Im trying to find the right medication for me & i haven’t tried geodon yet. I am schizoaffective. I sometimes believe irrational things and paranoid at times with racing thoughts. Ive been on so many meds and just want to get it right as i am sick of my symptoms. Im going to ask my pdoc for geodon next.
It wasn’t awful… I got paranoia at night.
I ended up switching to abilify because of sleep issues.
Abilify is the best med I’ve been on
You have to take it twice a day with a certain amount of calories.
Really do you HAVE to take 2x daily? Im hoping to hear it helps with paranoia. Did it help you with racing or intrusive thoughts?
I haven’t actually used this one myself but that’s what I’ve heard members say on this forum who use it.
It is because it has a short half life in the body meaning that it is broken down pretty quickly and so has to be replaced pretty quickly unlike some other antipsychotics.
If I take it only once a day I get psychotic between doses. I have to take it twice a day.
I am a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. I didn’t find it helped with paranoia or delusions but it controls my hallucinations.
If you have a mood disorder it’s supposed to help with that too but I don’t have that.
@LovelyCreature, I am on three AP drugs: Risperdal Consta, Geodon and Seroquel. I am sza, bipolar type.
When I first started on Geodon, it made me so very sleepy that I couldn’t stay awake in class. I fell asleep while driving on the interstate too. It also made me very, very shaky. Especially when going up before an audience to sing karaoke.
All of these side effects eventually wore off over time. A lot of time. Like two years.
The only thing I specifically remember about Geodon is it made my appetite go to nothing, along with severe akathisia. I lost 90lbs in a year before being taken off of it.