survivingbp Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) . Edited August 25, 2022 by survivingbp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 My experience with Geodon was that when I first took it, it increased my heart rate so much I had to stop taking it about a week later (or less). I wasn't on it for too long, but remember it because of this side effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 When I first started taking Geodon, it sedated me. Like non-functional sedation. I would "wake up" from a crappy nights sleep, and then do a minor activity (like get dressed or eat) and go back to bed because I couldn't keep my eyes open.I am really surprised I stuck it out, but I'm glad I did because it acted as a calming agent for me (well, obviously lol). I personally didn't have an increased heart rate, or at least not one that I noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_media_res Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hated it. Was on it for several months, and found it disrupted my sleep such that I'd get about 3 hours at a stretch, and found it difficult to get back to sleep, even while taking other medications for sleep (Ambien, as I recall). The lack of quality sleep caused a marked deterioration in my mental condition...ended up having a "breakdown" and was off week a work while I switched to other meds. Definitely my least favorite med ever. I don't remember any increase in heart rate...I have a relatively low resting heart rate, so probably would have noticed a significant increase.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingteapot Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 It did nothing for me.i was on it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I never really titrated up. I had been put on 20mg 2x's daily, hallucinated, called my pdoc the next day, it was doubled, and a month later I was on 160mg.I found the side effects sucked. It sedated me in the am dose, but kept me awake at night. I'd go to bed at 10-11pm at the earliest, and wake up every day around 3:30 or 4am, and stay up. It made me pretty nauseous, and I drank with it once, grape flavoured vodka, and I puked all night, then the next day, now I can't stand anything grape flavoured.It was okay for mood. I was a bit down. For psychosis, it sucked. It killed my appetite and it was really hard to eat with it, since you need to eat about 300 calories with it for it to metabolize. I also took it twice daily because if I took it all at night (to avoid morning sedation) I'd have breakthrough symptoms as the day went on. It wasn't my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilemma Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I always feel weird whenever somebody asks about Geodon, because it was the best drug I was ever on, and I never see anybody else like me posting.I had no bad side effects. It didn't make me drowsy, but it did seem to help me be more restful. Got rid of my hallucinations pretty quickly.I had to go off it about 10 or so years later because I developed tardive dyskinesia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I always feel weird whenever somebody asks about Geodon, because it was the best drug I was ever on, and I never see anybody else like me posting.I had no bad side effects. It didn't make me drowsy, but it did seem to help me be more restful. Got rid of my hallucinations pretty quickly.I had to go off it about 10 or so years later because I developed tardive dyskinesia.Everyone is different. It might affect someone one way, and be totally different for another person. Some people have side effects, some people don't. Also I never had to eat 300 calories when I took it. I just took it with or without food, and it affected me the same way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savannah Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I felt absolutely nothing when I took Geodon, no side effects at all and I took 180mg. It was like a sugar pill. But I had no manic breaks while I was on it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessGG Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I've only been on Geodon for a month, so I'm still in the side effect stage myself, but here's my 2 cents. When I started a month ago, I started at 80mg in the evening and had bad anxiety, heart palpitations, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. I switched to 40mg each in the AM and PM and found that taking it that way eliminated my anxiety and heart issue and lessened the other symptoms. It can knock you out when you take it in the AM so ask you doctor about taking a stimulant like Dexadrine or Provigil to help you stay awake. I find it takes about 3 hrs for the drug to take affect and knock my out if I don't take Dexadrine. The hardest thing for me to remember is to take it with meals. I love Geodon even though I started having some trouble again recently. I think this drug, more than any other I've tried, has given me the worst side effects, but thankfully they've also been the easiest to resolve as long as you're open to going slow and playing around with the doses and how to take them. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 It made me so agitated, I quit it after 5 days. That is the least time I have ever given for a side effect to work itself out, but it was unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Geodon was not activating for me; not in the slightest. It was devastatingly sedating, sleep-14-hours-a-day sedating, and I was on it for ages. It may work for you. Or not. The only way to know is try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzendame Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I always feel weird whenever somebody asks about Geodon, because it was the best drug I was ever on, and I never see anybody else like me posting.I had no bad side effects. It didn't make me drowsy, but it did seem to help me be more restful. Got rid of my hallucinations pretty quickly.I had to go off it about 10 or so years later because I developed tardive dyskinesia.I have developed tardive dsykensia too but mine was from largactil. Did yours go away with medication? I was on geodon for a week while inpatient unit. I don't think it was long enough for it to work, maybe it was I dunno. But it didn't help my psychosis, it made me very sedated though. Slept 15 hours at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffypinkbunny Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 My brother was on Geodon for some time. I remember that he had to take it with a glass of milk when he took it at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 When I was first on it, I didn't find it sedating, but I was sick a lot. It was from the Seroquel discontinuation, but I didn't realize that until I quit it and took the first sweet, sweet dose of Seroquel (god I hate Seroquel). Second time it was very sedating - I was hiking once and sleep walked, waking up in a different spot than I'd been when I was last awake. At least I didn't go off the trail. I used to pretend I had meetings at work and then go to the sick room to nap - horrible, lucky I didn't get fired. Another time I was hiking and falling asleep and I walked into a tree. Luckily I was with a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crtclms Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 That's how I was on Latuda. I'm glad the Geodon is working so well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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