Not liking this geodon thing....

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Not liking this geodon thing....
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Wed, 09-28-2005 - 5:18pm
Okie here's the deal..... I was supposed to start 20mg of geodon and decrease my depakote to 500mg for four days and then drop the depakote and up the geodon to 40. I talked to her yesterday since I'm having all of this anxiety (MAJOR). She said to stop the depakote all together and increase the geodon to 40 mg now instead since I run a risk of mania while my dose of geodon is still low... she wants to get me up to about 120mg but I'm really getting scared that I'm going to end up hospitalized before we get to where she wants me to be. I'm so on edge with everything and everyone. My kids were late this morning to school because I couldn't get myself out of bed. This really sucks! I wish she would put me on something else... the only other thing she wanted to talk about was abilify and when I took that last I fainted since my blood pressure/blood sugar was so low and very nauseated. Any suggestions??
Brenda
BTW I can't handle taking lithium, lamictal, depakote and zyprexa and seroquel are okie but I'm trying to get all my depakote weight off :(
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2003
Thu, 09-29-2005 - 7:53am

Hey honey...

I hate you're feeling so yucky right now...I've been wanting to talk to you, so call me when you can...I'll be gone from home all weekend, but you can call my cellie...post me your email, or call me, and I'll give you the number...

I have been on every single BP med, anti seizure med, a/p med, and a/d med out there...pdoc and i went through my chart with a fine tooth comb 2 weeks ago. The only a/d's I haven't tried are the VERY old ones, like Pamelor, etc. and she said they are too dangerous for me anyway. SOOOO...I don't know. Ummmmmm....I've had to go off everything twice now, and start over on meds I've already been on...well, this is the 2nd time and I'm doing Lamictal, Topamax and Risperdal and Prozac. Seems to be working so far, but I'm only on week 2 of the Lamictal starter pack, so its slow going. Did Lamictal not work for you??? I LOVE RISPERDAL, btw. Weight gain or not. The Topamax kinda balances its out, plus the mood stablizing it does. Can you try Topamax? I can't do Seroquel, though I have to when I'm MANIC AS HECK...its the only one that stops it in a nano second.

Hang in there...I'll be home around 5:00 today.

xoxo