My husband has been taking Geodon for about 3 years now. He's a paranoid schiztophrenic (gee, that was a surprise to me finding out a few years into our marriage when his old meds just stopped working) and the Geodon really controls things. He hasn't lost any weight (unfortunate, actually, he needs to lose a good 60 pounds) and he sleeps just fine. He also tried a few other meds, risperadol amongst them, but this is the one that seems to work. Thank goodness we have excellent health insurance through my work, I can't imagine how some of you are managing without it. :(