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 |
| 1 | mood stabilizer | I took it at night and couldn't get up in the morning. After several hours the next morning it had worn off and I decided to take it again. I felt like jelly. I couldn't drive, instead I had to have my husband miss school to pick up our son, and I laid on the floor for about 3 hours. I could barely move, even though I was awake (that's a horrible feeling). It finally wore off that evening, but I couldn't afford having that side effect, even if it would have lessened after a few days. | F | 27 | 1 days 40 MG 2X day | 2/14/2010 | 1 | Suicidal thoughts | Involuntary painful spasms of neck muscles (Tardive dyskinesia) | This medicine was prescribed to me when I started having suicidal thoughts while on Zoloft. The doctor sent me to a "safe house" to be monitored so I wouldn't act on those thoughts and so I could have my medication monitored as well. I took this medicine for the first night, and when I woke up in the morning, I started having problems with my neck muscles moving involuntarily to the point where my head would get stuck in a position for a long period of time. Everytime I would move my head into the correct position, it would snap back like a rubberband, and it was very painful and scary! The resident monitors called my doctor and I went to see her that very morning. She immediately discontinued the Geodon and prescribed me Lithium instead, and also a muscle relaxer to help with the spasms. I will NEVER go on Geodon again. | F | 27 | 1 days 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 1 | Bipolar mixed...I guess | Weak limbs then blacked out...slept like the dead | My pdoc has me on 250 mg of generic depakote er and after 3 weeks and it not working that great he decided to try this on me. Took it at 6am with a sandwich and then by 6 30 I had terrible diarrhea and then was so dizzy and lethargic...After that I feel like I just blacked out...My boyfriend woke me up around 1pm and I felt groggy. Got up made another sandwich, that tired me out so bad that I slept till 3pm. So exhausted I feel like I've been run over by a truck! UGH...Hated it | F | 41 | 1 days 40mg 2X day | 11/10/2010 | 1 | Bipolar 2 and anxiety | restlessness, panic, can't think, talk, swallow, or move, weakness, can't grip anything (i.e. door handle) emotionless, face numb; hard to smile... etc... | I haven't taken any med's for my bipolar in almost a year. I'm a recovering alcoholic/addict and been clean 10 months. Went to a new psych doc yesterday and he prescribed me 160 mg.'s to be taken once a day with food. I NEARLY JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN! all the while feeling so tired. I panicked because i had NO control over my thoughts or feelings. and felt physically paralyzed!! I slept for 13 hoursstraight, and just now am feeling better enough to move and can think a little. Still feel fuzzy/foggy, SLOW, and restless. I WILL NOT TAKE THIS AGAIN! (i realize now that my doctor just prescribed me 2x the highest dose!! andthat it might work for people in smaller doses, but I am too scared to try it again in ANY dose!!! :( ) | F | 28 | 1 days | 9/30/2008 | 1 | Psychosis NOS | Burning inner pain, very high core body temperature. | I tried to thow up that damn pill, but alas, I spent the whole night with a dangerously high core body temperature and feeling like a hot dog in death valley. And they told me it didn't have any side effects! | M | 24 | 1 days | 12/29/2009 | 1 | BIPOLAR | AKATHISIA: People with akathisia feel restless and anxious when they are not moving. They may repeatedly stroke parts of their body or pick at their clothes. They may cross and uncross arms and legs, pace, or march in place. They may moan, groan, or shout. | Akathisia common in taking Geodon and Risperdal. | F | 30 | 1 days | 1/15/2010 | 1 | Bipolar | Made me feel in a depressed mood. I was never happy. When I stopped taking it for a whole day I would get really bad anxiety &' panic attacks.. I would never sleep if I stopped taking it. I gained a lot of weight with this. Sadly I also lost my appitite all the time. I would not reccomend this at all. I've never ever felt like this in my entire life. Made me go crazy for the longest time. | It's the worst.. Ever since I stopped taking it, I've been feeling like myself again. &' been more happier than ever. It's just a drug that makes you go crazy in my opinion. | F | 16 | 1 days 30 MG | 3/27/2015 | 1 | Mood disorder/ depression | -UNIMAGINABLE FATIGUE -low blood pressure -fainting -restlessness -dizziness/ disorientation | PLEASE DONT SKIP! My Dr. Put me on this on top of other meds to help with hopeless thoughts. I took 40mg at night and about 30-40 seconds when I woke up the following morning I felt extreme shaking and restlessness. I had to get up to go to school and the second I got up I was really dizzy and disoriented. I went to use the bathroom and I knew something was wrong because I could see black spots and felt like I was losing control of my body. I tried to call for help and tried to lift myself up with a towel hanger but it broke just as I was BLACKING OUT and hit my head on some marble. My dad is a Dr. and said the medicine can cause a SIGNIFICANT drop in blood pressure for some people. By the time I was able to lay down again I physically/verbally could not communicate or move. Another red sign was knowing that my eyes WOULD NOT STAY OPEN no matter all my will power I gave to get up due to the fatigue. I couldn't go to class I woke up in the late afternoon. I am a light sleeper and this put me out DEAD COLD even though I took it the night before. This pill will knock the hell out of you and I'm in college I can take tired this was NOT THAT. This level of exhaustion can only be felt because of something like this and I hope no one has to feel what I felt! PLEASE consider another form of medication before trying this! I have been on God knows how many mess BUT THIS WAS THE WORST! | F | 20 | 1 days 40mg | 4/22/2015 | 1 | Hospital | I almost died taking geodon at the hospital | M | 22 | 1 days | 2/3/2016 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Suicide attempt | Another brilliant move by the psychiatrist. Gave me a sample and gave me no information about side effects. Highly unethical. | F | 37 | 1 days 5 1X day | 12/5/2018 | 1 | serotonin syndrome | I took Geodon only 1 time and refused to take it again! I took it at bedtime as prescribed by my phychiatrist. I awoke about 1 hour later and needed to go pee really bad but could not get out of the water bed nor could I call out my housemate's name! After much struggling, I ended up on the floor and tried to crawl to the bathroom but peed myself before making it to the toilet. I still could not call out my housemate's name to help me. I then somehow managed to turn on the shower and get in to wash the pee off me. However, once in the shower, I could not stand up or reach up to turn off the water which eventually turned to cold. I don't know how long I was bent over in a helpless, crumbled mess until I was finally able to get out of the shower. I had a prescription to fill and refused to do so and threw away the remaining sample pills of Geodon. | GEODON is a VERY dangerous drug. Avoid taking it at all costs! It will render you helpless. I could have been scalded to death if I had managed to turn off the cold water! Do NOT take GEODON under any circumstances! | F | 50 | 1 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | Depression, agression, anxiety | Well let's see after only taking 1 dose of 20 mgs I ended up in the emergency room with dystonic seizures that lasted 2 days. I had no control of my movements, my speech was slurred, lost the ability to move my tongue, and my eyes were rolled into the back of my head. I was unresponsive at times and although I could hear what people were saying I couldn't respond until 20 min. later to the question which was difficult to do because I had no movement in my tongue or face; and even when I came home I had constant convulsions and was not able to do simple tasks like talk on the phone or hold a fork. | This medicine has SERIOUS side affects. Do your research prior to taking this medicine even if the doctor thinks you need it. I was only on 20 mgs and they wanted me on 40mg which would have killed me. Just because they are doctors do not mean they know what YOUR body needs. | F | 22 | 1 days | 2/27/2008 | 5 | Bipolar-Mixed State | None | THIS MEDICINE IS GREAT! I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 years ago. Have been on 12 meds and finally with Geodon, I have my life back. The depression is gone, mania has stopped and I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel! I take 60mg at night, and 200 mg of Trazadone for sleep. Xanax during the day. This combination and I'm finally stable. YEAH | F | 35 | 2 days | 9/19/2007 | 5 | Bi Polar 1 with mixed episodes | I've only taken 20 mg with dinner for the past two nights. Both nights, I immediately starting burping and felt slightly jittery. I have a mild headache that goes away with Advil, but that's about it. The first night, I slept for 10 hours which was awesome! But my mouth was very dry when I woke up. So far, these are things I can deal with. I feel pretty good emotionally after having a bad bout of depression a week ago. I'll give it a month and see if the mild side effects go away. | F | 40 | 2 days 40Mg | 6/25/2015 | 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 II w/extreme mania, anxiety | Heavily blurred vision (2 hours after first dose), temporarily increased anxiety, some dizziness (temporary), slightly increased irritability (temporary) | In the past, I've reacted badly to Risperdal (3 months of my memory was 'wiped'), Abilify (didn't work at all), Seroquel (a lot of weight gain), Lexapro, Zoloft, Paxil (horrible weight gain), Klonopin, Xanax, Valium (years ago) and a few others I cannot recall at the moment. I'm currently on 60mg Cymbalta, 450mg Welbutrin, Lamictal, 20mg Buspar (three times daily), 150mcg Levothyroxin (for my sluggish thyroid), and insulin as needed for 'Type 1.5' diabetes. My anxiety increased due to long-term financial stresses, which made me have a near "manic break," and sleeplessness. My pdoc added 40mg Geodon morning and evening and warned me it would take a 'breaking in period.' She also warned me of the potential side-effects, but said I wouldn't gain weight on this as I had on Seroquel. (Seroquel also gave me the *worst* leg cramps and restless leg syndrome.) She also prescribed (1) 12.5 Ambien nightly, to switch off with my usual 3mg Lunesta. The first night I took Geodon, I was awa | F | 47 | 2 days | 2/11/2008 | 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 | 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 | bipolar II | cycles of shivering, extreme fatigue, both of which cleared up in a day or two, and persistent anhedonia (loss of pleasure in things) | taking 80mg with food twice a day. it reduced my hypomania after a day or two, but at first it might have made it, and anxiety, a little worse. | M | 36 | 2 days | 6/17/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II | Extreme, coma-like sleepiness. | I will never take this again. 40mg made me pass out...uncontrollably tired. One minute I was fine and the next I couldn't even make a full sentence because I was so exhausted. It just didn't work for me. Onto the next trial, I guess. | F | 24 | 2 days | 9/21/2007 |