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Old Apr 09, 2012, 11:15 PM
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Anyone addicted to heavy psych drugs like Geodon?

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Old Apr 10, 2012, 08:22 AM
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GEODON
ADDICTION / DEPENDENCE
HALF LIFE AND METABOLISM
The biological half life of a substance is the time it takes for a drug to lose half of its pharmacologic activity. This is significant because it affects how soon withdrawal symptoms may appear.
The half life of Geodon is between two to five hours.
http://www.drugdetox.org/druginfo/ge...nav_addictions
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WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
Geodon can be a very difficult drug to stop taking.
  • akathisia
    anxiety
    depression
  • dizziness
  • dystoniar
  • rash
  • respiratory tract infection
  • somnolence
  • vomiting
TREATMENT
Withdrawal from Geodon should only be done under the care of a health practitioner. The safest way is to withdraw at an inpatient medical detox facility. At an inpatient medical detox facility with a protocol that includes hydration, vitamins and supplements, most patients can safely stop taking Geodon in about seven days. Patients can withdraw from Geodon on an outpatient basis but it will normally take at least four weeks.
http://www.drugdetox.org/druginfo/ge...#nav_treatment
found this info. hope it helps. seems this if something that needs to be discussed with a pdoc if one is concerned.
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Old Apr 10, 2012, 09:03 AM
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I was wondering, they gave me that, 80mg & I had only ever had xanax and easy stuff. I stopped as soon as I got home, & WOW what hell I lived thru for 48hrs! I thought I was gonna die!
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I know that I'm physically dependent on my clonazapam, but I don't call it an addiction because I don't abuse it. I did go without it for 3 days because we were having trouble getting hold of my doc to call in a refill & I was really sick - it was way worse than alcohol withdrawal.

I've also heard nasty things about withdrawing from Effexor which I've been on for years at a high dose, so I suspect coming off it, we'd be talking months not weeks.

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Old Apr 10, 2012, 05:44 PM
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Anyone addicted to heavy psych drugs like Geodon?
After I stopped taking Geodon, I had trouble falling asleep for months!
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bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS

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depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements

past meds:
ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft

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