Posted by Tomatheus on August 14, 2008, at 2:22:11
In reply to Geodon + Risperdal Users - PLEASE HELP, posted by Michael Bell on August 13, 2008, at 11:39:00
Michael,
I took both Risperdal and Geodon, but stopped both meds rather early (Risperdal after about a week and Geodon after one day) because I found them to be intolerable. Basically, the Risperdal worsened my depressive symptoms, and the Geodon actually worsened my psychotic symptoms. I'll try to respond to your post as well as I can based on my limited experience with the two antipsychotics.
> Please if you would be so kind, can you give your input on how effective each of those drugs is for the following symptoms:
>
> - bouts of angerNeither medication seemed to affect anger in any significant way.
> - feelings of pent up frustration
Neither medication seemed to affect feelings of frustration in any significant way.
> - feeling like you are being looked at, evaluated, etc. by the people around you
Risperdal seemed to reduce these feelings to a small extent, and Geodon seemed to exacerbate them.
> Also, how long did it take for the medication to become effective, and at what dosage?
I noticed Risperdal's antipsychotic benefits after one or two days (I can't remember it that well), and I took doses of .5 mg and 1 mg. I noticed a strong increase in psychotic symptoms (especially visual perceptual disturbances) on my first day of Geodon. I forget what dose of Geodon that I took, but I refused to take it for longer than a day because it made some of my psychotic symptoms that much worse.
Tomatheus
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