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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GEODON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | depression | severe dry mouth,trembling and hand and leg tremors | it made me feel great first 4 days then on day 5 had a very scary experience. burning sensation in my arms and legs chest tight, hard to breath and extreme paranoia.my arms and hands were shaking had no control .had to go to er. | F | 29 | 5 days | 2/10/2008 | 1 | treatment resistant depression | Of all psych meds I've taken, this one was the absolute worst. I took it for five days. 40mg, in the evening. Side effects while taking it: depersonalization and confusion, jittery and twitchy about 5 hours before next dose; Side effects after NOT taking it: six days of awful involuntary muscle twitching (tongue, face, chin, right arm), awful headache, flu symptoms, trouble talking, shaking, inability to drive or go to work or sit still, trouble sleeping, bloated stomach. I was very, very scared. Thankfully it has been 4 days since my last dose, and most symptoms have gone away, though I still have some facial twitching. | I know the comments here are skewed toward the negative, because most people come here to report complaints about drugs. That said, I have to contribute that Geodon has, of all the medications I've taken, been the scariest. I have taken other atypical antipsychotics with no problems, and Geodon caused four days of involuntary twitching in my face and hand, which resulted in my not being able to talk or think clearly. It was very scary. I was okay directly after taking it, but since it has such a short half-life, about six hours before my next dosage, I started to have muscle spasms and feel really anxious. I decided to listen to my body and stop taking it (with doctor's approval). The withdrawal (even after 5 days) was awful. I have been off work, feeling like I have the flu, for four days. Thankfully the spasms and headache are wearing off. | F | 30 | 5 days | 1/17/2008 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | nausea, headache,diareha,worse FM,hotness,no appetite,total insomnia | This drug made me so sick, I almost went to the hospital. | F | 48 | 5 days 20 1X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | Bi-Polar 1 | Confusion, poor vision, poor memory, poor concentration, constipation, upset stomach, heartburn, shaky, sinus headaches, chest heaviness, trouble speaking and staying on subject, drooling allot when sleeping, clenching jaw. | The MD started me with 40 mg of Geodon on Monday at night and I took the Geodon at night Monday and Tuesday. The MD had me increase the does to 40 mg in the AM on Wed and I was so out of it by the time the afternoon came I could hardly drive my car home from the hospital. The MD told me to take 40 mg that night and to start taking 80 mg total just at night before bed. This would start on Thursday. I did not feel right at all even all day on Thursday. I took the 80 mg on Thursday night and had to pull myself out of bed Friday morning. By Friday afternoon I was in full blow side affect mod. It honestly scared me. I only took 40 mg on Friday night and woke up Sat after sleeping 12 and a half hours. I had to make myself get up even after sleeping that long.I have called the MD and at this point am waiting for a call back, I intend to stop the Geodon, I can't live like this. I feel as though I can hardly function properly, let alone drive my car. | F | 33 | 5 days 40 2X day | 12/3/2011 | 1 | Bipolar | Extreme drowsiness | I haven't been on Geodon long enough to feel any benefit. I have however felt the drowsiness. It's recommended to take with food so I took it with dinner the other night, I was asleep within two hours of taking it, I couldn't stay awake no matter how hard I tried. Today is the first time of taking it in the AM, I fell asleep in the middle of the day. I just can't stay awake on this medicine and feel like a zombie when I am awake. I wouldn't recommend this medicine. | F | 20 | 5 days 40 2X day | 12/4/2011 | 3 | Bipolar II | Blocked sinus breathing, some agitation, mind up when trying to sleep, it does knock me out but breathing problem interferes-working on it. | Doc wants me to build to 180mg but I was having too many side effects at 120. Mood is better, I'm a little hypomanic but this is not a big problem as I was withdrawn before. Helped energy and the interest in," doing something "which I didn't have before.So it seems to be helping more than it's hurting at this early point.Oh yeah, also taking Lexapro 10mg and Ativan 1mg but long time on those. | M | 58 | 6 days | 7/30/2007 | 3 | bipolar disorder and anxiety | I have been taking geodon for 6 days now. It has helped the mood swings but I feel very disconnected from reality. Very very tired yet very restless. My legs have to constantly be moving. Short term memory loss seems to be a bit of a problem. Also, I can't seem to get a good breath. I'm very short winded. It works though. It does control my mood swings and angry outbursts. | F | 25 | 6 days | 3/21/2009 | 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 | 1 | borderline personality disorder | SEVERE TERRIBLE AKATHISIA-WORSE THEN RISPERDAL | WOULD NEVER TAKE AGAIN. DOCTORS TOTALLY TRY TO COVER UP THE SIDE EFFECT AKATHISIA WHEN TALKING TO THEM. IT MAKES ME FURIOUS. I WOULD NEVER TAKE THIS MEDICINE AGAIN. | M | 29 | 6 days | 9/20/2009 | 1 | Bipolar w/ depression | The most horrible back pain. Spent 2 days in bed, missed work. | After coming off, back pain lasted 4 more days. | F | 33 | 6 days | 4/23/2015 | 1 | Bipolar II | Ridiculous sleepiness and drowsiness, yet even at the peak of the drowsiness I am restless. My brain begs my body to lay down and sleep, but my body is not happy in one position for more than 2 minutes. When I tried taking the medication just before bed, I would have insomnia for at least 2-3 hours. I then started taking it earlier and slept fine, but had a lot of trouble getting up--even after 8-9 hours of sleep. I'll have a good few hours in my waking day, but mostly I'm struggling to function. Work is not really an option, even playing isn't really one either. I also noticed my left arm fell asleep in the middle of the night two different nights. Not sure if it's related to Geodon or just coincidence. | I haven't noticed much benefit from the drug. Only bad side effects. I have decided not to take any more and will talk to my doctor about something different. | F | 26 | 6 days | 9/4/2007 | 1 | bipolar 11 | left arm numbness and tingling, not sleeping, extreme fatigue, cold sweats, anxiety. | was on geodon for 6 days. caused me to fear i was having a heart attack which led to er visit and overnight stay. all heart test negative. will never take again.... it seems like a crap shoot when on psych. meds. you never know the weird side effects you will have. | F | 50 | 6 days | 10/17/2007 | 1 | Schizoaffective disorder Bi polar 1 | I felt torment. Very horrible. Like the hell. Cant breath i was crying like a baby it was like demons. Torment like experience ,horrible Never use this drug in your life. | M | 23 | 6 days 160 | 3/26/2012 | 5 | Mixwd Episode | I had my first mixed episode in years. Completely went off the deep end. Geodon leved me out immediately. I have a lot of energy but not manic. Like many others I lost my appetite, but I make sure I eat 3 meals a day and very healthy. No sugar, no flour. It keeps the nausea away. The only down side is I have a little anxiety at night. I feel human again and I don't feel like playing around with new meds. I think the anxiety will go away once I adjust. | F | 34 | 7 days 20 2X day | 2/22/2010 | 5 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Runny nose, dry mouth | This medication makes me hyper and have very quick speech but i love how it controls my anger and depression. I only started taking it recently but so far so good. | F | 20 | 7 days | 12/9/2008 | 4 | BiPolar | Drowsiness taking it too late at night. | I started taking it (40 mg) around dinner time and wow what a difference. I fell asleep early, slept for 7 hours, and woke up with energy. I also take lamictal (75 mg) in the morning, so I feel good all around. I was on Depakote before (750 mg) | F | 37 | 7 days | 10/20/2005 | 3 | Off label for anxiety | I've been put on and off geodon 2 times over about 7 years. The first time it was an attempt by my doctor to find ANYTHING to help my anxiety / VERY minor depression (more of a personaliy thing I think). Anyways at age 23 it was the FIRST THING THAT EVER WORKED. I was finishing college and got straight A's, I (to summarize) was able to be a mature adult in a relationship and it lasted many years, I got healthy in terms of food and working out. I felt great BUT it did kill my creativity. Abut 2 years later I went off it and don't remember any crazy issues but looking back it was around the time I abruptly quit my job and that wasn't the only reason but who knows. This time I was on 40 mg and went cold turkey. Years later I had a (my doctor is basically a medical drug dealer so I just tell him what I want) but what I would call a hyper manic depression episode and couldnt sleep, had INSANE anxiety (Had major lifestyle changes happening so it is what it is) and I requested ot be put b | F | 31 | 7 days 20-60mg 1X day | 1/8/2018 | 3 | Skitso, bi-polar | I feel like my body isn't attached and I feel jitters when I try to drive like something isn't right. | M | 26 | 7 days 40mg 2X day | 11/16/2020 | 2 | bipolar/depression | Within 7 days it gave me increased mania - awakeness and then turned into extremely sleepy, and irritated, | I was given 40 mgs and asked the doc to give me a smaller dosage bcs i am sensitive. I started on a fri night. This was to be taken at night. SA day i was manic and that was OK bcs i was cleaning but then i had a martini on SA night and barely could get home. Very scary. Then on Su i was awake until 5 a.m. then slept all day on Monday. I called the doc. Mo night i was awake until tues at 11 a.m. then went to sleep and in the meantime the doc said to take it every other day in the a.m., not the p.m.. Tues i slept until 6 p.m. and then was awake until like 1 and then awoke at 3 p.m. bcs of a roommate and then stayed awake through the a.m. tues. The doc said to go off for a day to then, as prescribed , start taking it in the a.m. and every other day to equal 20 mg - So on Th i started that and felt dead tired all day. Had to sleep. That day, while i wanted to sleep at like 3 p.m., i slept from 6 p.m until 1 a.m. when i awoke from a very bad nightmare and when i closed my eyes saw all the | F | 39 | 7 days | 3/16/2007 | 1 | bipolar? | intense jaw clenching, extreme anxiousness, a lot of confusion, paranoia, inability to concentrate, agitation, anger, suicidal thinking | This drug may help other people, but it made me feel really awful. I recently tried to overdose on some pills a couple months ago and was in the hospital. Recently my psychiatrist thought that I might be bipolar, which I've been considering back and forth for a while now. So, I started taking it a week or two ago. I started off on 40 mg once a day for like 5 days, and then I went up to twice a day one morning, and I felt probably the worst I have ever felt in my entire life. I will never take it again. It was last monday morning that that happened and I haven't taken it since. I'm feeling a lot better than I did then, but it's still in my system. I'm still clenching my jaw and having problems concentrating and studying. | F | 24 | 7 days 40 2X day | 2/5/2011 |