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Geodon FeedbackIf you've used Geodon, please help others by adding your feedback. What would you tell someone considering using this product? Please remember that we do not give medical advice. That is for your local health care provider, who is familiar with your medical history.Report - Page 2 Subj: Brain damage Date: 5/25/2004 Is there evidence of irreversible damage to the brain using geodon? The dose is 120 a day at night only. Cogentin is taken with it for side effects. Kathy AskDocWeb: We found no evidence of irreversible brain damage with the use of Geodon, but that is not conclusive. You can read what we have collected about Geodon here. Until few years ago it was believed the brain couldn't grow or regenerate much after its early stages of development, the so-called "critical period." Recent studies show that's not the case, the brain shows it has more growing capacity than was thought. The brain seems to grow and regenerate over and over again just like a plant does. This is called neural plasticity (in case you want to research this to learn more about it). Subj: Brain damage Date: 2/2/2006 Got TD after 3 weeks of lowest geodon usage, brain damage so yes. Anonymous Subj: 2 years later Date: 4/4/2006 I got TD brain damage after 3 weeks of geodon 20 mg, now 2 years later I still have jerky, uncontrolled eye movements, gazing upwards sidewards, excessive blinking does anyone know a treatment? Jeroen Subj: Brain damage Date: 7/19/2007 I've been on geodon as well. I was on depakote for a year, together with one of geodon, seroquel, abilify, and a couple of others. While I was on, my brain functioning deteriorated. My ability to think was decreased and everything was fuzzier. Even though I have been off of them for over a year, my brain functioning has not returned to normal level, in fact it has not improved at all, I'm still at the lower, fuzzier level I was at when I was taking them. By the way, I was forced to take these drugs by my parents (if you can believe that!), otherwise they wouldn't allow me to live in their house and I had no income to support myself. So my choice was to take these drugs (even though I knew and tried to explain to them that they were damaging my brain), or live on street. Not much of a choice BUT, looking back, I should have lived on the street. At least my brain wouldn't have become permanently damaged. If anyone knows of a remedy to undo damage by all of these drugs, PLEASE POST! Arun Subj: Impaired memory and speech impediment Date: 1/14/2009 I've been taking Geodon for 6 months- before that I took Risperdal for almost two years- and I think these drugs have indeed caused some brain damage. My memory is slightly impaired, I'm very lazy, and I've developed somewhat of a speech impediment. I read an article from a neuropsychopharmacology journal that explained how antipsychotics like Geodon have been found to decrease brain volume in Monkeys (the closest animal to humans, biologically). So apparently these drugs shrink your brain, which probably isn't good. Steve Subj: To get max potential effect Date: 5/3/2009 I am currently taking 160 mg/day of Geodon. I take 80 mg in morning and same at night. Since this medication has a short half life, it is best used twice or more times daily to get max potential effect. I am very thankful for this medication. However, I am very sorry to hear of the people that have problems now and it is associated with the medicine. I guess that is why they switch meds up soooooo much bcs, they don't work the same for everyone. I have more energy, am more focused, and have an overall better wellbeing feeling. It started rocky though, I take Effexor XR 225 mg/day, Geodon 160 mg/day, Trazadone 200 mg/night, and Klonopin 3 mg/3xday. I was taking Lithium ER 600 mg/day and it was removed and Geodon replaced it. At first I hated it, then after being on it 1 month, the doubled the dosage and that seemed to do the trick. I thank goodness for the medicine, but now am worried after reading these posts. Has anyone's symptoms improved? Misty Subj: My brother thought I was dead Date: 5/11/2009 I was prescribed Geodon in Hospital, was on it for about a week and a half. When I got home, I missed one dose, and within an hour of "feeding time" was having massive seizure. Had seizures for next six months. Well, really for next year. Got it down to a manageable level, just head jerks here and there and occasionally something more serious, but basically I was normal. Seizures have returned. Full Array. Thrashing limbs, collapsing, slow speech, some new thing, frozen completely. My brother thought I was dead. This is over one year later. Any Doctor who says Geodon is A OK is a liar and probably on the payroll. It's time to sue Pfizer and our prescribing doctors. Let's all get together and make a massive petition and sue their pants off! Ben Subj: Impotent Date: 7/11/2009 I have a problem. Before I was taking this medication I was not impotent. After coming off of this med, I tried intercourse several times but could not get an erection to stay or even form. I would appreciate it if someone could help me out with some information on this. I have been off Geodon for several months now (about 7)! Chris AskDocWeb: Impotence is listed as an infrequent side effect of Geodon but there is not enough data to indicate how long it might last. If you find this page useful share it with others. Use the form below to add your review, feedback or suggestions on how we can improve. Please note that all addresses are held confidential. Thanks for stopping by. AskDocWeb |
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