Geodon makes me sleepy in the mornings, how do I combat this sleepiness in the m!
Question: Change your dosing schedule (e.g., take it mid-evening or mid-afternoon rather than in the morning).
Answers: Change your dosing schedule (e.g., take it mid-evening or mid-afternoon rather than in the morning).
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A good cup of Community Coffee with cream and sugar. If you do not like community coffee, try folgers or the new folger's gourmet, or try different types of coffee till you find your favorite. After your morning coffee, drink a good cold classic coke too! You will wake up!
Geodon usually doesn't make someone sleepy, but if so, ask your doctor about taking it at a different time. My husband took it with his dinner and didn't have any trouble with sleepeness. This is one drug as you may know that requires you to take it with food too.
When I started Geodon, I literally fell asleep in my cubicle despite having had a full night's sleep and the fact that I'm a morning person! I simply switched to taking it at night and had no problems. Actually, it's a fantastic sleep aid. They might have reccomended taking it in the morning as it makes some people very jittery (go figure).
I should advise you however (in my experience psychiatrists never bother) that if you ever have to go off this medication, the withdrawal is AWFUL! I went over a week with only a few hours of sleep. I had chills, shakes, dilated pupils, complete brain fog (from lack of sleep), and overall yuckiness. Don't let that scare you off going off it if you ever need to, but you should be warned about it.
Good luck!
As everyone said above. It's supposed to be taken as a mood stablizing drug. One that acts as a deppresant. Not the kind of "depress" as in depression but its basically a downer so its better off being taken at night.