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 | bi-polar | it had terrible side effects. it made me really really sick. i felt like i was comming off of heronie. im not a tweeker, but this drug made me feel like i was. it also made me very manic. i was very high, then i went dangerously low. be careful with this drug. | F | 16 | 4 days | 12/15/2006 | 2 | Bipolar | Extreme vertigo/dizziness, heavy chest, headache | All was good the first few days, or maybe I should say nothing was bad... I felt productive, energetic, and normal (in a good way) no racing thoughts. I took it at night and it made my chest feel heavy and I was fidgety for awhile, but when I fell asleep I stayed asleep. day 4- INTENSE vertigo, couldn't look up or down without almost falling over which in turn made me incredibly nauseous and terrified considering I've never felt this way. I don't know that it's the cause of this migraine, but I'm calling it. | F | 39 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 10/15/2020 | 1 | Bipolar NOS | Involuntary neck spasms and movement in general, LOW blood pressure, severe dizziness, impaired motor skills | The very first day, my blood pressure plummeted to the point that I needed a constant intake of caffeine to even walk. Within a couple days, I'd gained seven pounds. But the thing that made me stop immediately was the neck movement. For four hours last night, my neck was involuntarily twisting to an impossible angle- I could barely breathe. I'm already on four different medications, and have been on maybe 15 different meds throughout my life, so I know what it's like to wait for the side-effects to subside. But these spasms were dangerous. Definitely call your doctor the moment you feel anything. I waited until yesterday, assuming that it would get better. Bad idea. | F | 19 | 4 days | 4/12/2008 | 1 | schizo / paranoid | ?This drug killed my mom in 2005. She was 55yo and a heavy smoker from age 24, but her health was not as bad as some. When she took Geodon 60mg per day 20mg per dose. First pill not so bad, just a little lethargic but those symptoms didn't go away, they just kept getting worse. Three days into it she died. Her heart gave out. All her life she was off and on different medicines and a body can only take so much. If a medicine changes how you feel physically, don't take it, they are not supposed too. What they are meant for; is to change you mentally, your train of thought. She could not speak and her heart rate was very high for her and she could not take in a breath of air for more than a second. She told me that something was wrong but I thought I should listen to the DRs. So now she isn't here anymore. And I was the one that gave her the medicine and now I have to live with that. And what I should have done what trust myself, I knew my mom as well as I know my kids when they're not | F | 29 | 4 days | 8/1/2007 | 1 | BP 2, Mixed States | EXTREME SLEEPINESS!!!! Could not function, could not think. | Awful drug, will never, never try it again. | F | 62 | 4 days | 2/14/2007 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | lethargy, catatonia | While taking Geodon, I could hardly move off of the floor. I could not get out of bed and would cry the moment anyone said anything to me. I lost all motivation to complete activities of daily living or eat. My mother had to help pick me up and feed me because it was too much for me to handle. It was the worst medication experience I've ever had. | F | 20 | 4 days 1X day | 3/7/2018 | 1 | Anxiety, bipolar 1 | Prescribed for recently developed severe anxiety due to work environment. Bad reaction in 4 days. Slept 3-4 hours each night. I will not continue taking. Did not effect libido. Very powerful drug. | Gradually went from morning dosages 1 X (20mg) for 2 days. Felt like the walking dead but no anxiety. Went to 1 X (40mg) for 2 days felt faint, groggy, low concentration, anxiety returned in the evening. Then went to 1 X (60mg) next day anxiety returned all day, severe cramp in right knee (no knee problem before) limped most of the day. Believe it cased a severe manic attack in the evening. Also take 200 mg Lamictal, 30 mg Temazapam, 1.75 mg Alprazalam in the evenings. | M | 62 | 4 days 60 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 1 | bipolar/severe depression | dizzy, sensitivity to light(I couldn't watch TV because the motion and the light made my eyes and head throb.) SEVERE panic/rage attack..I felt like my body was going to explode limb from limb, nausea, I only took it 4 days and my vision is blurry for things up close. I twitched so hard I actually thought someone tapped twice on my shoulder. I turned around and nobody was there. very weird. | I took it with 50mg Pristiq and I take 1 or 2 klonopin per day also, and ambien for sleep. I started with 40mg Geodon, and it didn't bother me, and I slept well, so I followed doctor's orders and increased to 80, which made me pretty miserable.. all of the above symptoms...I tried 80 in the morning too, and that was one of the worst mistakes of my life. I couldn't sleep, but couldn't move either. I was being tortured inside my own body. I wanted that pill out of me. I would have made myself puked but it was already digested. I suffered that whole day, and then decided I can't take it anymore.... and that night, I didn't sleep at all... it threw me into a mania I've never felt. I feel like I got in a car wreck. Be careful with this drug. I've tried 6-7 different depression meds, a few benzodiazipines, a few mood stabilizers, and a few sleep meds, and this has to be in the top five most powerful drugs. I'm afraid for tonight and tomorrow. | M | 27 | 4 days 80mg 2X day | 4/8/2010 | 5 | Emotional regulation with BPD | It's only been about a week, but I can tell a huge difference since starting Geodon. I was afraid to try it because of the negative reviews but it has given me my life back. I do feel a little less emotion than normal, some gi upset....but nothing severe on either. I also take duloxetine and adding in naltrexone leveled me out 100%. Feel kinda like I'm just going through the motions but for me thats not bad. Actually getting to work, staying full shifts, and house is getting taken care of again. Hoping will be able to lose some weight on this one....lost appetite but making better food choices as well :) fingers crossed. | Good medication for emotional regulation | F | 37 | 5 days 40mg | 6/29/2020 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety/Bipolar2/ASD | Sleepy the first couple of days | This medicine saved my life, and within an hour of taking it. I started last Friday -today is TUesday- with a 5 mg, (yes, 5 mg, suspended in liquid) dose at 8:00 a.m. To put it in context I've always responded to the most minimal doses of meds. Within 15 minutes I felt pleasantly woozy, relaxed, sleepy, and safe. I rested and watched TV. I actually felt GOOD!!!!!! I DK how many X in my life I can say I've felt good, just been varying degrees of pain.I was pleasant, sweet Mommy, for the 1st X in a long X. I enjoyed my kids instead of being overwhelmed by the constant demands of my 2 teenagers on the autism spectrum and my 6th grader who's just trying to survive having non-neurotypical siblings. ADD 90% better. Patience, I have energy, I have love for my family....MInd you, friend said I sounded a little manic on the phone, and I'm xperiencing a ++Sex drive. Almost none before: bad relationship, depression, age or ?, it's nice to have my old friend back, but it does feels a little high octane. If I were younger this would maybe lead to impulsive behaviors. But I don't feel impulsive. It's a new experience, not to (re) act immediately on every whim. I feel grounded for the first time. I feel sunny, friendly, full of possibility. So today is day 5, I'm @ 7.5 mg 2x a day. 1st 3 days I slept after taking it, but not today. Gd lck, hope it works for U. 2 nights ago I got a heat headache. Maybe bc I took singulair. no singulair = no heat headache. | F | 50 | 5 days | 8/26/2009 | 4 | unspecified mood disorder/psychosis | sweaty palms, elevated mood, talkative, slight tremor, sleepiness/drowsiness at night | I am taking 20mg of Geodon twice a day along with 36mg of Concerta in the morning and .5mg of Klonopin twice a day. I also take 20mg of Inderal up to three times a day for tremor and anxiety. During the day, or shortly after taking Geodon, I experience borderline symptoms of mania - excessive talking, wanting to spend money, feeling bouncy, elevated heart rate, etc. I am happier now than I have been in a while but I am also on a 10-day trial for this medicine. So we are not sure if it is the one for me. I think Geodon is an excellent medication so far...my suicidal thoughts have decreased greatly and I want to get out and do things. I don't feel sad or depressed anymore. =) | F | 17 | 5 days | 7/28/2008 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | I have just started using Geodon (prescribed on Saturday) and have been having a terrible time getting up and fully waking up in the morning. I don't dare drive because I can fall back to sleep in an instant. At the same time my whole body feels jittery and I can't STAY asleep. Is any of this similar to what others have experienced? Candace | F | 60 | 5 days | 7/15/2008 | 3 | Bipolar II Mixed States | My nose gets so stuffy after I take it that I can't sleep even if I'm drowsy! So I've started taking a decongestant about an hour before I take it and that helps though I worry about mixing decongestants with Geodon. Also I am taking Depakote 250 BID. The Geodon was a starting dose of 60 MG/QD then BID, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to tolerate it twice daily! Otherwise, my nose is stuffy/runny/sneezy all day and I've developed a cough/tickly feelings in my lungs (Though maybe that's just a cold, who knows?) | Feeling maybe a bit better, but experiencing apathy still and some not so cheery what-if type suicidal thoughts. I'm looking forward to seeing how this helps eventually in combination with psych therapy. | F | 39 | 5 days | 1/27/2007 | 2 | Bipolar I, Mixed | Flu-like body and joint pain, unable to fall asleep until late, withdrawal-like symptoms at the end of the day, feeling generally crappy and out of sorts, apathy, muscle spasms, dizziness, abdominal bloating. | I am trying this due to the propensity of the other atypicals to cause diabetes and to stabilize my mood. SO far I just feel crappy, achy, joint pain, apathetic, and extremely drowsy in the morning. I also have been unable to fall asleep for at least 3 hours after I go to bed. I was in the midst of a Mixed Episode (Extremely irritable, dysphoric, anxious, and withdrawn) when I started this last week and I still feel about the same, only with joint pain and apathy. No positive effects yet. Guess I'll have to give it a while. Weight loss sounds good, I am significantly overweight. | M | 48 | 5 days | 1/23/2007 | 2 | PTSD, BPD, depression, anorexia | hypomania, panic, disassociation, lack of focus, morning sleepiness. [also taking celexa 10mg and lithium 600mg] | i am SO happy i found this site. i thought i was going even crazier than i already am. only been taking 20mg nightly for 5 days, so was going to stick it out, but now i feel validated and plan to stop. have been completely unable to get out of bed in the morning. general lack of focus throughout the day. the worst part tho, is nightly boughts of mania. i've never had this before- i'm getting lots done like cleaning, doing dishes, organizing, etc! but completely unable to sit and get things like *my job* done. also experiencing ful blown panic attacks. will definitly talk to doctor now about discontinuing this medication. | F | 34 | 5 days | 8/29/2008 | 1 | Bipolar, Depression | Dry Mouth, Shakiness/Tremors, Blurred/Tunnel Vision, Anxiety, Sleepiness, Insomnia, Nausea, Abdominal Pain, Confusion, Non-Responsive, Metallic taste in mouth ''in between doses''. | A couple hours after my first dose I felt the drug at full effect. It changed my vision and effected my hearing. Next couple of days I was out of it, I was confused, shaky, nauseas and felt inner doom and emptiness along with flu like symptoms. I had trouble concentrating ‘’worse than normal’’ and my sleeping and eating habits changed dramatically along with my motor skills. I couldn’t function normal in social situations, I couldn’t drive and I would constantly posture because I felt so uncomfortable. I was so sick of the effects so I called my doctor and he said to give it some time. On the 5th night of taking it I couldn’t sleep because it was impossible to find a comfortable position to relax, I felt so separated from my body that I went into panic and finally got the idea of jumping off my roof to end the madness. My friends called the suicide hotline and shortly after I had realized that Geodon wasn’t for me. After discontinuing the drug I have been experiencing withdraw effects like crazy for the passed 5 weeks. | M | 20 | 5 days | 11/23/2009 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Worst rash ever chest pains hearing more voices runny nose eye twitching my stomachs feel like I was in a boxing match for 12 rounds no sleep wired for 4 days straight don't know what's going on lack of concentration overall not recommended | M | 29 | 5 days 50 mg | 3/26/2015 | 1 | Ocd depression anxiety si thoughts | Shaking nauseous dizziness inability to sleep worse depression eye twitching extreme fatigue anxiety trouble breathing inability to focus | I hope the side effects go away for me soon. I know certain meds don't work for everyone and this certainly is one of those medications | F | 17 | 5 days 40 | 2/20/2015 | 1 | OCD, depression, anxiety | Severe increase of anxiety, major suicidal thoughts, nausea, diarrhea, persistent shaking. And a couple times hallucinations. | I developed serotonin syndrome while I was on this medication even though my doctor made sure my body was rid of the older ones. I can't even begin to describe how it felt, my entire body was turned against me and even though I stopped taking it as soon as the symptoms appeared it took a month for all the symptoms to finally go away. After a week the major symptoms went away then slowly I felt more like myself. If you're going though this right now and see this please know that I felt *drastically* better after it was out of my system and that you will as well. | F | 17 | 5 days | 8/18/2015 | 1 | bipolar II, generalized anxiety, | VERY SEVERE DROP IN Blood PRESSURE, Hated it, I only took it for 5 days. | F | 31 | 5 days | 5/31/2008 |