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 |
| 5 | Bipolar I Disorder | Dry eyes, hypermania, sleepiness after taking it but inability to fall or stay asleep, inability to keep eyes open in bright lights, some jaw tremors when drinking from a cup or glass. | Geodon (120 mg) combined with 150 mg Lamictal is saving my life and my sanity. I have not been depressed since starting the Geodon in August. Have had 1 bout with mania and several hypermanic episodes. I also go to therapy 1x a week, AA 2x a week (quit drinking and drugging), and I work at managing my illness in every way possible. I think the benefits far outweigh the side effects and I plan to keep taking it as long as it works! | F | 46 | 3 months | 11/28/2008 | 5 | bipolar voices | I am ubnable to take it in the morning, it knocks me out. I can take it at night and stay up though. | geodon saved my life. I had a very bad nervous breakdown after the death of my daughter. geodon brought me out of that depression, I quit smoking and drinking and now only take geodon. | F | 43 | 6 years | 10/6/2008 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Extreme drowsiness at first but that subsided. Loss of appetite, I always feel full. A little bit of drowsiness in the morning. I get dizzy really easily and I have a hard time controlling my body temp. | I love this medicine. It has made a huge difference in the few weeks that I have been taking it. I will accept the mild side effects for the advatages. I've lost some of the 60 lbs that I gained on Seroquel. I can focus now and I am able to organize my day without feeling hung over. :) | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 8/27/2008 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder/Anxiety Disorder | Hypomania since starting med. Loss of apetite. Periods ceased. Agitation and restlessness most likely from the hypomania. Increased spending and talking all from the hypomania. I did lose my job though because concentration just isn't there. But I am on Social Security Disability. | To me, the benefits outweigh the side effects. I have been active, creative, and feeling better since taking Geodon. I am unable to nap or fall asleep so I do take 3mg. Ativan at night and that lets me sleep. I've actually been doing things and enjoying them. I have lost 30 pounds of the 40 I gained while on resperidol. I have been on 55 different combinations of meds and this is by far the best one! | F | 51 | 6 months | 7/22/2008 | 5 | Bipolar I disorder | I do tend to get a tense upper back, neck and jaw, but have found yoga exercises very helpful with that; I am more in touch with spontaneous emotions than on any other drug I have been on for bipolar and so feel like myself; however, this means I do have to deal with some of my easy frustration now. | I take 40 mgs. twice a day and have benefited greatly in that this drug does not make me drowsy. I am really surprised to read so many people sleep so much on it. They must be on a significantly higher dosage than I am. I also find it easier to exercise on this drug, as it does not inhibit sweating the way that many atypical antipsychotics do. I am very satisfied with this drug. | F | 44 | 7 months | 7/14/2008 | 5 | Bi-Polar Type II | The only side effect thus far is sleepy in the morning, after taking Geodon the night before | Thus far, this is the first mood staboliser that I have taken that has not given me the gambet of henous side-effects, I am hopefull now. | M | 40 | 30 days | 6/7/2008 | 5 | bipolar mania | drowsiness and blurred vision at first | this medicine has been a lifesaver for me...it keeps me off the ceiling and able to function | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 6/4/2008 | 5 | Bipolar/Psychosis | The worst side effect of the Geodon was that it made me feel sleepy and tired all of the time but that let up a bit as treatment went on. For the first few weeks I was dazed and high but as I adjusted that too went away. | According to my doctors I developed a tolerance to the Geodon. I was very upset about that because it was the only medication to help me without making me feel worse. The medication stopped working and wouldnt even work on max dose. | F | 22 | 2 years | 5/11/2008 | 5 | bipolar 1 | Dry mouth, and now 8 months after starting it, I'm starting to shake one of my legs all the time, but that might just be anxiety | Geodon is a great drug for me. I tried risperdal for a week, and couldn't handle it. I do get dry mouth, especially in the middle of the night, but I can handle it. It keeps my moods level. I was getting more and more rages, and the geodon has controlled them. | F | 52 | 8 months | 4/30/2008 | 5 | MIGRAINE HEADACHES | Leveled out at 40MG, the 80MG dose makes me agitated. VERY NOTICEABLE improvements in reduction of Migraine Headaches. | I use to wake up 5-6 mornings with a migraine headache and had to take an Imitrex pill, which is now $24 a pill. Since taking Geodon, about 60 days now, rarely wake up with a headache, perhaps once every two weeks. I've tried everything for migraines for 20 years, and nothing has worked as well as the Geodon. I still get migraine attacks but probably a good 30% less that without Geodon, and morning migraines are very infrequent. Local pharmacy wants about $7 a pill for it, but you can get it through Canada for around $2 a pill (bastard pharmaceutical companies). | M | 55 | 2 months | 4/26/2008 | 5 | Bipolar II and Schizoaffective Diso | None | This pill have saved my life! Does not cause weight gain or hunger like Xyprexa or Seroquel. I started with 60 mg twice daily and now iam taking 80 mg twice daily. I feel better and more willing and capable of doing things. | M | 39 | 6 months | 4/26/2008 | 5 | bipolar depression | None | I am on 160 mg. No side effects at all. Love this medicine. Works great for my depression. | F | 33 | 1 years | 4/17/2008 | 5 | Bipolar disorder | Severe sleepiness if taken in the day, weightgain | This drug really stabilized me in a way no other drug has been able to do. It gave me my memory back and make me think clearly. It also gave me more energy and a desire to do things. I did gain about 20lbs really rapidly after starting the drug but I worked that off with a diet plan and exercise. After a while the weight gain plateaus. It worked on just 40mg a day but I found 60 was more stabilizing. I am now on a higher dose because it is also helping with nerve pain and I have found the side effects to be minimal even at maximum daily dose. This has been a life changing drug for me- I have resisted anti-psychotics for many years and was very pleasantly surprised at how much they can help for bipoler (expecially mixed states) | F | 33 | 8 months | 3/22/2008 | 5 | PTSD | I haven't had any side effects. | I take 20 mg twice a day. That little keeps me from getting tired at all. I also take it with Propranolol (10 mg) which balances everything out. No more nightmares, sweating, shaking, trembling, flashbacks, nothing - I even go out and socialize more! I wish I had it when this all started! I think I would have been working still! | F | 33 | 3 months | 3/9/2008 | 5 | Bipolar | For about 1 week, sleepiness at 80 mg, but since then, none | I currently take 40 mg in the morning and 80 mg in the evening. I was misdiagnosed as depressed with ADD until I had a major manic episode and my new doctor caught it. Since putting me on Geodon, I now have a regular sleep cycle (I used to need Ambien almost every night and now I rarely if ever take it) and my production at work has gotten amazing better. My moods are so much better and so much more controlled. I am currently not taking an antidepressant since Geodon seems to control mania as well as depression. I take Klonopin for anxiety/panic, Topamax for migraine prevention (also a mood stabilizer) and Neurotin for fibromyalgia so those may be helping as well. I haven't had any major side effects besides being sleepy the first week. Geodon is really pricey, but the cost has been well worth the benefits for me. | F | 30 | 2 months | 1/27/2008 | 5 | bipolar | loss of sleep, tremor due to this drug or depakote i am also taking. no manic episodes. works well. | M | 70 | 3 years | 1/21/2008 | 5 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | Hair Loss(Might be Inderol), Loss of Pleasure in Things, (Might be Schizophrenia), Loss of Words, Memory Loss, Exhaustion about four hours after taking it, Akathisia, Elevated Prolactin (Not Pregnant), Abdomen Weight Gain, Body Acne | Although it has side effects it saved my life. I went from being a tortured soul to being able to lead a normal life with almost no more voices or hallucinations. Takes about three months to get rid of many of the voices, about a year, a year and a half to get rid of almost all of them. I only hear about four words a year now and they are not scary. | F | 37 | 2 years | 1/20/2008 | 5 | Bipolar- mixed state | Started at 20mg and there was no improvement and no side-effects; went up to 40mg, felt great, lots of energy, weight loss(was already on a diet); I usually gain lots of weight with Anti-psychotics; was Hypomanic but productive and happy, got a new job and they thought I was very cheerful and hard working; Psych Dr thought 60 mg would bring down the Hypomania, BUT I had NMS(short-term) and had life-threatening side effects; I could feel my heart racing, very high blood preasure, severe anxiety and pacing, live in SD- it was Winter and I suddenly realized that I had the heat off, all the doors and windows open and was standing in the middle of my house naked and sweating, severve buzzing in my head, headaches, and other fun things. Dr said take a benadryl and it brought me out of it, but put me in a coma like state. MY husband came home and found me like that and scared him to death. Now I am taking Zyprexa and am miserable. Wish I could go back to the 40mg of Geodon good-old days, | F | 51 | 3 months | 1/14/2008 | 5 | bipolar 2 | None | Geodon works great for me. I gained 40 pounds on Zyprexa and my doctor switched me to Geodon. I use it as a mood stablizer in combination with Lexapro as an anti-depressant. I believe that Geodon not only keeps me from getting hypomanic but also works to alieviate my depression. I also take trazodone for sleep, xanax for anxiety, buspar for depression, meridia to help me lose weight and folic acid for depression. | F | 30 | 6 months | 12/31/2007 | 5 | BI-POLAR | DIFFICULTY SLEEPING | I TAKE 100 MG AND IT WORKS GREAT FOR ME. I HAD PSYCHOTIC EPISODES WITH MY BI-POLAR BUT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY SYMPTOMS SINCE TAKING THIS DRUG. I'VE FOUND THAT TAKING THE DRUG ABOUT 2-3 HRS BEFORE I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP SEEMS TO HELP ME FALL ASLEEP A LITTLE BETTER, BUT I STILL FIND THAT I SOMETIMES NEED AMBIEN TO SLEEP. | F | 40 | 3 years | 12/17/2007 |