One person may have a low sensitivity to withdrawal symptoms, while another person may feel as if each day of withdrawal is pure hell.Below is a list of withdrawal symptoms that people experience upon discontinuation of Geodon. I was 36 years old and had never experienced mania before in my life. So here I am in the midst of a huge meltdown. All matters regarding your health require medical supervision. I’m trying to reason with an unreasonable opponent. Some people find that their symptoms last from a few days to a couple of weeks. I was on 320mg of Geodon for 10 years. Well I’m trying again. This should be illegal! I teach, and every summer I try to get off ziprasidone, but I can’t. I’m working on healing from my trauma with a psychologist. It is recommended that Geodon (ziprasidone) be tapered under a medical provider's supervision.

It is also used to help control acute mania and treat mixed states among individuals with bipolar disorder. To reduce the severity of withdrawal, your tapering period should be based on the amount of time you have been on the drug as well as your current dosage. I recommend keeping documentation of symptoms upon withdrawal and reevaluating them every 3 months (i.e. Keep your fingers crossed for me!Maybe you are going too fast. It helped and harmed me at the same time. Go at a rate that you feel is slow enough to reduce symptoms.There are also individual factors that will play a role towards influencing your withdrawal. The insomnia, panic attacks, anxiety, chills, shaking, restlessness, and all the other symptoms of withdrawal hit me unexpectedly.It was not until doing research that I found out that I was going through withdrawal. I told my doctor that I didn’t want to make anymore changes to my Geodon for a while. By giving yourself 3 months to reevaluate, you are giving your brain and body time to slowly readjust back to homeostatic functioning.Many people require longer than 3 months to experience full recovery from withdrawal. If I can keep one person from stopping Geodon cold turkey, it will be worth sharing my story.It feels so good now to be off this medication. Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!We are asking our website visitors to consent to the use of cookies by HealthTap to continue to our website.

It should be noted that it can inhibit the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, but not dopamine. I can’t concentrate or remember anything it seems. Then another 40mg/day two weeks later. However, in some cases, people end up taking up to 100 mg twice per day.There is no clinical evidence in support of dosages that exceed 80 mg twice per day. My husband and son were very worried about me because I had been tuning everything and everyone out for two weeks. We use cookies to enhance your site experience and for analytics purposes.Hello. You could start taking a small dose, say 40mg, for a month or two then drop to 20 mg etc. I decided to get off and my Psychiatrist wanted me to decrease by 20mg every four days.I now know this to be entirely too fast after having severe withdrawal symptoms. Hang in there-this can be done!I sincerely hope you succeed this time. When stopping this drug, time is your friend. He just diagnosed me with bipolar disorder.

My anxiety and depression have been worse than they’ve ever been.I go from crying to getting so mad and yelling at people for no reason. !So sorry to hear how terribly this has affected you. It is recommended that Geodon (ziprasidone) be tapered under a medical provider's supervision.They do not cause Dopamine blockade long after they are out of your system.Geodon or ziprasidone tends to have sedating effects during the beginning of treatment, making someone drowsy. I’ve been on 80 mg twice a day for at least 10 years and last night was the first time I didn’t take it. 40 mg all at once may be why you are having symptoms. I live for the next dose, hoping it with my Ativan will help some. What Factors Influence How Long Prescription Drugs Stay in Your System? It seems you’ve tapered too quickly for your system to adjust. I’ve been taking it for five plus years and OMG this is the second day! WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?! Even my antidepressant is not helping me in this situation. I can’t control the person that is not on geodon! No one is safe now. I can’t stop yelling at anyone and everyone.

Some people will experience more severe symptoms and more overall symptoms than others when they quit the drug.Most people report that their symptoms resulting from Geodon withdrawal last up to several months.