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Apr 25, 2014, 10:37 PM
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Your body doesn't absorb the drug well without food, which is why they tell you to take it either with a meal or a fatty snack. I just don't like feeling drowsy all evening, which is why I take Geodon with my other bedtime meds and eat something with it.
And I take Celexa too, haven't noticed any problems in combination w/ Geodon or any of the other mess of meds I take for BP, high blood pressure, and diabetes. 
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Apr 26, 2014, 09:31 AM
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Apr 26, 2014, 01:13 PM
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I was losing a lot of hair too, for quite a while. I could afford it though, as I still have plenty. Now the hair loss has stopped. Who knows what could have caused it....I take a lot of meds for different conditions. I've also been under severe stress the past couple of years, and that can contribute to hair loss as well.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Apr 26, 2014, 02:22 PM
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I lost 50 lbs shortly after starting on Geodon. Ive been taking it about 5 years now. I take 80 mgs 4 times a day and I usually take it with a meal or light snack. It helps me a lot. I've had very few manic episodes while on the Geodon and that's a big improvement. It doesn't make me sleepy. but I have noticed my hair is thinning. For me its been a miracle drug.
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Apr 26, 2014, 04:25 PM
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Wow, that is some med list you've got there---you have me beat by miles!
I wonder though if you weren't on such high doses of antidepressants, you might not need as much of the mood stabilizers? Just a thought, I'm sure your pdoc knows best.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Apr 26, 2014, 05:22 PM
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That's a good point, BPNurse.
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