Ziprasidone User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• she...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 14, 2015

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "This medication was a disaster for my bipolar disorder. I felt depressed and hyper at the same time. I couldn't sleep, and couldn't think clearly. I was more manic than I'd ever been. Stopping the drug was like turning off the faucet of pain."

• Anonymous
• July 29, 2010

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "My experiment under my doctor's orders for bipolar depression has been working for me now for about 3 years, and I have found it to work great for me. I have been diagnosed with chronic depression for over 16 years now, and I have tried everything out there, but with Lamictal and Geodon, along with gabapentin and Xanax, I have finally found the right combination. Without the gabapentin, I have found that I can't get moving without it. It really works for me. I am bipolar and have been all my life. Being depressed has affected every part of my life, and I mean every aspect. I feel that bipolar is highly underrated. It is debilitating and causes you to make so many wrong choices in life, but I have been fortunate to find my husband."

• Loa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 7, 2019

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I started taking this medication for my mania. I really didn’t notice a difference in my manic episodes while on it. At night, the ziprasidone would make me uncomfortably drowsy, and even then, I would be unable to sleep through the whole night. On nights where I barely slept, I would wake up so terribly drowsy that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. This impaired my driving and made work and school really difficult, if not impossible. My manic episodes remained the same until I tried stopping the ziprasidone, in which they became alarmingly worse than I’d ever had them before. One night without taking ziprasidone, I had a major manic episode and was awake for over 36 hours. I was only able to rest after taking the ziprasidone but could only sleep 9 hours after being awake for so long. I’m still trying to get off the ziprasidone, but I’m unsure how to do this without sacrificing an entire night's sleep and my sanity."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 21, 2013

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizoaffective Disorder "Geodon has been effective in controlling my hallucinations and paranoia. It does make me drowsy and makes me shake after I take it. I have gained about 30 lbs while on it, but it has been the most effective antipsychotic for me to relieve visual and auditory hallucinations and paranoia. I have taken Seroquel, Abilify, and Geodon, and this is the most effective for me."

• Jil...
• November 15, 2016

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "My Dr. switched me from Risperidone to Geodon because of weight gain. I had taken Geodon back in 2002 and didn't have any side effects that I can recall. However, this time it was a nightmare. As soon as I started taking it, I felt sick. The side effects I experienced: sore throat, cough, sore throat glands, restlessness, acid indigestion, heartburn, belching, depression, rash on my neck, loss of appetite, back pain, joint pain, flatulence, hot flashes, insomnia, unable to stay asleep, exhausted. I was on it for 2 1/2 weeks. My Dr. told me to stop cold turkey. The withdrawal was hell. I was dizzy for a week, hot flashes, chills, shaking, nauseous, vomiting, terrible spasms in my thighs. It took about 8 days for me to feel better."

• Ran...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 16, 2020

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I had bad mania and needed to be on something. I couldn't go to sleep, crazy focused on everything and felt so scattered. My doctor recommended Geodon, and it worked for the first 2 months, but then it gave me horrible anxiety. I had to get off it and get on an anti-anxiety. I also had some bad side effects from Geodon - lots of vomiting and nausea, cravings, and anxiety."

• Mic...
• April 24, 2020

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "My doctor put me on Geodon 3 days before I got out of the hospital for mental health. 3 days later I was back in the hospital because that medication gave me so many side effects: shakiness, in and out of consciousness, blurred vision, seeing things that are not there (i.e., it the clown and other things), sweating, feeling like I can’t calm down, swelling of throat and lips, etc. I’m still dealing with them. If anyone is taking this, I tell you, please, please, please be careful! I don’t want any of that happening to you!!!!"

• Gon...
• April 22, 2017

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "Possibly the worst mental med I've ever taken, and I've taken many over the years. It gave me an intense derealization side effect (only time I've experienced this, and it was unsettling as hell), and truly horrible, constant gas (as in, so bad I couldn't be in public)! Those who were brave enough to hold their breath and be around me told me that my affect was pretty flat as well. So basically it made me freaked out, flat, and repulsive all at the same time: thumbs down."

• Ros...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 9, 2020

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "Geodon was a bad drug for me!!! Made me gain a bunch of weight and didn't even touch my symptoms. I was put on this during my second hospitalization and got up to a really high dose and still didn't work but was kept on it after discharge. Caused my moods to be really unstable and led to a misdiagnosis of bipolar. Made me feel like such a zombie and made me miss Abilify, which also made me a zombie, but Geodon was so much worse. Beware!"

• Lee...
• July 30, 2013

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "This is the only medicine that I have taken without any side effects! I love it! After the initial 2-week period of sleepiness, it wears off and does what it's supposed to. I do miss my mania, no lie, but I know that it wasn't good for me. But it takes most of my depression down, and I can enjoy my life. I've been on Lamictal, which did nothing for me except give me horrid night terrors, Risperdal made me lactate, and Seroquel gave me frequent urination. I was so happy after struggling with my insurance that they put me back on the Geodon. Been on it for 2 months."

• Dev...
• March 16, 2011

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizoaffective Disorder "Geodon is really an effective medicine for schizoaffective disorder. One of the most challenging mental disorders to identify accurately and treat appropriately is schizoaffective disorder. This condition involves both psychotic symptoms and conspicuous, long-enduring, severe symptoms of mood disorder."

• Bh2...
• December 17, 2016

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I have been taking Geodon for 2 weeks yesterday, 20 mg x 2. And this is my first day on 40 mg x 2. So far, I can't tell if I'm manic or getting better. I'm getting a lot more done and it feels like manic. I don't mind. But you hope it lasts. I have been in a dark depression for almost 3 years (and had 2 children), so now I'm just happy to be motivated to do anything at all. I'm really happy."

• Thi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 13, 2015

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I took Geodon alongside Lexapro. I have already taken Lexapro for this past year and never had a dystonic reaction. However, when my nurse practitioner introduced Geodon, I went into dystonia. Dystonia is when your body begins to contort on itself involuntarily. I could literally feel my neck twisting on itself, trying to snap. Thankfully, I was cured with Benadryl, and the dystonia was not permanent. If you want to try this med, keep a supply of Benadryl to stop a dystonic reaction and call an ambulance right away. Even more, this is not the only medication that can cause dystonia. Several others can too - like risperidone, Haldol, and Abilify. When they are combined with an antidepressant, they can increase the risk of dystonia. Good luck."

• tri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 13, 2013

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "Horrible! I have done nothing but sleep. I was on 40 mg for a few days, I have quit taking it. After 3 days, I have literally gained 2 lbs. I never gain weight, I have been the same weight for the last 5 years. This medicine might help some people, but not me."

• ber...
• February 6, 2020

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I’ve been on this med, Geodon, for about a year for bipolar and BPD. I am on a dose of 160 mg, and I take it all at night. I still have mania symptoms, but the only symptom I have is not sleeping. A couple of weeks ago, I was up for 60 hours nonstop, and this past week, I've been getting 3-4 hours of sleep and have felt fully energized. The first time I took this medication, I slept from 8 PM to 5 PM and was groggy for the 4 hours. I was awake before I went back to bed. I haven’t been tired because of it since, though. I also developed an acute dystonic reaction called an “oculogyric crisis” because of this med. I am on amantadine to stop it. This med has been a game changer for me, despite this. I don’t get severely depressed anymore, and my depressive episodes would be really terrible, and my manic episodes would always end me up in the hospital because I'd go on a bender and overdose, or I'd be up for days and be extremely irritable and cranky."

• sea...
• April 15, 2011

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "I take 160 mg of Geodon, half at dinner and half before bed. I used to take it in the morning, but it would knock me out cold. Now I am dead to the world at night but can get through the day. I have been on many medications, and Geodon is the only one that didn't make me feel that my life was in danger and claustrophobic. I never did hear voices or delusions, just grandiose thinking. If you have to take medication, Geodon is far superior to the other antipsychotics. I developed partial blindness and tardive dyskinesia on the others. But Geodon does slow you down and cause weight gain."

• one...
• April 9, 2013

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizoaffective Disorder "I have dealt with hearing voices for around 10 years. I have been on medicines that take the edge off. But this, this, was a miracle. I don't hear voices anymore. Worst side effect I have is drowsiness."

• ilu...
• October 30, 2007

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I was switched from Seroquel to Geodon (Bipolar 1 Disorder) for about 1 1/2 months. My feelings of 'crawling the walls,' restlessness, sleeplessness, and a general feeling that Geodon was not working like my old Seroquel returned in less than 2 weeks. After the 1 1/2 months, I called my doctor back and requested to be switched back to my Seroquel, and life feels back to normal (as normal as it gets) with the combination of Seroquel and Invega. Thank God for the meds. I can begin to live again!"

• cla...
• February 14, 2012

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizoaffective Disorder "I was originally on 160 mg of Geodon, mainly for delusions and paranoia. It helped a great deal for paranoia, but I wanted to decrease the dosage with a view to coming off it altogether. I managed to get down to 40 mg, but couldn't get off it altogether as the resulting insomnia was awful. I just could not sleep without it. Unfortunately, due to paranoia, I am now back up to 120 mg and I can't see myself ever getting off this medication, and I do suffer a lot of bloating with it, although it is not as bad as Zyprexa or Clozaril for weight gain. Overall, a good medicine for paranoid delusions."

• Mis...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 8, 2016

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "Took 80 mg of Geodon for 10 months. Severe weight loss, extreme loss of appetite, moderate anxiety, talked out loud to myself a lot, talking rapidly while not making sense, extreme happiness for no reason, jerked awake every night with no sleep for at least 24 hours, severe restlessness. Extreme energy. Severe weight loss, almost died. Don't recommend."

• Jay...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 26, 2020

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "Geodon is a very fickle drug. Make sure to take it with food (500 calories). Sometimes it sedates you, and sometimes it doesn't. I found to avoid eating beef and hot liquids with the medication, especially hot coffee. I take 40 mg twice a day. Otherwise, it works very well at smoothing out the peaks of mania and mixed states. It doesn't do much for depression or anhedonia. I wonder if, in a way, it causes the anhedonia by preventing excitation. It doesn't mess with cognition though and makes you feel like you're not taking a med. And I didn't gain any weight on it too!"

• Fuz...
• July 2, 2018

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "Geodon is working well for me. My condition is pretty severe, and other antipsychotic medications caused what I can only describe as an adverse reaction. It doesn't get rid of all my symptoms, but I am on a low dose. What I am most surprised by is its positive effect on my motivation and my desire to see others... I did not know medication could help that."

• Ser...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 9, 2013

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I've only been taking it for 3 days. Gave me every side effect in the book. I'm currently up all night, it's 3:14, and I have to be at school at 8. Also, I have been nonstop shaking and have devoured four whole bags of chips. This medicine is not good. Not for bipolar, at least."

• bww...
• March 4, 2012

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Schizophrenia "My wife tried this while schizoactive, and it got rid of the auditory hallucinations until close to time to take the medication again. About 1 hour before medication time, the hallucinations came back very strong and hung around for at least 1 hour after the drug was taken. The doctor increased the dosage and split it twice a day, and my wife got really bad twitches."

• Rac...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 24, 2021

Geodon (ziprasidone) for Bipolar Disorder "I was on Geodon for at least 12 years and then developed a gait disturbance. I got off the Geodon, and it went away. I was off Geodon for 6 years. Now I am in a manic state. Was prescribed 20 mg generic Geodon, and after 1 dose, I feel SO much better!"