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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Psychosis | Drowsiness, akathisia, extrapyramidal symptoms, lack of appetite | I've been on olanzapine, seroquel XR and risperidone before and they kept the symptoms of psychosis away but caused significant weight gain. I tolerated them well however. In hopes of losing some weight i was switched to ziprasidone. From the first dose i felt it is a different drug. More potent and aggressive. I was initially dosed with 40mg x 1 but it was increased up to 100mg x 2 eventually. I've experienced an outbreak of psychosis through seroquel 800mg which explains the unually high dosage of ziprasidone. In the beginning i had mild akathisia and it only got worse as my dosage was increased. It didn't occur at night time because i was able to sleep but 2 hours after the morning dose with meal was plain hell to me. When you're at work where you've got to concentrate and deal with a lot of people the last thing you want is bad akathisia. Now i take 140mg once daily and can live with it but i'm about to go for another medication soon. I also have experienced muscle rigidity, especially in my jaws, tremor in my legs and slight difficulties to swallow sometimes. I think the older antipsychotics have some similarities with ziprasidone's side effect profile especially with motor side effects. For others this drug may be more tolerable but i'm done with it. | M | 29 | 2 months 140 1X day | 9/1/2012 | 2 | BIPOLAR | sore throat, stiff neck muscles, rapid heart beat, panic attacks | M | 27 | 15 days 20MG 1X day | 3/25/2012 | 2 | Bipolar, ADHD | Nausea, Shaking of entire body, Confusion, Blurry Vision, Loss of appetite, cold tremors, involuntary twitching, Migraines, Dizziness, Muscle Spasms, | I was placed on Geodon to help regulate my bipolar and adhd disorder. My psy. said that it would not only help bipolar, but help with my adhd as well. I've been on this pill for 2 months, and I'm still drowsy. If you miss a dose, prepare, I get a major migraines, and I have NEVER, until this drug, had a headache or a Migraine in my life! Wouldn't recommend it to anyone. | F | 21 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 10/4/2011 | 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 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, Bipolar2 | Small amount of nausea first day. Lifted me out of my depression and felt GREAT for the first 3 weeks. Then started having VERY strange thoughts, emotions, overreactions, getting a little hysterical, had a panic attack and had a lot of anxiety. | At 3-4 weeks is when the drug fully kicks in and my psychologist suggested that because this drug is really for schizophrenia which I don't have, that sometimes at the 3-4 week stage it can actually start to cause symptoms of this instead of fix whatever else you have. Im going off it today! Have felt like Im losing control of my mind, not fun. Not an awful drug, just hasn't worked out to be the right one for me. | F | 33 | 4 weeks 20MG 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 2 | Mixed Bipolar Mania | I felt good for about three or four days. I now, again feel confused easily, poor memory and concentration, restless, I black out when I sleep and lose time, I Sleep more than I wake, GERD and terrible painful swallowing, nausea due to the painful GERD, shakiness when I miss my dose. | I liked it for a few days and I still like the fact that my moods are seemingly more stable. I work my butt off to keep good and to do what I need to do and was given this on a recent trip I took to the ER for mania uncontrolled. I stayed overnight and felt a lot less agitated and aggressive in the morning. Now I take it at 9 or 10 am and pass out cold by 1pm. This is not okay. I have a three year old. The severe tiredness just started four days ago and fortunately things have been okay when I wake up, which can be hours later. I am going to taper this drug down to 20mg at bedtime and see if that doesn't solve things. The GERD is so painful I can't seem to get relief. Probably buying Prilosec OTC to see if that will help. The confusion and inability to concentrate are not okay either. They are the biggest factors behind getting on meds in the first place. Love the weight loss, hate the drug. Wondering if just getting some ativan again may help? Lamictal too? I don't know. FRUSTRATED. | F | 24 | 2 weeks 20mg 2X day | 12/16/2010 | 2 | Depression, mood stabilization | Bouts of anxiety, tremors, hair loss and greasiness | I would not recommend Geodon. I took it at night, before bedtime, but I do know that it makes me feel very zombie-like...BUT doesn't help with sleep. It did nothing to stabilize my mood. Topomax works better. The only things it has done is give me bouts of anxiety like the four horsemen of the apocolypse are after me, give me tremors like I have Parkinson's disease, make my hair fall out in clumps, and change the texture of my hair to this "greasiness," that will not wash out no matter how many times, or with what shampoo I use! I used to have long healthy-looking hair and it's just crazy that medicine can affect your hair like that. I take Prozac and Adderall during the day and did not experience ANY of these side effects until I started with the Geodon. Consequently, I am in the process of titrating OFF of Geodon, so wish me luck. | F | 40 | 3 months 180mg 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 2 | Bipolar/mixed episodes | I got to the point that I was shaking so badly that I couldn't do anything with my hands and both my husband and son said that when they hugged me they could feel me shaking. On top of that, at night when I laid down my whole right side of my face twitched really badly. My pdoc told me to get off the drug immediately because she didn't want those things to become permanant and she also told me that 2 other of her patients were experiencing really bad side effects too. I have to say I feel a little like I was in a clinical trial because my pdoc always had plenty of samples (and now I have no clue how to dispose of 30 bottles of pills) for me to take which means the drug reps were really pushing this drug. At any rate I am down to 40 mgs and headed off of it as fast as I can tolerate it. As a side note, it totally killed my appetite and I lost 10lbs so in that way I am sad to see Geodon exit my life. | I am generous enough to say if it works for you then I am happy for you but it sure didn't work for me. Now I have to find something that will. I hate the whole moving from drug to drug thing. Good luck all! | F | 38 | 7 weeks 100mg max 1X day | 10/5/2010 Patient History | 2 | bipolar | Hair loss, weight gain, drowsiness | I have to take it at night because it makes me very drowsy. I have noticed signifcant hair loss. | F | 30 | 3 years 160mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 2 | Anxiety/Panic & Mood Stabilizer | Side effects were exactly what this med was supposed to help. Horrible panic attacks and constant anxiety. Overall sense of doom. Have developed social phobia. Afraid to leave my home. Fear of any time I have to be in a social situation. Even with close family and friends. Also, vision problems, headaches, nausea and trouble getting thoughts from my brain out my mouth. Have no urge to eat. Must force myself to get something in my stomach and it's a chore to do that. | Have Trigeminal neuralgia (dentist drilled into my trigeminal nerve) Was on all types of narcotics for pain to no avail. Went to Dr. to get off all these meds and am now on Tegratol, Suboxone, Xanex ER, Xanex, Vyvanse and Adderal. Was on Prozac but very depressed so he switched me to Geodon. I have been complaining mostly of the panic attacks and constant anxiety to no avail. Was waking with instant sense of anxiety washing over me. Just recently things have calmed down a bit. Especially when I take an extra Xanex at night. Everyone is different but I have to admit that this medicine seems to cause everything it's supposed to help. I am very concerned how many have mentioned that side effects stick around long after you are off this med. I am going to seriously consider going off before things fire up again. | F | 36 | 6 months 40mg 2X day | 5/28/2010 | 2 | Severe Depression/Anger | I also took Geodon with Wellbutrin, and for the first few weeks Geodon seemed to make me feel better. I took it in the morning and generally felt sort of sedated but it was tolerable. Then, I started having severe panic attacks out of the blue: my heart would speed up to 170+ bpm, I'd pour sweat, and I'd feel extreme fear and anxiety - the worst I've ever felt in my life. It would happen the same time every day, which was a result of the medicine being metabolized. I also developed a heart-rhythm abnormality that had to be monitored closely by the MD. | I kept taking Geodon, as I wanted to get better and I trusted my MD...but the panic episodes increased in duration, then my skin became coarse/bumpy and rough, I gained 25 pounds, and I broke out in horrible cysts/pimples as my skin became severely oily (was very odd!), my hair also became coarse, dry, and started to thin in the front (and I had beautiful hair/skin.) All these side-effects, the heart-issues, along with the panic attacks caused me to stop taking Geodon. I also dumped that MD as I felt like she was more interested in "experimenting" on me rather than helping my depression! After 2 months off, my skin/hair were back to normal and the horrible, crippling attacks were a distant memory...I'd stay far away from the drug if you have other options you've not tried. | F | 33 | 4 months 40 mg 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 2 | Bipolar Schizophrenia | The shakes,tremors,nervousness,sweaty palms,loss of appetite,weight loss,dry mouth,dry skin,always feeling on edge,restlessness but it would make me very tired so I took 80mg at night. | Since I've been on Geodon the only thing I can relate to is the bad side effects that I had when I was on Zoloft.This is pretty close. I'm also on Prozac, Wellbutrin and Klonapin.Before getting on Geodon I was taking Abilify and now I'm wondering if I should go back to Abilify,lower my Wellbutrin or take another medication for the side effects. But where do you draw the line. I don't want to be on a lot of meds. These side effects are almost worse than hearing the voices.I feel I'm damned if I do take it and Damned if I don't.Always having to deal with something.I'm worried I'm going to get too thin because I have no cravings for anything anymore.I hope it works for you but as for me...I am not happy especially if the side effects are long term.If they were only for a little while maybe I could deal with it knowing things would change,but I've heard its always like this with some people.Another thing is my libido is totally shot.It not only effects me but my boyfriend too.Then My mom is worried when she sees how bad I have the shakes and tremors and I'm worried I could have a seizure at any time.I wish I new more about this drug befor I started taking it.I feel like a lab rat.Its effects everything I do and find it hard to work.Plus I feel dizzy (due to low blood sugar probably) but still I feel sick everytime I want to eat something.There has to be a better drug or combonation for me.I'm able to think a little better because the voices are not as noticable,But not gone.PLEAS | F | 34 | 4 months | 2/2/2010 | 2 | F | 20 | 3.5 years | 1/3/2010 | 2 | bipolar with acute psychosis | racing heart or irregular heart beat, high anxiety, paranoia, uncontrollable twitching of musles, and stiffening of muscles, inability to control body temp., crazy mood swings,extream drowsiness, insomnia when not taken | I was having terrible audio and visiual hallusionations and was put in a hospital. while there they put me on 80 to 100 mg of geodon at night. i thought that this medication worked great for taking care of hallutionations and delusions. The problem is, i am a very small person who was on too high of dosage for WAY too long. i have been off this med for about 1 year and it has had awful side effects and withdrawl symptoms. THS IS A SHORT TERM DRUG! DO NOT USE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME! it does do the job but the long term damage you can get from it is hardly worth it when there are other choices out there. everyone is different so effects will be different for everyone. Good drug when taking it but bad effects when u want to come off. | F | 21 | 5 years | 12/16/2009 | 2 | Hypomania | HYPOMANIA, dry mouth, clanging, lack of appetite, insomnia. | This is strange, but I am more hypomanic than usual. I cannot stop thinking of cool things to say and am saying them even more often. I could write them all down here, but it would drive you ( ). I've given it six days. The two first days I couldn't stop sleeping. When that wore off I felt relaxed. Then the mania hit sharp and lasted longer than usual, 20 hours. It's been six days, 40 mg twice a day. This is the first med that I've taken for my hypo; I also take lamictal xr, but it's for seizures. The numbers just didn't add up. I see my doc on Tuesday. Don't worry, I stopped taking it this morning. | F | 41 | 6 days | 10/31/2009 | 2 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Memory loss (example can't remember how I got home), ED, loss of ambition, weight gain, oily skin, sweating, fever, difficulty sleeping and difficulty speaking. | Geodon is better than Zyprexa but not by much. It scares me a lot when I can't remember if I dreamed that I did something or actually did it. I can only take 80mg a day. The doctor tried to increase me to 100mg and I felt like I was having a continuos anxiety attack. I have to take 40mg in the morning and 40mg at night if I don't I go through withdrawal. It feels like a really bad flu. | M | 38 | 6 years | 9/21/2009 | 2 | Bipolar I, mood stabilizer | FACIAL TINGLING, MOUTH TINGLING, HEAD TINGLING, TIRED IN THE MORNING, HALLUCINATIONS, TIGHTNESS OF MOUTH AND NECK AREA, ANXIETY, dry lips, no appetite, and shakiness | Started on 20mg in the morning and at night. Made me too tired. Now I am on 20 mg at night plus 10 mg of Lexapro at night plus 30 mg of Busipar for anxiety and 15 mg a day of Naltraxone. I don't know what it is but I don't feel like myself. I cannot have a conversation without getting tongue tied or nervous. My nerves are bad now. My head is always tingling including my tongue and neck. It gets tight when I get upset and yes I am still having mood swings. When I lie down, my body feels like its shaking inside. Maybe the medicine is counteracting with the Lexapro. I used to take 20mg of Lexapro and didn't have any side effects. Don't know what I should do... :( Maybe I should stop taking it. Gonna call the DR. tomorrow. | F | 30 | 10 days | 8/25/2009 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder II | Extreme exhaustion in the mornings, suicidal thoughts, the higher the dosage the harder the fall when the medicine would stop working, small spasms in different body parts and muscle tension especially in neck and back not stopped by Benadryl. | This worked like a charm initially at 40mg (20mg 2x daily), then stopped and I dove into depression. Dosage was upped to 60mg 1x daily but then same thing happened but worse. Went to 120mg 2x daily and within a week, same thing happened again but much worse. I started self-mutilating, having almost constant suicidal thoughts, wanted to die from the storms in my mind. Had to take time off work many mornings for exhaustion even with 200mg Provigil prescribed. STOP THIS MEDICATION SLOWLY. | F | 25 | 8 months | 7/29/2009 | 2 | Anxiety Depression Paranoid Schizop | I've been taking Geodon for about one year. I was up to 240 mg a day. Now I'm 80 mg. I hate this medicine! If I don't take it I'm awake all night. I can't sleep if I don't take it. It has really messed up my sleep patterns. When I went down to 80 mg I gained 20 lbs. I hate having to eat something when I take it because I work swing shift and so I have to eat late at night. | I want to go off this medicine. I don't think it has really helped me anyways. I'm afraid to go off this medicine because I won't be able to sleep. Has anyone had problems with going off this medicine after taking it for awhile? I would really like some feedback about this. Thanks! | F | 26 | 1 years | 6/21/2009 | 2 | anxiety, depression | groggy, grumpy, foggy head and tired | I was taking this for anxiety, it is very expensive so get a prescription for like a week or two and test it out. Just made me tired and spaced out. Didn't help with anxiety. | M | 22 | 8 days | 2/10/2009 |