enduranceessential Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 How long after you started Geodon did it take to feel a noticeable effect? I'm on my third full day of 40 mg today.Thanks for any experiences and information, as well as insights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncomfortable thoughts Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 what kind of effect are you looking for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduranceessential Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Anti anxiety and mild antidepressant working in conjunction with lamotrigine and lithium. I've felt some good things, it's just not that solid/consistent yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncomfortable thoughts Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 If it's causing more sedative effectives when you take it, it's probably already working for your anxiety, if it's more activating, it's probably working on your depression. Usually AAPs start working fast and you can see improvements, at least in my experience they're very affective on anxiety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduranceessential Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 I guess it could have both anti anxiety and AD effects at different times...? Today has been mostly sedating. It seems to be having an effect. I'll have to try to discern exactly what that is now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncomfortable thoughts Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Not at different times, at the same time, because antipsychotics is used to manage both positive and negative symptoms. Since you're worried about depression, maybe you're experiencing negative symptoms.Negative symptoms: A lack of feelings or behaviors that are usually present, such as:Losing interest in everyday activities, like bathing, grooming, or getting dressedFeeling out of touch with other people, family, or friendsLack of feeling or emotion (apathy)Having little emotion or inappropriate feelings in certain situationsHaving less ability to experience pleasure Edited September 22, 2015 by uncomfortable thoughts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Generally speaking, you need to have psychosis to experience negative symptoms. My depression is very close to negative symptoms, but my doctors won't consider it as such since I've never had positive symptoms of psychosis. I'm not sure whether the OP has psychosis or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enduranceessential Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Thank you both! I sure don't feel psychotic, but I do have some of the negative symptoms listed above. They seem to be symptoms of depression in general, right? Anyway, what I am experiencing in that department is waning, I'm grateful to say.It feels like I'm on the right meds, so methinks I need to keep striving and be patient. Pdoc says I can increase the lamotrigine to 200 mg if I need to in about a week and a half. I won't unless I really have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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