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MuddyBoots · Nov 19, 2022 at 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by *Beth*

Yeah, apparently Topamax is known for being...Dopamax. Geodon works for everyone I can think of who I've heard mention it. The problem I had with it was that it made me sleepy during the day and gave me insomnia at night.

That said, maybe the problem was with an interaction with other meds I was also on at the time. Many times I regret having told a new prescriber about a med I was formerly taking that didn't work back then. I find that they almost never bother to request records from the previous place, anyway, and I should have kept my information to myself.

Of course, all it takes is a

Me: "Welll...we haven't tried Geodon."

Script person: "Oh? I thought you said you'd tried that medication?"

Me: "Me? Nooo...." Shakes head, "I've never been on that one."

Script person: "Hm! Okay, let's give it a try!"

Me: "Okay. I guess."

I did that recently with Abilify and my new pdoc. Been on it before but said I wasn't because I wanted to give it another shot. She didn't put me on it (I wound up on Haldol while IP).