Posted by CareBear04 on September 13, 2007, at 11:13:14
In reply to Help! Geodon Increased My Anxiety, posted by Falstaff on September 13, 2007, at 6:43:04
Hi Falstaff,
I had some problems when I started Geodon. Luckily, I was in the hospital, so we could switch the doses pretty quickly. I had akathisia, too, but the funny thing is that the dr mentioned that akathisia was more common at lower doses. Unfortunately, I had problems at higher doses, too. I had akathisia at one end and really bad orthostatic hypotension at the other. Are you possibly taking an antidepressant at the same time? Once, after I came off a combo of Zoloft and Abilify and seemed much more calm, my dr speculated that the combo might have put me into "serotonergic overdrive." For me, Haldol and a benzo helped calm my agitation. Hope you feel better!
CB
poster:CareBear04
thread:782601
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070911/msgs/782666.html