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Posted by MichaelJr on January 2, 2005, at 3:25:48
I've been doing well and wanted to drop from 60mg to 40mg. I tried this one day, but ended up craving the drug very badly. Lowering the dose did not seem to make me depressed, I just felt like some kind of addict with the way I felt after lowering the dose. is this experience normal when lowering the dose on this drug? how long does it last?
Posted by JACJ on January 2, 2005, at 9:15:24
In reply to geodon - how long does withdrawal last?, posted by MichaelJr on January 2, 2005, at 3:25:48
I came off Geodon in April of 2004 and still am having some intense w/d. I also came off a benzo. Remember you are coming off a major tranx and w/d can be hard. My symptoms wax and wane and hopefully will be gone in the future. Take your taper slow. Good Luck.
Why are you coming off?
Posted by redscarlet on January 2, 2005, at 9:50:43
In reply to geodon - how long does withdrawal last?, posted by MichaelJr on January 2, 2005, at 3:25:48
I just took myself off 60mgs of Geodon last night.
I didn't get much sleep.
But I'm just tired of the akathisia.
I was standing in line at the grocery store on New Year's Eve and I just could not stand still, so I've had enough.
I've been on the Geodon for 9 months so I've given it a good amount of time. I've even been on less and more it makes no difference.
I hope I can stay off this stuff. I will have to tell my pdoc about this on the 13th when I see him next, don't know what he's going to think, but he's out of town until next week anyway and I just don't want to keep going through this.
And yes I have tried other APs.
Seroquel makes me way to tired, Abilify gave me akathisia also and I don't want the other ones, I don't want to gain any weight, I have an ED and this is just not an option.
This will be the second time for me stopping the Geodon.
I came off geodon the first time in 2001 and had no problems at all.
Just stopped all at once just like I'm doing this time but I was under doctor's instructions then to stop (akathisia was the problem then too).
However I was taking Ambien for sleep at that time which I'm not on now.
Well I just have to see how the next few days go but I'm expecting no real problems.
HTH
Posted by MichaelJr on January 2, 2005, at 17:03:45
In reply to Re: geodon - how long does withdrawal last?, posted by JACJ on January 2, 2005, at 9:15:24
wow it takes that long?
I just don't like being medicated. I've been doing pretty well with the medication, but I also did some good trauma work in my therapy and feel that I'm much healthier overall, so I'd like to see if I can at least lower the dose. I'm 23 also, and a big reason is that I'd like my sex drive to be back to normal. I'm a little worried that the medication is the main reason that I've been doing a lot better, but I at least want to give it a shot.
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