Geodon and its effects on you?!
Question: Geodon and its effects on you!?
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Geodon is known, along with Abilify, for being an anti-psychotic that doesn't cause weight gain like some of the others!.
I have taken 160mg of Geodon every day for two years, and have gained zero weight!. The main problem with the medication is it makes me feel tired/sleepy!.
I used to take 80mg in the morning and 80mg at night, and I was falling asleep during the day and couldn't do my work!. Now I take it all at night, and the only problem is that it is sometimes hard to get out of bed in the morning (I usually wake up at 6:30am to 7:00am, but the medication makes me unable to get up until 9:00am or so at least once a week)!.
Geodon has treated the manic part of my bipolar disorder pretty well, but even with 160mg I was having some mania problems, so I also take 2!.5mg Zyprexa!. That seems to keep a lid on it, as I've had no manic episodes since 14 months ago (and prior to that I had five episodes in nine months)!.
In addition to these two anti-psychotic medications, I take Wellbutrin, and anti-depressant, because Geodon does not help with depression!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have taken 160mg of Geodon every day for two years, and have gained zero weight!. The main problem with the medication is it makes me feel tired/sleepy!.
I used to take 80mg in the morning and 80mg at night, and I was falling asleep during the day and couldn't do my work!. Now I take it all at night, and the only problem is that it is sometimes hard to get out of bed in the morning (I usually wake up at 6:30am to 7:00am, but the medication makes me unable to get up until 9:00am or so at least once a week)!.
Geodon has treated the manic part of my bipolar disorder pretty well, but even with 160mg I was having some mania problems, so I also take 2!.5mg Zyprexa!. That seems to keep a lid on it, as I've had no manic episodes since 14 months ago (and prior to that I had five episodes in nine months)!.
In addition to these two anti-psychotic medications, I take Wellbutrin, and anti-depressant, because Geodon does not help with depression!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I took Geodon for a few years, I'm schizoaffective, it made me so manic and moody, I kept getting put in the hospital, which made the doctor think that I needed a higher dose, UGH! I ended up switching doctors and got put on Seroquel!. Good thing about the Geodon though, I actually lost a lot of weight (I was on Zyprexa before), but I was always moving and didn't feel like eating!. It was really good with my psychotic symptoms, hallucinations and such, but did not help with mania or mood swings, at least it didn't help me, works different for everyone!. One really important thing, when you take Geodon, make sure you take it with food, your body won't totally absorb it if you don't eat something with it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had an adverse reaction to Geodon in the first week!.
My body / limbs involuntarily did hard jerking motions - enough to throw me off a bed - for 3 days and nights!.
Drs could find no way to get the violent jerking to stop, other than to stop the medication and let the reaction run its course until the medication had passed from my body!.
I was miserable - my family was scared to death!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My body / limbs involuntarily did hard jerking motions - enough to throw me off a bed - for 3 days and nights!.
Drs could find no way to get the violent jerking to stop, other than to stop the medication and let the reaction run its course until the medication had passed from my body!.
I was miserable - my family was scared to death!.Www@Answer-Health@Com