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 | Depression, anxiety | Unbelievable aches, pains every where, blurry vision, nauseous, had to force myself to eat very little each evening, slept hard (the only plus) for very few hours but not until 4 or 5 am, then still as usual or even possibly more so tired still when waking up almost seemed impossible to do. Barely functional all day long by day 3, flu like whole body, totally similar symptoms. I thought I was getting sick or was having a pain flare still as a chronic pain patient for many years. However there was some very odd symptoms that didn't match any typical "flare" for me, the extra blurry vision all day and night, extreme nausea, runny nose, "waves" of emotions I wasn't even having 2 weeks ago or a month ago, not even a year or 2 years ago! !?? Headache/sensitive to light and hot & freezing shaking cold,sweaty, weak/ heavy feeling hmm ok, that all goes w flu or pain flares or even some siezures, and so can the muscle twitches and tightening/cramps/tenderness...but then the 5th I'm explaining more about all of this to my mom and realize I am nearly having full panic reaction just talking..putting all these symptoms and my feelings and fears/realizations together!!! Omg!! I have not felt "anxiety" or "panic" this strong in this way for a very long time! Imagine what this could do if it were to be happening in front of certain people at the wrong time in my life right now the consequences of their thoughts and reactions could be very serious | I apologize my first statement was long and I didn't strictly stick to the exact subject of my very own experience with Geodon only and added to it my feelings about others sharing their experiences but I am grateful and it's important we have these sites and places to share real patients info on these drugs so the information is out there to help each other. I believe we can advocate for ourselves better with the information and for each other by sharing. This medication didn't work for me. I will be contacting my provider tomorrow morning and using my symptoms and the information I learned here to request we discontinue Geodon. I hope the best for everyone in their lives and futures. And my recommendation is be vigilant, informed about your medication yourself before taking anything, don't rely on your provider, caretakers or pharmacist to inform you, and communicate everything you can with your providers the best you can so the best decisions can be made.(such as not forgetting to report taking vitamins and supplements or changes in weight,any known allergies or deficiencies etc) | F | 41 | 7 days 20mg 1X day | 2/5/2021 | 1 | Major depressive disorder, DID | i became a slobbering idiot, couldn't keep my eyes open, slept for 16-18 hours a day, and my dissociation worsened. | worst medication I've ever taken | F | 23 | 7 days | 11/20/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | I have been on Geodon 60 MG for one week. I have been feeling extremely anxious. Crawling in my skin. Colors, smells and sensations are intense. Can't eat. Took double ambien dose and still couldn't sleep. Took ativan and still didn't relieve my anxiety. Go from manic to an irritated mixed state. Frightened of everything. Feel "out of it". Can't drive. Speech problems. I missed a dose and I already feel more "with it". It's hard to describe. I'm getting the hell off this medication. It's MAKING me crazy. | F | 21 | 7 days | 5/30/2009 | 1 | manic depression | Extremly severe dystonic reaction | after reading thru all your reactions to the drung i realized it was nuthing compared to mine..yesterday i was instructed to go to a higher dose 120 mg after being on it for a week. i had a very severe dytonic reaction. i felt very restlessly tired in the morning then later at night i was felling better so i went to my friends house to chill. and i had gotton this very horrible mental felling. like i felt i was either going to die or sumthing very bad was going to happen. and i told my friend that i felt that and she kinda brushed it off but beleived me. and sure enough I WAS DRIVING HOME ALONE IN THE DARK and my throat started to contract my voice changed to a higher pitch when talking. im so thank full that i was very close to home when this hit me. cuz if i was on main street i would have had to stop and call 911. but i made it home safe while i was praying from when i pulled out of her driveway. i walked in a bit panicing telling my dad something was wrong and it began to contract | F | 18 | 7 days | 1/11/2009 | 3 | Bipolar I -PTSD, Panic/Anxiety | Neck Pain, Eye Pain w/strange Eyebrow movement, Puckering and Swallowing movements, Jaw clenching- Flutters in thigh muscles,Headache in afternoon(?withdrawl between doses?), Binge eating at night after taking Bedtime dose. Edema of face and body,inability to sit still, Breast enlargement, Breast pain | The first few days on 20 mg at bedtime were a very nice relief from the paranoid thinking and psychotic anxiety. My hopelessness, crying, irrational thinking stopped! This was fantastic. Slowly I felt and saw my eyebrows raising on their own, Eye pain developed after Dr. upped me to 40mg, 20mg AM+ 20mg PM. Stiff neck started right away, I thought this was from sleeping and lying around too much from the drowsiness, but, it was the drug itself. My breasts were already a 36 D and by day 5, my bra did not fit and I had breast soreness. Had funny twitches in thigh muscles that felt like fluttering butterflies under my skin. If the Geodon did not cause the Funny face making and the binge eating, I would have continued. My fear and Dr's fear is that it might get even worse and then not go away. Cogentin did nothing to stop the eyes from rolling/mouth from puckering or jaw clenching, however, 50 mg Benedryl every 6 hours helped. I am sad I can't continue because Mood was improved so greatly. :( | F | 40 | 8 days 20 mg 2X day | 4/21/2010 | 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 | 1 | Skitsophrenia | Extreme insomnia, Racing thoughts at night, Extreme Anxiety, Thoughts of suicide, Restlessness, Weight loss, Jumping out of my skin at people. | Geodon literally almost took my life yesterday. Apparently Lexapro and Geodon either work wonderfully together, or terrible together. Sadly, it worked terribly for me. Please, for the sake of your life ( and sleep ), consider things with your doctor before taking this medication. I have battled with mental illnesses for 6 yrs. now, and yesterday was by far the scariest day of my life. We notified our pharmacist, and he told me to drink as much fluids as possible, just so that I could get the Geodon out of my system. Day three of being off of it, and I see the sun again :) | M | 15 | 8 days | 6/10/2008 | 1 | anxiety, depression | anger, irribility | Geodon did not help at all and made me irritable and angry i stopped after about 8 days | M | 22 | 8 days | 4/2/2009 | 1 | bipolar and ptsd | first two days... high energy, felt great. quickly decended into hell. i am seeing "breathing" or movement from object that shouldn't be moving (as if i was on acid..hearing things...voices..sounds...etc.. | SUPER SUPER SUPER NOVA MANIA!!!! GO SPEED RACER GO! TOO BAD IT'S NOT EVEN A NICE GO! "HE'S A DEMON ON WHEELS" | F | 53 | 8 days | 4/29/2008 | 4 | Treat bipolar | Heart flutters Jittery, restless Paranoid Decrease in appetite Euphoria | F | 26 | 9 days 40 mg BID | 1/29/2013 | 3 | tics | Severe anxiety/panic attacks! | I tried this b/c Risperdal caused weight gain. It's only been a week but I've already had 5 panic attacks! I'm going back to Risperdal. I'd rather be fat and stable than slim and crazy. | M | 31 | 9 days | 10/15/2007 | 2 | mixed state bopolar | loss of appetite, tremors, nervousness, jumpy (and not in a playful, happy way), difficulty typing/writing, handling small objects - motor skills markedly deteriorated, trippy feeling that just won't go away, loud and uncensored, which is not like me. | I've only been taking this for 9 days so I'm going to give it some time. The feeling of being on acid was fun the first couple of days, but come ON. I am hyperfocused, riveted in fact, by the colors, textures, people aroung me. This is at the expense of being able to multitask, which isn't good since I work with young children. I'm going to stick with this for a while, see if the side effects simmer down. The hand tremors is what's getting to me. My pdoc gave me something for those. Am also taking Lamictal 300mg, lexapro 15 mg, ambien at night. God this sucks but it's still better than the alternative. It's a good thing I work with kids, so I can act as insane and kooky as I want or need to, and nobody bats an eye! | F | 40 | 9 days | 10/23/2008 | 1 | manic depression | HATE THIS MED!! had constant anxiety from day 1 on 80 mg. fatigue. having trouble w/right arm going numb. wanted to crawl right out of my skin!! had trouble gripping anything in right hand...and i'm right handed!!so dr upped it to 120 to calm anxiety and had full blown, thru the roof anxiety attacks all day long and uncontrollable shaking in hands. its so bad anti anxiety meds aren't working. switching back to abilify. NEVER TOUCHING THIS DRUG AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 27 | 9 days | 10/30/2008 | 5 | Bipolar II | Feel trembly; loss of appetite; eyes felt funny first couple days; stiff muscles first couple days; light-headed first couple days; had gnawing hunger first couple days | I'm on 20mg. I LOVE THIS MED!!! I feel for the first time in my life - other than in my manias - that I am living in a dream; that I can now actually get basic things in my life I have wanted for so long. Things I couldn't do because I was always sleeping or depressed from bipolar depressions. My appetite changed, which is great because I'm very overweight. It didn't go away; eating just doesn't feel as necessary to me. I don't taste things as vividly as before. It's very hard to eat a lot of food. I'm very outgoing, more than before. I have what I call more "emotional energy". I do still have the trembly feeling in my hands and arms even though I'm not visibly shaking. Finding it hard to focus intensely on small visible details for very long as I was able to before. Hands are a little sweaty. Don't need as much sleep. I began feeling better practically the 2nd day on Geodon. And I'm only on 20mg. It's like, can I finally have the basic, decent life and functioning I've wanted all my life, but that eluded me? I hope so!!! | F | 44 | 10 days | 9/11/2009 | 4 | bipolar | tired when i take it i take 80 mg at night | geodon tremendously helped my depression | M | 39 | 10 days | 6/19/2007 | 4 | bi-polar mixed, ocd | It feels like my body is in overdrive, I can't sleep when I do finally get to sleep I don't want to wake up. Weight loss ( 5 lbs in a week) yay! My OCD seems to be more prominent which is ok, my house is spotless now. I have a slight trembling feeling in arms and tongue. I take 120 mg of geodon, 400 mg lamictal, and 10 mg lexapro. Tried zyprexa, it put 50 pounds on me in 8 monthes. | So far I really like the side effects except the trembling | F | 40 | 10 days | 10/12/2007 | 3 | OCD w/impotence | Extreme weakness/fatigue; almost full-body acne; extreme facial oiliness; extreme difficulty reaching orgasm, weak orgasms, complete lack of sexual desire; constant need to move/restlessness; memory loss; blurred vision; increased thirst for water; loss of appetite; feeling "bummed out"; lethargy; heart "skipping"/palpitations/flutters; slurred speech when first beginning medication. | I'm being treated for OCD (obsessive sexual thoughts w/compulsive masturbation) w/an antidepressant, but that isn't completely helping, so my doctor recently prescribed Geodon, 60 mg a day. Wow!--this stuff really hits you! Geodon seems to have added to my increase in sexual difficulty/impotence. I think that *maybe* the Geodon has helped calm my obsessive thoughts bcse it has turned me into a robot w/no sex drive whatsoever. However, when I *want* to reach orgasm, it's nearly impossible. It's even harder now on the combination of meds than just on Luvox. When I first started Geodon, I couldn't stop wiggling around. I felt a constant need to move any part of my body, which kept me from being able to sleep, in spite of the extreme fatigue it caused me--I almost passed out in public from it. I also have experienced memory loss. I've found that most of my body has broken out in a strange type of acne that can't be popped. My face has become oilier than fried chicken. I've been DYING of th | F | 33 | 10 days | 10/18/2006 | 3 | Depression,severe anxiety, | I have been afraid to drive since taking this med. A heavy sensation on he left side of my face.And forgetting simple things like to make dinner... I feel drunk | F | 36 | 10 days | 11/30/2009 | 3 | Bipolar 1, schizopheffective | Insomnia, back pain, jaw clench,can't stop moving, feeling impatient | I take 20mg in the morning and 80mg at night. I love and hate this medication. I've been taking this medication for longer than 2 weeks and I'm in pain! My jaw hurts so bad, my back is unbearable, I can not sleep at all! The reason why I love it is because my mood is fantastic and I'm not having any psychosis I don't know what to do. I have tried everything. So in hoping in a month it will get better... I just hope. | F | 23 | 10 days 20mg 80mg | 11/19/2015 | 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 |