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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
I’m having a bit of an issue. Actually a huge one. As you know I switched my Geodon to all at night. But I am on vacation in another state. I have my geodon but it’s not at the house I’m at. It’s at the motel. So I’ve gone over 24 hours without any. Plus I haven’t slept since 1:40AM. I feel like I’m having pretty bad withdrawals. I can’t eat and I feel like throwing up really badly and I have a migraine. I also feel like I’m about to have a massive massive panic attack. A 3 year old has been screaming nonstop for 2 hours and it has just driven me to the edge. At least the 3 year old has drawn the attention away from me. I asked my mom to take me back to the motel and she could come back to the house. But I just am incredibly worried about my mental health right now and I am so far away from home and my therapist. I’m in a beach town and I have no idea where any type of hospital is medical or mental health. I’m thinking of emailing my therapist. If I have her card with me. Or else I’ll have to call the practice in the morning. But I just feel so incredibly sick right now. Things are really really bad.
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What you describe might be Geodon withdrawal, indeed. Geodon was the most difficult medication of all for me to be weaned off of and some of my withdrawal symptoms included the ones you mentioned. Actually, any Geodon modifications were always an adjustment for me. I found it more so than any other antipsychotic that I ever took, and I've been on a total of 10 different ones over the years (not including moodstabilizers or other categories). With Geodon, and even others, consistency over time was key to tolerance and ultimately stability. I took Geodon for about 8 years. I did best on it taking it 80 mg in the morning and 80 mg in the evening (160 mg per day), along with other bipolar meds. It was side effect friendly up until 6 years in, when I developed akathisia.
May I ask exactly how much Geodon your psychiatrist has prescribed? And how he wants you to take it? [In other words, for example, 80 mg in the morning and 80 mg in the evening.] I assume that is not an "as needed" prn medication, like perhaps your benzo is. Correct me if I'm wrong.