come this far in regards to my illness. You can download a complete Adobe acrobat file with the info I'm talking about from this site: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.114.7812&rep=rep1&type=pdf | M | 38 | 4 years 120 mg 1X day | 5/19/2013 | 4 | Treat bipolar | Heart flutters Jittery, restless Paranoid Decrease in appetite Euphoria | F | 26 | 9 days 40 mg BID | 1/29/2013 |