Geodon and horrible experience

My first side effects included agititated moods and feeling very angry most of the time. The smallest thing could set me offf. That went on for a few weeks now I feel good on the meds. My pupils dialiate for some reason right after I take the pills. I am on 80mgx2 taken at night.

I also had a horrible experience when trying to stop taking the pills. I have been taking them for about 5 weeks now and felt the need to stop taking them. I cut my dose in half. Huge mistake.

Within 5 days I started experiencing major hot flashes inside my body was cold on the outside. Lightheaded, sluggish, nassaua you name it. I gave up after two days and now I am taking the 80mg x 2 again. I will taper much more slowly this time. Anyway would love to hear other stories. The best part is no one is alone out there. Seems everyone has similuar effects.

My husband was given Geodon with Prozac in June 2002 at a Denver hospital. Immediately, he felt horrible--like he was dying--couldn't eat or talk, was anxious, paranoid, and hallucinating. Before the Geodon, he was just depressed. After the Geodon, he felt suicidal and out of his mind. He paced for about eight weeks and had a burning sensation in his brain. His new pyschiatrist gave him lots of drugs to get over the effects of the Geodon. He still felt awful on all these drugs. We found out later he had serotonin toxicity from the Geodon and Prozac. Eventually, he went back to work part-time, but this was too much stress for him as he still felt awful. Then he had ECT. He is still on disability, but is just on Prozac. Geodon was a horrible experience for him and things just escalated. I do not know why it is handed out like candy. We can empathize with anyone who has had a similar reaction to this drug.