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 | schizo effective w/ paronia | anxiety and hyperactivity until I finally get to sleep usually around 4 hours later with the help of klonapin | all serious side effects aside,did it occurred to anyone that this med may take at least a few days to adjust? most meds do. sleep usually returns to normal patterns in a few days to a week. | F | 54 | 2 days 40 mg so f | 2/17/2016 | 3 | Bipolar 1, schizopheffective | Insomnia, back pain, jaw clench,can't stop moving, feeling impatient | I take 20mg in the morning and 80mg at night. I love and hate this medication. I've been taking this medication for longer than 2 weeks and I'm in pain! My jaw hurts so bad, my back is unbearable, I can not sleep at all! The reason why I love it is because my mood is fantastic and I'm not having any psychosis I don't know what to do. I have tried everything. So in hoping in a month it will get better... I just hope. | F | 23 | 10 days 20mg 80mg | 11/19/2015 | 3 | Bipolar | I don't know if these are side effects but here we go: I sleep very very hard, I have leg cramps sometimes at night, drooling, stand up and rock side to side all day,hoarseness. | Controls my anger. | F | 43 | 8 years 120 1X day | 10/12/2015 | 3 | Schizoaffective | Hallucinations increase, feel high, | M | 26 | 7 months 160 mg | 3/4/2015 | 3 | Biopolar | I no longer can sleep. My hands twitch and shake. I can't eat. I see and hear things. I am obsessed with certain things like pulling stickers off of things. My temper is through the roof and I have no filter. Good things . I am more aware of my body | F | 35 | 1 months 20 | 12/4/2014 | 3 | schizophrenia | Nightmares 40pounds weight gain | F | 35 | 4 years 60mg | 11/30/2014 | 3 | Suicidal thoughts | The first dosage I took in the evening with dinner, went to bed about 8pm and slept until 11am the next day, that worried me, so I skipped a day, the next dosage, was in the afternoon after church with dinner, approx. 4pm, I felt like I was high, I was stumbling around, I finally went to bed at 8pm, got a few calls and text msg, did not hear anything, I was out unitl about 4:30am I don't like this at all.... | It helps with my insomnia, would consider taking it, if I had nothing to do the following day, and I noticed I wasn't really hungry when I did eat, but I can't take this on a regular basis | F | 57 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 11/20/2013 | 3 | Psychotic disorder NOS | Tingly feeling in hands while sleeping, extreme tiredness after taking the dose. Need 12 hours sleep or I can't function. Hangover effect if not enough sleep. Vivid crazy dreams all night long. Sleep eating. Weight gain. Can't multitask. | Started out in 80 mg a day 5 years ago. Have been slowly weaning down over the years. Terrible withdrawl symptoms with each decrease. Took a couple months to settle out with each decrease. At 20 mg noticed some anxiety but have stuck it out and switched to decaf coffe which helps. Tried to go completely off and 3 days later my vision was so blurry I could not see well. Had a hallucination when I looked into the mirror. Also felt out of body feelings. I went back on the 20 milligrams and went back to normal. No more hallucinations and my vision went back clear. My phychatrist says he does not understand how only 20 mg would do anything at all but I am living proof that it does. I know what I saw when I went off of it. Wish I could get off of it but I need to have my vision and I can't be hallucinating. I need to go to work. | F | 51 | 5 years 20mg 1X day | 10/27/2013 | 3 | Bipolar | I loved Geodon. It was the first time in my life that I could think clearly. Unfortunately, I had a horrible reaction. I puked 10+ times a day. I had horrible anxiety and could not sleep. I also had a horrible rash on my face. I lost 30 pound in 3 months. I finally had to go back in the hospital and change my meds. I continued to take the drug until I had to stop, because I liked thinking clearly. I have to admit, it helped me get to where I am today and that is better than I have ever been. When anyone begins a new drug, make sure you monitor any changes. . | I am currently taking Lithium and SEROQUEL. I am doing very well on them. | F | 35 | 4 months 60 1X day | 7/20/2013 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Schizophrenia, borderline p/d/o | I was 13 when I started taking Geodon, and the only good that came out of it is I finally got to sleep. It caused extreme agitation and heart palpitations. | F | 15 | 2 weeks 80 mg. | 4/14/2012 | 3 | Bipolar 1 | Drowsiness within two hours after taking it. Loss of appetite.can't sleep without it now. | F | 17 | 6 months 60mg | 1/13/2012 | 3 | Bipolar | I wake up in my sleep at night to cook and eat. I don't remember cooking or eating, and I wake up finding dishes in my bed or in the sink. My kids tell me that I ate after I went to bed, and again I don't remember any of it. | It help curb my mood, I'm doing a lot better, no arguing and getting along so much better with people. But, I have to quit taking it because of the side effect it gives me. I take Cogentin to kill the side effects but it doesn't help. | F | 41 | 3.5 months 160 1X day | 1/3/2012 | 3 | Schizzoaffective ADHD | Slowed thinking, dizziness, loss of appetite, heavy deep sleeps, can't think & comprehend properly | It's a dangerous drug. My recommendation is to stay off it unless symptoms are heavy. Even then, do not use for more than a week or two. | M | 31 | 4 days 5mg 1X day | 11/25/2011 | 3 | paranoid schizophrenia/bipolar II | DROWSINESS, Tardive dyskinesia, pain in jaw and neck, rapid eye movements while awake, tremors, swelling of face, loss of appetite | Still have mild hallucinations, it dulls my delusions but they're still there, a lot of unwanted side effects, still get depressive episodes (of the same degree before I started taking it), and I'm still extremely paranoid. It does get rid of most of my hallucinations (which are visual mainly), but they are still there along with my other symptoms. Also it didn't do a thing for my confusion and thought disorders and speech problems. I take it at night so maybe I'm not the most accurate example of the use of the drug, but still I will give my opinion. I really don't recommend it unless your anxiety/mania/hallucinations/etc are so bad that you absolutely need to be sedated during the day in order to stay calm. It definitely sedates you though, so if you have school or a job or another important responsibility, I wouldn't take it. | F | 17 | 2.5 weeks 60mg 1X day | 9/10/2011 | 3 | Depression | sedation | initially geodon made me feel tired all day until I lowered the dose. Then it was great for sleep at night. My doc put me on it for my concentration, and it did help. Later I became suicidal due to extreme stress and so he changed to abilify, which worked wonders without sedating me. | F | 29 | 1 years 20 1X day | 9/9/2011 | 3 | bipolar/rapid cycling/borderline pe | high anxiety....adding Klonipin has helped with that but the racing thoughts are unbearable sometimes. It does help me sleep though I am dizzy when I wake up. No drug is a cure all so I am sticking with this until things settle down in my life a bit. I have been experiencing crazy dreams & while it does help me sleep, it's not for prolonged peroids...usually about 3 to 4 hours at a time. | Nothing so horrible that I want to stop taking it right away but I am going to discuss these side effects with my doctor at my next visit in a week. | F | 36 | 17 days 40 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 3 | Bipolar 1 | My depessive mood quickly improved while taking 20 MG twice per day. Since incresing to 40 MG twic per day I am extremly tired during the day and have almost fallen asleep behind the wheel. At night I wake up after 4 hours of sleep and can't fall back to sleep. Energy level is high to being agitated. | M | 57 | 18 days 40 MG 2X day | 7/23/2011 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | A little tiredness, grogginess, slight loss of appetite, forgetfullness. Still feel some anxiety though. My mind isn't racing as much and I have better focus. Moods have gotten better too. | F | 38 | 2 weeks 20 mg 2X day | 7/1/2011 |