Geodon, what experiences have you had with this medication?!
Question: I'm mostly interested in how long does it take to work. What is your dose. How about side effects? How big of a person are you ( I'm 6' 1" and weigh 230 lbs). I'm asking your hight/weight because of the amount of dose you are given. Thanks for your answer and I will choose a best answer on this.
Answers: I'm mostly interested in how long does it take to work. What is your dose. How about side effects? How big of a person are you ( I'm 6' 1" and weigh 230 lbs). I'm asking your hight/weight because of the amount of dose you are given. Thanks for your answer and I will choose a best answer on this.
I love Geodon! I've been taking it on and off for about 6 years. When I went off of it, then I was hospitalized. I've been on it steadily for the past 3 years.
I take 40 mg at night which is a fairly low dose.
I am female 5'6" and 125 lbs.
I have never had a problem with racing thoughts, mania or psychosis while on it. Not even remotely close. Also I'm in college and I have been on the Dean's List 3 times, so I'm able to think clearly while on the medication.
Some people are against Geodon because they say it affects their creativity. I would agree that I am less creative on it-- but I'm still rather creative.. just not manic creative like I used to be. On the other hand, Geodon increases how pragmatic I am which is a good thing.
The main side effects are fatigue and constipation, but at the low dose that I take these aren't too bad.
How long does it take to work? When I was in the hospital, they put me on a high dose like 160 mg or something high like that... and it worked in two days. Then they weaned me down to my current dose which took about a month to gradually decrease the dosage. Overall, I would say Geodon works pretty fast compared to other medications I've been on.
But a bad thing about Geodon is that it does nothing to help with depression. It's strictly a mania med, in my experience, but an extremely good mania med.
I hope you have as good luck as I did with Geodon.
For the record, my diagnosis is bi-polar with psychosis and I also take Lamictal 200 mg (mood stabilizer) and Abilify 10 mg (for depression). But there were 2 years when I was on Geodon alone so I know what it is like to just isolate that medication. The results I describe are purely attributable to Geodon.
I was just prescribed this recently, and they started me at 40mg, at night after dinner, then moved it up to 60mg a night. Im 5'1 and about 145lbs. It made me soooooo tired and groggy the next morning. like completely out of it where I had to crash on the couch for an extra 2 hours after waking up. I stopped taking it...