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Geodon works very well for me. I have been taking it for two years now for my bi polar disorder, I'm hypo manic and it manifests itself in shopping of all things. And the Geodon really works for me because it controls my spending thousands of dollars on things I absolutely do NOT need. It helps me sleep too.

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I only had to take 1 dose of 60 MG at evening meal and in the middle of the night I awakened to go to the bathroom but not without knocking over a bookcase, falling into the corner of a wall (knot on my head and multiple bruised ribs, huge brusies on my back, bottom and legs). Crawled (somehow--don't remember) to bathroom and crawled back to bed--don't remember how. At 11am the next morning my ...

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Roxanne | 25-34 | Female | Patient
1/4/2024
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 4.3
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Geodone works well with me minus slight weight gain. It does increase tiredness but rather be tired than endure a manic episode. It slows my often racing mind and has eased the intensity of many panic attacks. I did not fare well with lithium (even more weight gain and more tiredness) so I’m glad my shrink put me on this medication which is 60 mg/day. I would suggest this medication to anyone who may be experiencing bipolar symptoms yet not certain of it. I was uncertain that my diagnosis of Bipolar 2 was accurate until I realized how more stable and controlled/ calm minded I am now since started this medication. It’s not overnight results but you will hopefully feel a difference for the better within a few weeks. Read More Read Less

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Yanely | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
5/5/2023
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 3.3
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I started this medication four days ago, and when I tell you by day two I felt a difference I did, which is kinda weird, I am currently taking one dose of 40mg per day in the morning and it helped so far but then I missed a dose today, and when I tell ya it has been the worst day of my life I mean it, cause this missed dose got me almost throwing up not to mention the blurry vision and headache I am having, and my body having trouble regulating its temperature OmG. It makes me sleep 12+ hours, and I don’t know how they expect me to drink it in the morning right when I wake up. Read More Read Less

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Unicorn heart | 35-44 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
4/28/2023
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 1.3
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I’ve been taking this medication for 9 months along with fluoxetine, I was on 40mgs twice daily not good pains in head and behind left eye, went for CT scan nothing showed. Weaned down to lower dose still side effects jaw clenching, constipation, neck and severe back pain. I’m on one 20 mg tablet once a day but still not dealing well with bad side effects, agitation and anger with family. Not to mention the dose at 80 mgs was so awful. Nothing bad a bad review for this medication. Yesterday and one other time I’ve had heart flutters for about 10 minutes it was quite scary. I can’t get into a local psychiatrist and have to go to my nearest city. I’m really scared to continue these drugs together no one is listening to me. I’m feeling depressed and was suicidal a few weeks ago but that has subsided. Not very good at all, also I went from being super angry yesterday morning and then after lunch I felt uncontrollable laughter and talkativeness. Not happy at all with this drug. Read More Read Less

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Leah | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/11/2022
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 4.0
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One of the few mood stabilizers I can tolerate. Only side effect was some fatigue/ drowsiness.

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silk flowers | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
8/6/2022
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 5.0
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I have been taking ziprasidone (geode) 40mg HCL for a while. I have not had a schizophrenic episode yet. I have not had any symptoms relating to psychosis and my paranoia has been controlled. I do have some side effects but I would much rather have side effects than psychosis. I take this at night time before I sleep. My first side effect is leg shaking. When I was in a higher dose, I would shake my legs a lot. My psychiatrist said this was restless leg syndrome and prescribed me propranolol. I take 30mg of propranolol and I do not shake my legs. I shake my legs unconsciously but it depends on the day. My second side effect is that I sleep a lot. I sleep for maybe 9-12 hours and if I wake up mid sleep I have this uncontrollable tiredness and fall back to sleep. After I take the medication it makes me want to sleep and I sleep for quite a while. I am not able to function if I do not get enough sleep. My third side effect relates to the second, if I miss a dose I will not sleep at all. Since I sleep 9-12 hours when I take the medication, if I skip it I will not sleep. If I skip my dosage of ziprasidone I will not sleep throughout the night. I will not sleep for two nights straight If I continue to not take it. If I am laying down to sleep without taking the medication there is a moment where my body wants to sleep but the brain does not. My body gets a bit tired but I will continue to be awake. If I skip it again I will continue to be awake till the second night where I will get 4-6 hours of sleep. I will also sweat while I sleep. If I keep going without taking the medication, I will slowly increase the number of hours of sleeping. If I take the medication after not taking for multiple days, I will sleep the entire day until the next day. The body will make up for all the lack of sleep. The side effects kind of suck but I have also used it for my advantage when I need to control my sleep. When I have lots of homework, I will stay up and just finish all of it.Read More Read Less

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Eliseo | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
7/13/2022
Condition: Additional Medications to Treat Depression
Overall rating 1.7
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This medication ziprasidone 60mg that a nurse practitioner put me on was not for me. I was telling her am experiencing panic attacks,sweating,IBS,fatigue,no sleep,sweating on hands,felt about too pass out,also felt I was going too die when go to the hospital,breathing problems,felt nauseous, couldn’t eat correctly,rectal bleeding, and felt I was going too explode inside. I’ve told her everything and also said I’d went to the hospital and said give it four weeks. Again another session four weeks. On august 9, 2021 she’d said stop ziprasidone when she also lower it to 20 mg and go to the E.R. and see what´s happening to you. I’ve told her which she knows I don’t want too go to a psych ward and put me on injections because they’ll think I’m crazy. She said with no interest.(I know I know). They way this pill made me react was crazy I don’t know how the professionals got their licenses which, is WRONG AND DISGUSTING HOW PATIENTS ARE TREATED TODAY LACK OF RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ziprasidone was the farthest worst medications I’ve ever received in my whole life. This medication should be evaluated who can take it and who cannot. Just because it helped many doesn’t mean my body will react the same. We are all different. The medical committee should agree to this. I am working on my anxiety which, I still feel the stomach problems. I’ve done tests they’ve all came out normal. I just want too see from a catscan what is going on. In my perspective I will get better with proper taking care of my anxiety and daily life. In the future I will be a better person. Anyone please be careful with ziprasidone it may or may not work for you so, in this case ask a lot of questions before taking this drug because I’ll turn you berserk. CAUTION!!!!!!!!!!AVOID IF POSSIBLE FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Read More Read Less

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Ziprasidone | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
8/3/2021
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 1.0
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I was on Vraylar which worked great for me but I lost my health insurance so I was prescribed ziprasidone as an alternative. I should just toss the pills out because I wouldn't recommend it or even sell them because that wouldn't be ethical. I was falling asleep at the wheel. I told my doctor I didn't feel safe so they told me to take half a dosage and I still was having trouble keeping my eyes open at work or behind the wheel. I'd be fully rested but I couldn't function on it. Everyone is different but in my experience you're way better off dying on your own terms.Read More Read Less

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Mia Baker | 13-18 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
6/10/2021
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 5.0
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Anonymous | 35-44 | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/20/2020
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 5.0
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So far at 43 years I have been on 2 antipsychotic's. Latuda (lurasidone) and now Geodon (ziprasidone) They are chemically the same drug, it you laid the elements out they would mimic each other as twins almost. I am on 40mg of Ziprasidone in morning and evening. One week now and I can already tell that it might calm me down. However, as I am researching the medication I have also been looking at old charts of my bloodwork, and somewhere in the years of 2014-2018 (the entire time I took Latuda) My bloodwork was bad, numbers all elevated. I also have Lupus, and have to watch very carefully if any drug affect that too. I was diagnosed with heart condition called WPW, and I'm starting to think it might be from the this type of drug. Moods, great. Other conditions, not ovulating ever again (yes this happened) I will take it. Now I know if the bloodwork is elevated it's from the medication.Read More Read Less

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Anonymous | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
8/1/2020
Condition: Additional Medications to Treat Depression
Overall rating 1.7
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Added to my depression med to "increase my mood". I hallucinated. It started off so slight that I thought I was dreaming. It took me 3 months to realize it was ziprasidone. I had a GeneSight test. I start my new meds tomorrow. 4 meds down to 2- We'll see.

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Kellyboo1207 | 19-24 | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
5/22/2017
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 5.0
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This is my 4th time returning to geodon I am bi-polar type one with mixed episodes I switch and alterate between saphris and geodon it has alwaysed helped me and will continue to go back and forth when I build a tolerance I am taking 60 mg but I have been as high as 120 mg and it works just fine

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Kristen8885 | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/15/2016
Condition: Manic-Depression
Overall rating 1.7
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I was hospitalized due to a severe panic attack and the emergency psych doctor prescribed this medication to me. Mind you I am only on Wellbutrin and Abilify for depression and anxiety. Not knowing what this was and trusting him I filled the script. I took one at night as directed when I returned home and within a half hour I dropped a full cup of coffee and almost fell down my steps outside. My fiancé literally carried me to bed and I don't remember much afterward. I brought this to my doctor who in turn said that I should have never been prescribed this and to stop taking it immediately. Long story short I did not like the way this made me feel incapable of caring for myself or my children so I will not be taking this anymore. Supposedly this is to be used in emergency situations in the hospital?Read More Read Less

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qwertyuiop | 45-54 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
11/1/2016
Condition: Other
Overall rating 3.3
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I am very sensitive to psychotropics, so take this review with a grain of salt. I started on 40mg, split in morning and evening. I got the shakes and got very tired in the afternoon but not in the evening. Moved to 40mg at night. Zombie action Dropped to 20mg at night. Seemed okay for a while. Psychosis was about 90% controlled. Over a few months I felt like I had no energy and I was losing muscle mass and feeling weak. Doc ordered a testosterone test, it was dangerously low. She order a prolactin and thyroid test. Thyroid was good, prolactin was three times the high normal range. Tapered off, both testosterone and prolactin levels were back to normal inside a month. I never got near the therapeutic dose.Read More Read Less

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Cathie | 55-64 | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
10/27/2016
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 5.0
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Before taking Geodon I was out of control , I was manic and suicidal. I was hospitalized due to these symptoms and the doctors were talking about ECT treatments but I refused them all together. Since I have been on Geodon I haven't had a bad episode of Mania. I also take Latuda for the depression which has made all the difference. It has been a year now since I started the Geodon and I take 80 MG twice a day and have been under control. I recommend this drug to anyone who has Bipolor 1 if they can tolerate it. Read More Read Less

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sadsoul | 35-44 | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
1/7/2016
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 2.7
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I went off of zyprexa and went on zeldox. I lost 20lbs everyone asked if I was working out. I still don't know how I'm supposed to be feeling. if you miss a dose you will not be able sleep. and you will sleep a lot -10-12hours. I went off zeldox cold turkey. my speech was better. my tongue was swollen and that went back to normal. I had hacking coughs choking on my own spit .the spit would go down the wrong way. I did not tell my doctor. I thought things were going fine. I told him that I wasn't taking my pills I am now on latuda. I have had it for about a month. im not sure how I am am to feelRead More Read Less

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Roxxanne | 45-54 | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
1/6/2016
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 5.0
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I was on Quetiapine before this Medication and the difference is huge, I'm feeling more energetic and my depression has lifted. Instead of sleeping close to 15 hours most days I'm now happy with 8-9 hours sleep. My thinking is clearer and overall I feel in a better space.

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qwerty | 45-54 | Male | Patient
12/2/2015
Condition: Other
Overall rating 3.0
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For psychosis. 20 MG in the evening. I used to take 20 in the morning also but caused me to shake and become overly tired. Nighttime dose does not give me this side effect, oddly. No other noticeable side-effects. It did not cause any weight-gain, in fact it suppressed my appetite enough to help be lose 32 pounds in the past 3 months, I also changed my diet and exercised more so it wasn't just the drug that made me lose weight. The lighter side-effects and doesn't block weight gain makes it a much better drug than most anti-psychotics.Read More Read Less

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Tara | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/25/2015
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 4.7
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I was diagnosed with Bipolar I in 2005 when I had my first manic episode. I came off my medicine (lithium) in 2011 and just had my second manic episode (10/15/15). The attending physician put me on generic Geodon after I told him it was what the doctor's used to get me down in 2005. I had no idea you could use the drug as a maintenance drug. I hated getting my blood drawn while on lithium so I really like Geodon. I'm on 40 mg twice a day but my doctor already mentioned my dose will be increased. I do have restlessness and nausea in the morning but I'll take these side effects over the paranoid depression state I've been in for the last 3 years off medication. I'm really happy with the drug. Read More Read Less

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DJvegas | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/16/2015
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 3.7
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I have been on 60 mg for 3 weeks. I am suppose to take one in the am and one with dinner. The issue is the morning one makes me so sleepy I can;t function. If I take the dinner one to late, I can get up in the morning. Good news no manic episodes. Total loss of sex drive

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Greybo | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/5/2015
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
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I was taking this med for alcoholism. After my latest trip to the ER then being admitted for 4 days and almost leaving this world, I finally woke up to how serious this really is. Zipra has helped to pretty much stop all cravings and even makes my stomach turn when I smell it. I took it twice a day for a week then weaned down to once a day for another week and now I am off of it. If my cravings come back, I will definitely go to my doctor for a new prescription if it. Two weeks may not be enough to get me strong enough to go solo yet. I highly recommend it to others battling alcoholism and are finally ready to make the jump to sobriety. Something before I could never achieve. My thoughts are clear and it feels so good. My mood is very good most of the time. I'm not Mary Poppins, but I'm not a grumpy bear like others times I've quit for even shorter amounts of time. Two weeks and two days today. Baby steps and this med really has helped me. Read More Read Less

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