Geodon for Schizoaffective Disorder User Reviews (Page 2)

• Kee...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 8, 2015

"When I first started any medication, I was put on Depakote and Risperdal. However, the Risperdal made me gain 40 pounds in 2 months, so I had to get off of it. After that, I was put on Geodon for my delusional behaviors and auditory hallucinations. The Geodon helped but only barely scratched the surface. They added Abilify to the mix, and I was so unbelievably tired that I couldn't even walk a straight line, so they took me off the Abilify. I'm currently going back to the doctor in a couple of days to be put on something else. I've heard of other people getting a miracle out of Geodon, but it just didn't cut it for me."

• Bst...
• August 26, 2015

"I was just diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder recently. Geodon has proven to be a good antipsychotic. Side effects have been minimal, with facial twitching at the start. Highly recommend this and Abilify for psychotic disorders."

• Sta...
• July 26, 2017

"I have been taking Geodon for 13 years. I was disorganized in my thinking in a mixed episode when I started taking it. It worked like a miracle for me. It made me sleepy when I would take it for a few years, so I took it at bedtime; 80 mg x 2. I got used to it eventually. The side effect that troubles me is low platelets. I was diagnosed with that shortly after starting it, but my doctors don't blame the Geodon. Has anyone ever stopped taking it after prolonged use? I feel like I may not need it anymore!"

• kbe...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 30, 2020

"This medication worked great at first. Soothed my rage almost instantly. Helped with paranoia. Unfortunately, over time, it did not work for hearing voices. I am in the middle of detoxing off this drug - word of warning! If you ever try to get off this drug, even stepping down a little at a time, it is BRUTAL. Withdrawal symptoms on top of recurring psychotic symptoms are excruciating."

• Van...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 22, 2022

"I took Geodon 140 mg daily, split, for three years. Along with the 750-900 mg Lithium carbonate, I have taken for about thirty years. Geodon mitigated my paranoia without breakthrough in the evening like I had with Abilify. Geodon was better than Risperdal, too. However, it caused me to have insomnia that Ambien or Trazodone only helped sometimes. I was falling asleep during the day and even while driving. This made my memory poor. I say the insomnia was from Geodon because since I switched to Caplyta for a month and then to Latuda (six months now), regular seven-hour-a-night sleep returned immediately. I have dystonia in my arms after years of taking atypical antipsychotics. It seemed no better or worse on Geodon. I took this with food at breakfast and dinner. I didn't intentionally eat less for some months and lost over 20 pounds, 2.5 years into taking it. I haven’t managed to do that on Latuda and have gained ten pounds back."

• aem...
• October 16, 2011

"I have been on the carousel of medicines for months now, and Geodon has been the only one to help cease the hallucinations and the paranoia but not inhibit my ability to think. Bloating is the only side effect that is uncomfortable so far."

• nic...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 7, 2022

"Surprised that I like this medicine. I went on it for the weight-neutral benefit and have been on it for almost 7 months before. No akathisia at all like I had on the Vraylar, which is a plus. I maintained the same weight for 5 months but just realized that I went up 2 pounds despite eating small portions, working out 5 days a week, and taking an appetite suppressant supplement. Overall, pleased with the drug though because when I was on Vraylar, I gained 30 lbs in a year and had terrible akathisia. Helps me sleep at night, too. The only cons are that I got terrible facial edema on it (face swelling) compared to other antipsychotics I've been on, so my face looks much bigger; also, you have to take it with food, so I can't drive after I take it because it makes me too groggy to drive. Staying on it though until better drugs like Ulotaront come out, because of how I didn't gain as much weight on it and because Geodon is not supposed to raise your cholesterol either."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 19, 2017

"I was on Geodon for 12 years. I would take it at night with 500 calories. No weight gain. It worked really well for me for about 9 years. I did have mouth movements and then got anxiety. The past 2 years, I've been struggling with all the symptoms of schizoaffective disorder. Now I'm trying something new. I wish it worked the way it used to."

• Anonymous
• August 2, 2010

"I just started this drug about a week ago, and it made all my paranoid thoughts go away, something Risperdal was never able to do for almost 10 years I've been on it. I'm 22 now, and I started Risperdal when I was either 13 or 14. Before I was on olanzapine, which made me gain a lot of weight in the hospital when I was 13, it made me gain 20 lbs or more, I think, and on Risperdal, I've gained a lot of weight every year too. Now I'm 166, and I'm really afraid of being 200 lbs, so I'm going to switch completely to Geodon because I heard a lot of amazing reviews about it. I'm not getting any side effects at all, and I'm feeling much better. I'm on Paxil, Risperdal, Geodon, Lamictal, and I'm going to try to get off of Paxil and Risperdal completely."

• cha...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 15, 2023

"I was hospitalized when I was given this medication, after a few weeks, I started to notice that the auditory hallucinations were getting less frequent. Then, months after, they would completely go away. This medication, taken with Lamictal, is the perfect combo. I was on 80 mg twice daily, and it did make a difference. I had good side effects of weight loss. I'm obese and lost a lot of weight while taking this medication. I felt more motivated to do things I used to love."

• kyl...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 26, 2019

"I have been on Geodon/Ziprasidone for about a year. My doctor convinces me it fights my symptoms, but all I experience is that 30 minutes after taking it, I go into depression. After the depression wears off, I then get sleepy, and I sleep. Other drugs that I have taken don't fight my mania symptoms, and I stay awake for days. The only advantage of Geodon is I sleep, but not after 40 minutes of depression. A small price to pay for sleep. But surprisingly, I wake up like a new man."

• Eer...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 9, 2022

"This is a nightmare drug. Idiotic doctors prescribed me every medication in the book, every sleep aid, even Chinese acupuncture, hoodoo, voodoo. Hell, I've even dabbled in witchcraft to try to stop my mental anguish. Brain zaps, itchiness, muscle pain, back pain, anxiety, heart palpitations, muscle spasms. I've been put on medication to help with the side effects of this demonic drug. I'm in immense pain, and my head is jerking uncontrollably. Be aware that this garbage is made by Pfizer and has been known to cause brain damage."

• Tom...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 4, 2021

"Whenever I take this medicine, I start to feel depressed, then I feel so sleepy that I am unable to stay awake. So I give in, and after a 3-hour nap, I am all better and back to normal. It happens every time I take the medication. It is the only medication that can take me to sleep. I take 80 mg morning and night."

• Car...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 19, 2016

"This med makes me feel better, but does nothing to hit the excessive amount of dopamine in my frontal lobe. This causes me so much frustration. The only thing anti-psychotics ever dealt with was my parietal lobe. Hello! It is 'supposed to' clear up my entire brain, not just a little bit. I can't function with just a little bit better."

• tra...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 14, 2017

"I got put on this after my third stay at a mental care facility. It was an addition to Lamictal. I was prescribed both for my bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. Geodon worked for a bit, but I noticed when I would deliberately take it when I was having auditory hallucinations that it wouldn't help. I'm on 40 mg, maybe that's too low, but it's not helping."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 27, 2012

"I have this rash on my face from the Geodon. I have been taking it without food every night for a year. It's been really hard to take it with food because it makes me feel like vomiting. But I never get paranoia anymore or anything bad, so I don't really want to come off of it, but the rash on my face is bad. I'm on 180 mg of Zeldox and 400 mg of Lamictal, I'm pretty sure it was caused by Geodon. Before, I thought it was caused by Lamictal."

• m89...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 1, 2020

"Geodon made me gain 40 pounds, caused my esophagus to tighten where swallowing was difficult and gagging to drink, caused severe hand tremors. It stopped manic episodes and hallucinations but not depression, made me very fatigued and feel out of it/drunk most of the time."

• Mom...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 24, 2019

"Started Geodon after a bad reaction to Latuda. EXTREME WEIGHT GAIN!!!! Gained 15 lbs in 2 weeks! So sad because it helped my voices, but I think something is wrong with my kidneys now. I am not peeing well and have horrible anxiety! Use with caution!!!"

• all...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 6, 2016

"This medication made me get rosacea after an all-nighter and made me feel like vomiting every time I had to take it with 500 calories. It made me too crazy and there's still the lingering effect, and no one thought I was crazy before that or knew, and then it was obvious and still is. I never used to get crazy laughing before, I don't think, but I don't know if it's also because I was in a mental hospital with tons of crazy people and picked up their behavior. My looks got completely ruined by this medication forever. I'm on 12 mgs of Invega and 300 mgs of Lamictal right now, and I'm doing much better, but I think I should be on 400 mgs of Lamictal."

• Noc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 10, 2021

"All I’m going to say is that it gave me such extreme akathisia that I was suicidal and landed in the psych ward again. I may be prone to akathisia, as I’m realizing with antipsychotic meds, which is unfortunate."

• Jac...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 7, 2022

"DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG: REALLY BAD INSOMNIA. This medicine helped with my symptoms, but it wasn't worth it. It made me feel like a zombie, it made me feel like, it rubbish got rid of my appetite and I lost 70 lbs in about 6 months, it took away all creativity and motivation I had. It made me severely depressed and anxious for a while, made me restless where I couldn't get comfortable, and worst of all was the chronic insomnia. That started with me waking up after three hours of sleep sometimes and not being able to fall back asleep, then turned into me laying awake for hours without even getting close to sleep. I started taking sleeping pills to sleep, and sometimes they wouldn't even work. And even when they did, they made you feel horrible the next day. I never felt sleepy. I know if I wouldn't have taken those sleep aids, I probably would never have slept. Stay away from this drug if you value sleeping."

• Ris...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 4, 2013

"Been on it for a month now. Have lost 10 lbs. No voices or paranoia! Miracle. Just very drowsy."

• Anonymous
• January 1, 2011

"Geodon is a very good medication: made me nicer, and lost the weight put on by the other antipsychotics I've been on. I feel quite normal now. I'm even thinking about looking for part-time work."

• Bip...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 21, 2016

"One of the best meds out there that I have tried. It works to keep you stable and little to no side effects. Recommended."

• Anonymous
• November 1, 2012

"Works very well controlling my racing thoughts and exceptionally well helping me sleep."