Reviewer: Carolina, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I have been bi-polar for decades, and Geodon with Effexor have stabilized my mood changes. I no longer have depression or manic episodes.

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I have been bi-polar for decades, and Geodon with Effexor have stabilized my mood changes. I no longer have depression or manic episodes.
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Reviewer: Noura E, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I took Geodon for 5 years. I started at 40mg a day and increased it to 160mg a day over the course of a year. For the first few months, it was incredibly difficult. I was completely sedated and would sleep minimum 13-14 hours a day. It was near impossible for me to work let alone take care of my 2 year old son. I had to withdraw from my college courses for a semester and I would fall asleep at wor ... Show Full Comment

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I took Geodon for 5 years. I started at 40mg a day and increased it to 160mg a day over the course of a year. For the first few months, it was incredibly difficult. I was completely sedated and would sleep minimum 13-14 hours a day. It was near impossible for me to work let alone take care of my 2 year old son. I had to withdraw from my college courses for a semester and I would fall asleep at work. After a while I started taking it with dinner, and I would sleep through the night and although it was very difficult to wake up in the morning, I was at least able to function during the day. I was much more even temepered and it did control the severe ups and downs, but what I did not like was that my body was addicted to it (whether it was an actual physical addiction or mental addiction, I have no idea,) however, I remember it was a holiday weekend, I had run out of refills and I was awake for 3 days. I felt like I was high on drugs. I literally had an out of body experience during these days and it was difficult. It got to the point, if I didnt take the geodon I wouldn't be able to sleep. I came off of it last February (2013) and was prescribed it again yesterday. Being off of it was not easy and my life was incredibly difficult. The side effects are worth it to me, although this time I will only be using it until I'm at a therapeutic dose of lamictal and keep it between 2-40mg/day.
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Reviewer: Donna, Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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dry mouth sensation in legs

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dry mouth sensation in legs
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I do not like this drug. I took it twice, both at night and the following day was HORRIBLE. I had weird feelings in my legs and whole body. It's been about 3 days since I've last taken it and I still feel odd. I am unsure whether or not to go to the ER cause I'm having headaches, problems sleeping, sleep paralysis, nightmares, odd feeling in chest (I start to burp and release air and ... Show Full Comment

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I do not like this drug. I took it twice, both at night and the following day was HORRIBLE. I had weird feelings in my legs and whole body. It's been about 3 days since I've last taken it and I still feel odd. I am unsure whether or not to go to the ER cause I'm having headaches, problems sleeping, sleep paralysis, nightmares, odd feeling in chest (I start to burp and release air and it dissipates a bit) and I overall feel like this drug should not be prescribed to ANYONE.
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Reviewer: Professional with Geodon, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Geodon is a great, stabilizing medication, if you are a professional and want to be productive. Although, it is not a quick solution. You have to be patient and give it a long time to work. It does have side effects. This review tells how I worked around them. I was on Geodon for my mixed, rapid-cycling bipolar disorder for over seven years. In combination with Zoloft, it did a wonderful job ... Show Full Comment

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Geodon is a great, stabilizing medication, if you are a professional and want to be productive. Although, it is not a quick solution. You have to be patient and give it a long time to work. It does have side effects. This review tells how I worked around them. I was on Geodon for my mixed, rapid-cycling bipolar disorder for over seven years. In combination with Zoloft, it did a wonderful job of containing my up and down cycling. I also have ADD and, with the Geodon, I was finally able to succeed at finishing my dissertation and continuing as a university professor. It gave me back my life. Since my body requires more medicine dosage than normal, I was on a mega dose. I had to take a separate medicine to control the twitches, but that worked. I am not married, but could imagine there would be much less sex drive. Geodon stays in your system for a long time. You have to be patient with it at first, because it takes sometimes over a month to have it built up in your system. On the other side, it is not as touchy, if you delay a dose. It does not make you manic right away. And tappering off or stopping will cause delayed mania later. It does have the effect of making people super drowsy, when taken once per day. I had to space my four pills: 1 with breakfast, 1 with lunch, 2 with supper. With the last dose, I had to take it with supper because then I would be really tired and ready for bed about 4-5 hrs later. With the weight gain, I tried four other medicines for my mania before I went on Geodon over the time it took me from the first med to Geodon, I gained 20lbs, but stayed at that weight for the next 7 years. Pharmacological, the only things I had to adjust were taking a cold med that was for people with high blood pressure and being careful to eat a meal when taking it in large doses or with another stomach-bleeding medicine, like Ibuprofen. I took it successfully for over seven years, until I went through the neurochemical changes of menopause.
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