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Originally Posted by PoppyRoad
Chuds,  thank you so much for sharing your experience with Geodon. You know that feeling...like...'Am I some kind of freak because I'm having this reaction?' What you've described sounds exactly like what I'm going through. Furthermore, when I do sleep (finally) I have dreams that are absolutely draining in their intensity and strangeness. I've only been able to make it up to 40mgs. of the Geodon. I'm prescribed 60mgs.
Hmm. I dunno about this stuff, this Geodon.
btw, trazadone - it's a commonly used tried-n-true med for sleep. I was on it many years ago & I know some people who take it now. Kind of frustrating, though, when you have to take another med to counteract the side-effects of the med that's supposed to be helping you.
Not a fun game, this  |
Being on the Geodon feels outerworldly. I am up to the point where I feel as though I am part sleeping when I am awake. I am not alert or invigorated at all.
I was prescribed 40 mg in late May from the zyprexa which was causing a lot of weight gain. I slept on average 9 hrs a night on it and slept very well in fact. So that was when my psych. thought to switch me to the Geodon. I started on 40 mgs. I noticed I slept on average 6 hrs a night. I did not think much of it since I was not tired during the day. Without all these meds, I sleep a good 8 hrs per night.
When I was prescribed the 60mgs in late June. I noticed the tiredness during the day and the real insomnia at night. Sometimes, I sleep only 3 hours. Most of the time, I am up all night.
So I turned to sleep aids. Initally, I took the 0.5 mg of the Ativan. It didn't work. I did not want to up the dosage since it was habit forming. I bought Melatonin. I was still lucky if I had 6 hrs of sleep.
The psych. prescribed Trazodone, which I took Monday night. I barely slept that night. When I woke up, I was tired but barely sleepy. I took a nap that afternoon. When I woke up, I felt like I was under the influence. I did not go outside like I planned because something didn't feel right. It was around 8pm that same day, I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. As I went to put the glass of water on the counter, I don't know what happened next. The next thing I knew the glass splattered on the floor which was covered in water. (The next day, I noticed a huge black and blue mark on my arm) I completely blacked out. That was a scary experience.
Now I want to go back on the Zyprexa. I was very stable on it. The only thing was the weight gain. I called past closing time yesterday and my psych. was not in the office. Now, I have to wait until Monday. I have an appt. with him next Wednesday, but I cannot wait that long to be switched off of the medication. I am completely crashed. I am so out of whack.