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| Tue, 10-10-2006 - 9:51am |
i've been up since 1 am & very busy too.i'm hoping i can come down a little to get real rest b/f picking up the kids.
possibly the reason i was up so early was that i fell into a coma..a very very uncomfortable & quite frightening one....at about 7pm & slept deep.
i take my second lithium dose(already have unattractive swelling under my eyes from it.)AND MY GEODON DOSE(only 60 now...she might raise it)at dinnertime.doc said i have to take it w/ food so to take it after dinner.
i do get tired early,but this was almost like feeling sick.& i had to walk & put to bed a puppy,my kids were unwashed & fighting & i lay in my bed & sobbed.i didn't what i had to do & it hurt.i went up the stairs on all 4's & my dd asked if i was alright.
i didn't remember even falling asleep when dd woke me up cause the doorbell rang.when h got home i was crying & saying i couldn't stay awake cause it didn't feel good.i went to bed fearing another night like that.
think its the geodon?that either i'm coming off my high(i wish)or the buildup of taking it for 2 weeks resulted in me feeling like death.i know i couldn't take seroquel untill right b/f bed for the same reasons.
i figure if i save a glass of milk for b/f bed to take my geodon with,i'll be ok.
i'll ask pdoc when i see her tomorrow,but i want your opinion....susan
possibly the reason i was up so early was that i fell into a coma..a very very uncomfortable & quite frightening one....at about 7pm & slept deep.
i take my second lithium dose(already have unattractive swelling under my eyes from it.)AND MY GEODON DOSE(only 60 now...she might raise it)at dinnertime.doc said i have to take it w/ food so to take it after dinner.
i do get tired early,but this was almost like feeling sick.& i had to walk & put to bed a puppy,my kids were unwashed & fighting & i lay in my bed & sobbed.i didn't what i had to do & it hurt.i went up the stairs on all 4's & my dd asked if i was alright.
i didn't remember even falling asleep when dd woke me up cause the doorbell rang.when h got home i was crying & saying i couldn't stay awake cause it didn't feel good.i went to bed fearing another night like that.
think its the geodon?that either i'm coming off my high(i wish)or the buildup of taking it for 2 weeks resulted in me feeling like death.i know i couldn't take seroquel untill right b/f bed for the same reasons.
i figure if i save a glass of milk for b/f bed to take my geodon with,i'll be ok.
i'll ask pdoc when i see her tomorrow,but i want your opinion....susan

Hi Susan,
I take Geodon too, and experienced exactly what you are when I first started taking it. I started out on 80mg...which was too much. I now take 60mg, and it seems to be working. I take mine at 8:00pm, and go to bed around 10:00. If I take it past 8pm...I feel sooo groggy the next morning.
HTH,
Renee
i like to eat dinner early but i'll stick needles in my eyes b/f going thru another night like that w/ a house full..so i'll save a glass of milk or dessert untill i take my geodon when the puppy is in bed & the kids are finished getting ready for bed.
thank you.
Hmmm Susan, I've taken Geodon for years, started at 80 mgs/day and am now on 140, but I've never had anything close to what's going on with you happen to me. The only side effects I had at all were back when I was switched from 80 to 120, and that was only a little tiredness and confusion, and only lasted a few days.
Maybe you have a big sensitivity to G, or it could be something else...I'd vote for the something else.
Express!
Beth "Petrouchka"