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
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