Hi Amy3boys. I'm sorry to read that you are experiencing such distressing symptoms. I never had hair loss from Geodon, even at 160 mg for about 8 years, but we are all different. I also don't recall memory loss or confusion, but maybe I had a little and just don't remember. If I did, it eased with time. I do know that as my Geodon was increased, I did experience quite a bit of sedation. It was sort of rough getting used to it. I remember once having a guest over to my house and falling asleep sitting up, while she was here. Other times I just hated feeling so drowsy.

In the early days of my taking Geodon, I remember begging the psychiatrist (then an IOP psychiatrist) to let me take all 160 mg at night. He allowed that, and it helped a little. Then when I returned to my usual private psychiatrist, something made me reduce my dose to 80 mg per day, only, which I took all at night. I didn't tell him, and that was not good. I ended up being hypomanic and sometimes full blown for quite a while. I finally fessed up about my lower dose, so my psychiatrist increased it again, making me take 80 mg in the morning and 80 mg at night. That did help stabilize my mood, and oddly, I didn't have any sedation anymore. My body had gradually gotten used to Geodon, so that side effect disappeared.