Show ratings & reviews for

3.2 Overall Rating

Effectiveness

Ease of Use

Satisfaction

Most voted positive review

54 People found this comment helpful

OMG! After terrible side effects of Lithium tx. and awful mood swings. My Dr. gave me Geodon to try. The first day I was a bit sleepy, but starting with my second dose, I became very clear minded and actually felt like I had energy of a normal person. Not manic energy. I have been able to sleep consistantly with out sleeping meds. This has been the wonder drug for me. with no side effects. I th...

Most voted negative review

10 People found this comment helpful

It help me, but I alway got a Hard On in the middle of the early Morning.

Shared reviews and ratings

matt | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
2/13/2024
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 1.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I had the worst stiffness of head muscles that I have experienced in my life with this medication.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Mo | 25-34 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/25/2023
Condition: Schizophrenia
Overall rating 4.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I feel normal with it, and I am excited to still try my base methods of care and treatment, even with an aggressive form of schizophrenia with bipolar. Some, or many of my delusions are hard to forget because while I had them, I was still able to get food, bathe, and live semi-normally even though I had all these thoughts, feelings, and emotions about everyone around me. It was like I would hear one thing about people, and then run with that one piece of information that I heard into a full scale delusion with just myself. Now during Christmas time and normal times it is hard to rebound myself everytime and not believe them. The medication IS great, though!! Super happy I tried it after such a downfall of sequences with abilify and depakote... This one is good.Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Lisey | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/25/2023
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 2.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Had an allergic reaction. Sad because it worked for bipolar depression, irritability, and overspending.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Lizzy | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/19/2023
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 4.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Been on it four days. I'm only on 20 mg with dinner. No side effects so far. Feel better...calm, happy without irritability. I think it's wearing off in early afternoon though and that I need a small morning dose, too.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Anonymous | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/9/2023
Condition: Bipolar I Disorder with Most Recent Episode Mixed
Overall rating 4.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I couldn't take latuda due to crippling feelings in my legs. I recently started geodon and I'm functional. Wake up with energy and it has help with calming my panic attacks. Positive experience

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Geodone kills | 45-54 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/5/2022
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 1.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

This drug ruined my life. Im 45 yrs old and feel like in 85. After only 5 doses i was paralyzed and could even remember my name. That was 7 years ago. I am still recovering from the Damage geodone had on me. It was the worst choice of my life taking this poison. People say they don’t know me anymore. I gave hallucinations visual and auditory. My life is hard and meaningless now. I curse the makers of this drug for the damage this caused me. I would rather take rat poison then grodone again. Beware, this pill can ruin your life in every aspect. It should be made illegal and the makers sued out if buisness. Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Chris Koucoutha | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/21/2022
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 2.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I went from doing great on Vraylar but had to stop taking it due to the fact it's a $600 copay for a 30 day supply and my psychiatrist switched me to Geodon. I immediately got worse not better. All I could do was think about sad or bad things even things that were so hypothetical it wasn't even funny. For example I have a 10 year old Chihuahua and they live to be 18 yrs old ALOT when taken care of and this was when he was like 8 years old and all I could think about was how bad it's going to be on the day I'm going to have to get him put to sleep and I was crying non stop over it and panicking about it and acting as if the vet was in front of me administering the lethal shot right that second. I kicked my ex Wife out of my house and asked for a divorce because she cheated on me and that was back in 2016 and I was well over it when put back on geodon and had been in relationships with other girls And my ex , Wife wasn't even a care to me but as soon as I started geodon I kept running back the moment I caught her after she lied to me about it MANY times cuz I just had a gut feeling and the reality of realizing every fear I had that I thought I was just thinking crazy and exaggerating things in my head and to realize my gut feeling and everything I was afraid of happening happened that was the worst night and then time of my life and took me while to get over her but all of a sudden I was back to crying over the situation and I was obsessing on it & all day long every day all I did was think about it and play the what if game in my head even though I was over her I was still feeling like it was that night again that I caught her and kicked her out. I couldn't sleep and was eating at most once a day so then my psychiatrist upped my dose of geodon and then things went from really bad to HORRENDOUSLY bad and unfortunately we're still trying to find an antipsychotic or mood stabilizer that will work for me. I have bipolar type 1Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Alex | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
10/1/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 5.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Geodon is a miracle drug for me. I have been on a lot of other antipsychotics. But Geodon is the one with the less side effects. I've actually lossed weight on Geodon. And I feel fantastic. I used to think all the time that people didn't like me. I still have those thoughts but I don't hyper focus on them. I'm able to focus on other things instead. My thoughts don't bother me as much. I take 20mg in the morning and 40mg at night. It makes me feel weird about an hour or so after I take it at night, so I take it an hour before bedtime so I go to sleep soon after I take it. It has changed the way I plan my meals. I eat 4 meals a day now, but each meal is 500-600 calories. You have to take Geodon with a 500 calorie meal. It works most effectively when you do. At first I had trouble falling asleep, but my doctor suggested taking 10mg Melatonin 30 min. before bed. It works! When I was taking 40mg in the morning and 40mg at night, I felt very restless. But 20mg in the morning and 40mg at night is my magic dose.Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Anonymous | 7-12 | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
9/12/2022
Condition: Mania associated with Bipolar Disorder
Overall rating 1.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Went from 60 pounds when I was 7 years old to 130 pounds 6 months later. Lost all the weight when I got off the medicine

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Todd1993 | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
8/26/2022
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 4.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I have been taking geodon for 7 months and have noticed a major improvement with my bipolar 2. I am able to handle very stressful situations that usually lead to me burning out in a severe depression. My depressive episodes have reduced and are not as severe as they once were. I also did not gain weight that a lot of anti psychotics cause. Overall a great experience so far.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Courtney | 25-34 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
6/5/2022
Condition: Bipolar I Disorder with Most Recent Episode Mixed
Overall rating 1.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I see this thread is a few years old, but hoping someone can shed some light on what I’m going through. I was prescribed Geodon 20mg for my bipolar disorder and having frequent mood swings. After about 3 weeks, I wasn’t feeling any better, probably worse than before I started this drug. I stopped cold turkey not realizing the consequences of doing so, my psychiatrist never informed me of the dangers of possible withdrawal symptoms. I should have educated myself more on this drug or at least read the reviews on this horrible drug. I see it does work for some people. So do not get discouraged reading all the negative reviews. My psychiatrist decided I take one weeks worth of 20mg. I feel like I’m going crazy.. horrible panic attacks, constant anxiety. Super depressed. I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager, I’m 26. But this is a whole different level of anxiety and depression. I’m also on 25 mg 2 times daily of Lamotrigine, .1 mg twice daily of clonidine. And I was taking 40mg adderall but have recently tried tapering off the adderall Thinking that is a factor to my debilitating anxiety. I’ve been to the hospital 3times already for severe panic attacks and my BP was so high 170/110. I feel like this drug is killing me. I can’t sleep, I’m lucky if I get 2-3 hours of sleep each night. I have 3 little children that need me and I just can’t get out of this dark dark place. I’ve made so many lifestyle changes nothing is easing these symptoms.. And another awful symptom of withdrawal is the uncontrollable body movements (TD). I’m also wondering, me being on this medication for a short period of time, why are my stmptoms so severe and prolonged. Other people that have gone through this, please share your experience and tips on how to deal with withdrawal from Geodon. Does it get better???!?!? Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
machkeys | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
2/28/2022
Condition: Other
Overall rating 3.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Tried different meds to help with schizo / bipolar / mood and this one seems to work the best for me thus far. I noticed being more sluggish/ tired, and gets harder to get a good exercise/ sweat while on this. Which frustrates me the most. It also caused an initial mania / episode of voices before adjusting to it. But once that hump is over, my mind is cleared. I may be on edge to end this med, cuz it just doesn’t feel quite right being on it. But it’s better than taking the others that were giving me muscle pains.Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Caleb | 25-34 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
1/21/2022
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 1.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Avoid this medication at all costs. It will stabilize you from mania without a doubt, but it will be VERY painful. I had constant headaches, short term memory loss, couldn't pay attention to anything, would fall asleep all the time, had really bad akathisia, was hot and sweaty all the time. I was only on 40mg as well and I couldn't stay awake to save my life! Dropped down to only 20mg and had HORRIBLE anxiety in the afternoon because the dose was too low. The drug has a very short half life to boot, so you will constantly feel like you are withdrawing from it which is the WORST PART BY FAR. There are MUCH better medications out there, and the fact they still charge so much for a drug made in 2001 is criminal. It's the WORST atypical antipsychotic in my opinion. It will make you feel awful while you are on it, and even worse should you decide to come off the drug entirely. I cannot stress this enough. Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
12/17/2021
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 5.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I have taken 20mg twice a day for several years. A month ago my doctor increased it to 40mg twice a day and it has been a life changer. I have energy every day and no longer lay down every day with depression. I personally haven’t had side effects. I’m thankful for this drug.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
H | 13-18 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
11/6/2021
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

Gave me very intense suicidal thoughts and made my blood pressure drop immensely which caused me to go to the ER.

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Fergus | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/28/2021
Condition: Additional Medications to Treat Depression
Overall rating 2.3
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

I was on this and it totally destroyed me. The third day I saw my feet were shaking every time I sat down. Didn't think anything about it. Within a week I was shaking every where on my body My restlessness was the worse ever. There was this "go go go"all day and the night. I got no sleep. When to the ER twice because of walking fast around the house. My blood pressure was out of the world. The ER docs did the best they could. They don't understand mental health issues. My doctor stopped this as fast as she could. Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/17/2021
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 2.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

this prescription drug....i don’t even know where to begin. i was so scared i was going to kill myself on this drug. this drug amplified my depression to the worst it has ever been in the past eight years that i’ve struggled with depression. my doctor said it helps a lot of people and i am so happy for those it worked for, so please do not be alarmed by my experience with it. every one is different and we all require a certain medication that works for us and that’s different for all of us. i never, ever want to be put back on this drug. i have tried many many drugs for my depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety, however this was just not the one for me. i really hope whoever tries this medication that it works for you and you don’t have to go through what i went through. Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Lilshordie215 | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
5/31/2021
Condition: Additional Medications to Treat Depression
Overall rating 1.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS. NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH. Taking this drug at the beginning worked for me was very beneficial. When I missed a dosage because I had to work or slept over at a friends house. It was bad. I couldn’t sleep until I took that med. I was on it for a really long time so my dosage was fairly high. But I’m a red head and red heads always need higher dosages of any medication and since I have been on meds for adhd since age 3 and half-4 and was bullied and harrsed severely in school my depression, and a lot of other stuff was extremely high. So I needed extra dosages of a lot of stuff that worked for me. My doctor who prescribed it knew I smoked weed. Knew I had substance abuse when I was very very young and was born drug addicted. Your not suppose to take that med if u have done a lot of that. Or are still doing them. So around October I got pregnant and had to stop my adhd meds. So they stopped those. I felt better. But they didn’t wanna stop the geodon right away bc how much I acted up. So I’m like ok that’s understandable just wean me off of everything and I’ll just smoke weed. My tolerance was very low for weed at the time because of the hormones of being pregnant. I’m 8 months pregnant now and since 2-3 month of my pregnancy weed had not have the benefits as it used to. A lot of my friends are like this after being pregnant. So I was smoking weed and being on geodon for about a few weeks after the adhd meds stopped. My psychiatrist then informed me that it’s not ok to take geodon anymore because of being pregnant. So she surely stopped it. Didn’t wean me off of it like most medications she just stopped it. And not taking that med once or missing it once and not being able to sleep. Stopping it for good was awful. I didn’t sleep for about 3 months. It wasn’t like a meth withdraw where your it just your joints and vibrations. This was worse. How a cow twitches his muscles to get flies off. It felt like that but made me freak out so mad I couldn’t control it. Also felt like a codeine withdraw as well, (which basiclly opiod withdraw once it hits ur brain) with the constant sweating the clammy ness, throwing up constantly. Yes I was pregnant yes I did have morning sickness. But I did not stop throwing up for a really long time. My OB said it was extreme for me to be this much. Especially because I’m having a boy and they tend to come with less morning sickness. I also had sweating, memory loss, headaches, my skin had this weird thing to it. Where sometimes it would feel as if it was twitching on the outside but tired on the inside when trying to sleep or vise versa. During the day I twitched all day. I had extreme dizziness, fainting, falling. A lot of that. And I came on here because alot of my feelings are not getting validated about alot of stuff at home. So I was like maybe it was one of the meds I’m not taking. Now I have long term side effects. The rapid heart beat, high blood pressure, I now I have extreme diabetes. And To inform yes I am pregnant alot of these are pregnancy symptoms. But mine are extremely high. And they tested me for being pre diabetic when they first found out I was pregnant. And they said I was no where close to even being considered for pre diabetes. My sugar ranges anywhere from extremely low to extremely high. But is normal when I eat sugar. But I also have extreme lock jaw, my pulse is around 130. For even pregnancy that is very high. The memory loss. Blurred vision, fainting falling over, muscle stuff. And I have alerted my OB and been to the hospital about 20-30 times this week with fainting and pain. They tested my baby my urine, did a cat scan for stroke and heart attack and mri. Exrays.ultrasounds. Tested stuff over again. Gave me IVs. They told me I was drinking too much water too. Which crazy because I’m always thirsty. But that’s when it clicked in my head. Everything was fine with baby everything was fine with all my scans. And since this drug aRead More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Annie2257 | 55-64 | On medication for 5 to less than 10 years | Patient
11/15/2019
Condition: Bipolar Disorder in Remission
Overall rating 5.0
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

This has been a wonder drug for me in combination with Lamictal. I was able to lose over 100 pounds while taking this medication. I've not had any mood swings but still suffer at times with depression. My dr. put me on some vitamins that help with anxiety, depression, and mania. I highly recommend Geodon,

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.
Jenn | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
7/25/2019
Condition: Bipolar Depression
Overall rating 3.7
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Satisfaction

So I just started taking Geodon 40mg at night about 2 weeks ago. I feel better overall except the first few days I had severe nausea and just didn't feel right. I know alot of people take it twice a day but I am scared that if I take it in the morning that it will make me super tired. I was on zyprexa before this and gained a bunch of weight and my total cholesterol and LDL shot through the roof and I wound up in the hospital due to heart palpatations and chest pressure. I am only 52 and my stress test was negative but that was why my medication was changed. I have bipolar 2 not 1 and have some hypomania but no full blown manic episodes. I do feel like my muscles hurt but they also put me on lipitor because of my cholesterol being so high which it wasn't prior to taking zyprexa. I got really bad tartive dys with abilify and rexalti. I was smacking all the time like a little old lady with no teeth. No TD so far with the Geodon but I really want to keep my dose low if I can so that does not happen again. Ingrezza did nothing for me at all. I am also on lamictal and effexor and have to take meds for sleep as well or I would be awake 24x7. I am very hopeful for weight loss on this medication and for my cholesterol to improve. I don't feel as flat and tearful as I did on zyprexa so that is good. My appetite is much less and I try and drink a Gatoraide or poweraide daily to make sure to get some electolytes in me. It seems to help. Anyone else taking it just at night or should I take 20mg twice daily for better effect? Thoughts...Read More Read Less

Report this postFill 3Created with Sketch.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT USER-GENERATED CONTENT ON WEBMD

The opinions expressed in WebMD User-generated content areas like communities, reviews, ratings, or blogs are solely those of the User, who may or may not have medical or scientific training. These opinions do not represent the opinions of WebMD. User-generated content areas are not reviewed by a WebMD physician or any member of the WebMD editorial staff for accuracy, balance, objectivity, or any other reason except for compliance with our Terms and Conditions.

Read More