Ziprasidone for Paranoid Disorder User Reviews

Brand names: Geodon

Ziprasidone has an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from a total of 4 reviews for the off-label treatment of Paranoid Disorder. 25% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience.

Ziprasidone rating summary

6.8/10 average rating

4 ratings from 4 user reviews.

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koali
January 11, 2010

"This medication is hard for me to rate. I give it a 7 because it really helped stabilize my moods, and I'm really OCD but it made me stop worrying about filth and that people were going to kill me. I was never depressed on it, and it helped me sleep really well every night. At first, it was my miracle drug. However, after about 6 weeks, I started losing pleasure in everything. I had to drop out of school because I couldn't concentrate anymore (I couldn't read like I loved to anymore either), and I had to take a break from my job because I tutor math and certainly couldn't process information. I couldn't play video games and hardly joked around. I wasn't depressed...I was just a zombie. A lower dosage of this medicine may have worked."

7 / 10

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Megg
May 26, 2011

Geodon (ziprasidone) "I was prescribed Geodon for Depression with paranoid features. It worked well as a mood stabilizer and I didn't really notice any side effects during the day (I took 160mg at night) except for some initial appetite loss. However when I would take it with my evening meal (you have to take it with food), within 2 hours I was extremely sedated to the point of not being able to keep my eyes open. I went off the medication after a month as I didn't feel it was helping me enough to justify taking such a strong drug. "

5 / 10

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Anonymous
September 17, 2013

"I'm on this for depression and paranoia. It's been good to me. I've lost weight from what I gained being on other medicines. I'm running more and feeling happier. When I first got on the pill I was hallucinating for about 3 months but it stopped. Sometimes I get sad but that goes away. The down side to this medicine is when I don't eat I start to shake, my leg cramps up sometimes in the mornings when I'm running. I get dizzy and my hand tenses up. Other than that I sleep very well. Always try to take the pill or the next day will be very hard, my body starts to hurt."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
April 8, 2012

"I would get very restless after each dose, and it really knocked me out, although in some ways that was a very good thing. I lost weight on it, which was a huge plus, and was way less paranoid. It was a great medicine, probably my favorite antipsychotic besides Latuda. No anger at all either; I was very relaxed."

8 / 10

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