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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Rapid cycling Bipolar | Tingling and slight numbing of limbs and face, nausea, dizziness, lightheaded. | This drug started acting day 1....calming my mind and controlling my racing thoughts. Has alleviated my anxiety and lifted my mood enough to be productive again. I'm back to cooking and doing chores on a regular basis. I feel happier/ more focused at work and organization has improved. Only drawback is that there are nights that I CAN'T stay awake past 7pm. I take it with dinner around an hour later I feel like i've been roofied. | M | 37 | 2 weeks 120mg 1X day | 11/22/2010 | 4 | Bipolar & Anxiety | Tired (not necessarily a bad thing, I can sleep now!) | After having adverse effects from Wellbutrin and Lamictal, Geodon has been a welcome change. It's not a cure-all wonder drug, but I definitely feel more balanced. My appetite hasn't been affected much, though it is early to tell. I think we are all so desperate for balance that we fail to acknowledge that every mind and chemistry has it's own preferences and unfortunately it takes time to find the right combination of chemicals. | F | 18 | 14 days 40mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 4 | Depression and psychosis | Tiredness, akathesia, flatness after awhile, headaches | This medicine was pretty good. While I was on it, I wasn't paranoid or OCD at all. It helped me sleep well every night, and I didn't gain weight on it. I took Cogentin to help with the horrible restlessness. I got off of it though because I started to lose interest in absolutely everything and couldn't work or go to school anymore. My brain came back after I quit the drug. It did help with the symptoms it was treating, it just made other things worse! | F | 21 | 6 months 240 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 4 | BiPolar I rapid cycle | I have to take a 20 mg during the day to control mania. If I feel some edginess coming on I take one, if not, I don't. If I am not having manic symtoms and I take it then I fall into a deep sleep for an hour or two and I have a 3 yr old so that is bad. Some days I take all of it at bedtime. Some days I have to take a 20 in the am, a 20 in the pm and 40 at bedtime. This drug makes me extremely drowsy and that is why I can't take 40 in the day. I have developed hypoglycemia recently and I believe this drug can cause that. If I miss a dose I become borderline psychotic. When I got pregnant I went off over 3 days taper and went psychotic even while taking risperdal. Ran out of geodon and lost health insurance to pay for it and I went psychotic even though I took risperdal. Gradually tapered off (over weeks) while taking full dose of risperdal and had no problems this time. Never go off this drug too quickly. I can't usually go more than 12 hours between doses before I become hypo | I've tried almost every other drug and was unable to tolerate them so this is the only option for me right now. I worry about developing tardive dyskinesia and I worry that my fertility will be affected but I really do well as long as I take them. Without them I become a complete freak. Sometimes I wonder if these psych meds are making my illness worse because when I go without this stuff I am just a basket case. | F | 33 | 900 days 20n40 mgs 3X day | 9/27/2010 | 4 | bipolar, severe manic episodes | Geodon has many side effects especially when you first start taking it. It would be too lengthy to list all the side effects that I experienced when I first started taking it but suffice it to say that somnolence, weight gain, unmotivation, gastro distress, athaxia were some of them | It works wonders for people with bipolar disorder who have severe manic episodes. Start slowly though or you might stop taking it because of the side effects. | M | 37 | 5 years 80 mg 3X day | 9/6/2010 | 4 | Bipolar/depression/fits of rage | When I first started taking it I was unable to function at work. I was so tired all the time that my manager was scared to let me drive home. I would go home, take a 2 hour power nap, and then go back to work. After a few months I was able to make it through the day without going home. At first I was in bed every night by 8/8:30 and was waking up at 8/8:30am. If I miss a dose I can't sleep and I get the jitters. Recently I started to notice hand tremors, terrible short term memory loss and blurry vision from far away. My doctor said since I've been on Geodon for over a year it can't be a side effect and told me to see a neurologist, however, my therapist says it is a side effect. I dont know. We'll see what the neurologist says. | I take 140mg of Geodon a day (40mg in the morning, 100mg before bed), 200mg Lamictal at night and as needed 1mg pill of Klonopin. I've been on it for over a year, my outbursts of rage have been lessened, I still get angry but I'm able to control it now. I still get fits of depression but all in all I'm a much better person now than I was a year ago. I like this better than lithium. If you're going to take it just realize it's really hard to let your body to adjust to it but in the end it really does help. | F | 24 | 1 years 140mg 1X day | 9/3/2010 | 4 | severe depression and anxiety | jaw clenching | I started taking Geodon in the morning and it made me too tired so I switched to evening and it works great. I feel much better. However, I am clenching my jaw like crazy. My doctor wants to increase my dosage to 80mg. I am a bit scared. | F | 47 | 30 days 60mg 1X day | 9/1/2010 | 4 | Personality Disorder NOS / PTSD | F | 32 | 40mg 1X day | 8/29/2010 Patient History | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | This was a difficult drug as far as side effects go when I first started taking it. It took about three months for my body to get used to it. Now I don't experience any side effects at all. Initially, I had problems with restlessness, anxiety, blurry vision, and MAJOR sedation. I would get so tired about 30 minutes after dosing that it was almost impossible to stay awake. I think it's a good drug and works great at controlling mania. I think a lot of people of experience a rough period during the initial loading period but if you can get through that then you should see the benefits from the drug. Everybody is different and some people will experience really bad side effects others may not experience them at all. Give Geodon a chance to work. | M | 37 | 9 months 40mg 2X day | 8/23/2010 | 4 | schizophrenia | Definetly akathisia-although I would say I'm in side effect heaven compared to my past regrettable experiences. I'm a little concerned about some agitation/irritability I'm experiencing. My Dr. said this was to be expected and I'm hoping that with time it'll go away, but it seems to gradually beginning to become a problem. When the dose was bumped up to 60 it wasn't immediately a problem, but as the days are passing I'm spending more hour(s) trying to overcome this mad mood. | I think adjusting the dose could perhaps mitigate these periods of agitation (and trust me I've tried many drugs and know what irritability during an adjustment phase is generally like). I think I might consider staying with this drug. | F | 24 | 2 months 60 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 4 | Bipolar 2, social anxiety | The only side effects I've experienced so far are extreme drowsiness and loss of appetite. I have to force myself to eat and I've been forgetting too many times. Anyhow, right now Im typing after I took Geodon about 45 mins ago and while I feel more relaxed, Im not sleepy. My doctor suggested I always take Geodon in the evening before bedtime, but Im still wide awake. Currently, Im on lamictal, lithium, klonopin and now 80mg of Geodon and I haven't had any problems with any of them. After reading all these reviews, I guess I'm really lucky. I don't really need to lose weight though, I'll end up looking anorexic. | Before I started taking Geodon I was having rage issues. I was looking for fights to get into. Now, I don't care. Im just like, "whatever" and I move onto something else. Im really happy about that because I was very concerned about making a very huge mistake with my life through violence. I also find myself not caring at all about what anyone thinks of me, which is an immense freedom. But its only been a week so hopefully things will stay the same or get better. | M | 27 | 1 weeks 80 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 4 | Mild Bipolar Disorder | I take them in 40 mg pills. On 3 pills a day (morning, evening, and night) I felt tired and sleepy, especially in the morning and in the evening. I was mostly unproductive because I couldn't focus / stay awake. On 2 pills a day (1 at night, 1 in the afternoon) I feel great in the morning and sleepy in the evening. But the sleepiness is not so bad. Besides drowsiness, I get random thoughts. I mean really socially unacceptable stuff. This is by far the worst side effect. It is intermittent. Much lower libido, which I consider a good thing. Very very mild akathisia from time to time. The benefit of this drug is that, in general, it makes it harder for me to get angry. It mellows you out. You don't feel as depressed. I used to be a nostalgic, emotional person. Now I find it hard to remember my late father. I still miss my ex-girlfriend, but not as much as before (which is a good thing). In general, I tolerate this medication pretty well. The sleepiness, the random thoughts, and the slight | I don't know much about the long term side effects of taking antipsychotics. Will I develop parkinson's when I age? Having to rely on medication for the rest of my life sort of sucks. On the positive side, I get free disability money from the government. :) | M | 27 | 6 weeks 40 MG 2X day | 7/11/2010 | 4 | bipolar, sever anxiety & panic, dep | I have had a loss in appetite (yay!). Does not make me drowsy. Has leveled off my anxiety. Muscle tension. Licking back of teeth. | This drug, the first time I used it, had awful side effects (and I was on a lower dose than I am on now). I was a walking zombie. Very bad spasms, which I took Cogentin, but that made me practically blind. I have been on it again for 4 months now. And a higher dose. I feel the complete opposite from last time. I have a new psch doc and I trust her immensely. She has taken me off all the controlled meds (ie - xanex, klonopin, ativan, ambien) and this has made a world of difference. Geodon is too powerful to mix with these mentioned pills. I know it seems impossible to suffer from anxiety and not take these meds and from sleeplesness and not take Ambien but this has rocked my life. Now I take Buspar instead of benzos and use Traz to sleep at night. My life hasn't been this great in a long time | F | 31 | 4 months 160 1X day | 6/24/2010 | 4 | anxiety and depression | At first I had extreme akathesia but that was only because my dosage was too high. After I got my doc to put me on a lower dose I have noticed very few side effects. | At the right does I can honestly say that this drug has been great for my manic episodes and my delusional thoughts. On a slightly higher does it is what I would call the hell drug because of the fact that it caused terrible akathesia in me. | M | 25 | 8 weeks 60 mg 2X day | 5/27/2010 | 4 | Bipolar Mixed State | Loss of appetite/weight. Slight tremors in my hands. | This is a wonder drug for me. Not only has it leveled me out, but I have lost the weight from Seroquel. I take a large dose at night and I don't feel sleepy, sluggish, etc. The only thing is the tremors, which I take Cogentin for. | F | 30 | 6 months 160mg 1X day | 5/24/2010 | 4 | Physhosis | Rapid/severe weight loss, nausea, aches, some anxiety | My son takes this & it has helped with his phychosis. ALL drugs of this type have side effects. You have to decide if the benefits outweigh the side effects. | M | 18 | 2 months 80mg 1X day | 3/14/2010 | 4 | Bipolar II | The first six months were hell, I've never felt crazier - high anxiety, constant nightmares of falling over the edge of cliffs, buildings. Weird. Too much med at the wrong time of day makes you feel oddly tense and tired at the same time. | After six months I felt much better, when I combined it with Lamictal to lower the dosage from 160mg to 60-80mg, via 20mg in the morning with lamictal and 40-60 at night. Still feel a little anxiety when my life is quiet, but when occupied with something i don't notice it. Causes me to sleep 9 hours a night. If I take it from 6:30-7:30pm I fall sleep around 9:15pm, but take it later and I don't get sleepy until 11:30 or later (but still sleep 9 hours.) Dropping to 40 at night on Friday night reduces the anxiety for the next few days, but must return to 60 at night most of the time, or become manic/depressed. | M | 39 | 3 years 60-80 1X day | 2/28/2010 | 4 | Bipolar I Disorder | Extreme somnolence, blurry vision, loss of appetite, increased thirst, jaw clenching | Geodon is an add-on medication for me. My base mood stabilizer is Lithium, but it isn't enough on its own to control my moods. I began taking Geodon as 40MG in the morning and 40 at night. The somnolence and blurred vision were so bad that I couldn't function. So, my psychiatrist instructed me to take all 80MG at night. This helped tremendously. No more somnolence. I still have some blurry vision, but it's not nearly as bad as it was. I have gained a lot of weight due to other medications, so I have no complaints about the loss of appetite. I am still eating well on Geodon. The increased thirst is annoying, but I do not feel forced to drink water excessively to compensate. I'm drinking about 80oz per day and sweating much of that out when I go to the gym. The jaw clenching just started about a week ago and it is also annoying, but so far not anything I can't handle. I am feeling great overall and think I have finally found the right combination of medications to treat my illness. | F | 31 | 80MG 1X day | 2/23/2010 Patient History | 4 | Depression, OCD, Panic Disorder | Runny nose, difficulty speaking, quivering in the muscles of my jaw and legs. | I wanted to update my submission from 1/27/10. I have now been taking Geodon for one month and have noticed a few side effects. The doctor raised the dosage to 60mg. total daily but suggested I take it 20mg. at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The drug makes me really drowsy during the day and I feel like everything is in slow motion. I have trouble driving a car. My vision is off. I am having some difficulty speaking and my jaw feels stiff. I also noticed some initial quivering in the muscles of my legs when climbing stairs, and also the muscles in my jaw. The doctor said by dividing up the doses, the side effects will be fewer. He also gave me a prescription for Cogentin to counteract the side effects, but that made me VERY drowsy. Also there were some serious risks with taking Cogentin and a Tricyclic antidepressant at the same time, and I do take Anafranil. I cant function during the day if i take the medicine during the day. So I am back to taking it at night and it really knocks me out. I feel OK, but not wonderful like I did when I first started taking it. I have not gained any weight, which is a good thing. My appetite is weak. I think that I feel better on this drug than I did on Abilify or Risperdol. I really wish I didnt have to be on an antipsychotic drug in the first place but i had been having some paranoia and the doctor suggested this type of medication. | F | 50 | 1 months 20mg. 3X day | 2/18/2010 Patient History | 4 | I have a colorful array of issues | My diagnosis is Bipolar Rapid Cycle, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, ADHD NOS, & Personality Disorder w/ Cluster B Characteristics. I take 150mg Zonegran & 15mg Adderall in the am and 40mg Geodon at 5:30pm. After reading reviews I was afraid of Geodon, I sent my kids off and made my mom come stay the night I took the first pill. I woke feeling groggy and like I had Novacaine injections but I felt ALIVE for the first time in months. | I had been off Abilify for a month after taking it for a year. Needless to say I was a suicidal homicidal wreck. I was having constant anxiety w/ panic attacks on top of it & I was depressed over my 30 lb Abilify weight gain. I had not left my house in a month unless forced & when I was forced to mingle w/ society I turned vicious. All of these things subsided after 1 dose 40mg of Geodon!? The next day was even better I was doing things I had put off for 6 months. The only side effect I have I call it "the witching hour" I get nauseous about an hour before time to take it. I have tried Abilify=fatty, Wellbutrin=ugh sick, Xanax=stoned, Effexor=forgot my name, Paxil=suicide, Lexapro=insane, Cymbalta= SATAN OMG quit my job, lost it on everyone, almost lost my house! The list goes on but the bottom line is EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT CHEMICAL BALANCE JUST BECAUSE IT DID OR DIDN'T WORK FOR ONE PERSON DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME RESULTS. My sister whom is nearly identical in disorders couldn't take Abilify due to violent tics yet I was able to take it until my weight was out of control. She can take antidepressants where I only have positive results with antipsychotics and we're exactly alike in personality/behavior. Geodon effects for me were overnight and positive but it took a lot bad experiences to get me to it and who knows how long it's going to last. | F | 31 | 3 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 2/9/2010 |