i took geodon for a long time, a year, maybe two? i dont remember. it really worked great to balance me out. no weight gain or other noticeable side effects. i am very sensitive to meds and dont have many options available to me so it was great that this option worked. and kicked out a manic cycle very effectively.

i am not saying this will happen to you, just want to give you warning to watch for as nobody watched for or noticed in me. as i said, i am very very sensitive to meds and side effects. over time, my pinkie started sticking up in the air to where it was very noticable. i would be made fun of, people gesturing like i was formally drinking a cup of tea. eventually, my forefinger started sticking up as well. soon i was making the sign language sign for "i love you". when it was the pinkie i was always thinking it was an anxious tic. i got hurt at work and the workmans comp dr noticed the splayed fingers and said it was neurological, asked when it started and putting 2 and 2 together i was able to trace it back to beginning geodon. tartive dyskenesia. which i got when i was taking haldol in a different way. so i stopped it and it pretty much went away. well i got triggered about four months latter and massive mania we couldnt control and so i started haldol and the pinkie went up again but the mania didnt go so i started the geodon again and the hand went crazy. but the mania was gone in a week. stayed on it for about four months but then i got an eye twitch so i stopped it, twitch went away immediately. two months now and my pinkie is still elevated about an inch.

so while i think it is a great drug, just watch for the TD. your doc doesnt always stay conscience of this.