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Magnate
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Location: California
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Thanks for asking. 2018 was my last inpatient stay. I had more between 2015 and 2018. In 2017 I wrongly concluded that Geodon caused dyskinesia that quickly resolved and went off of it. Many things were tried. During my past readmission in 2018 that you asked about, I was put on Clozapine as the last resort medication. I was discharged. Clozapine caused deep depression to the point of my being immobilized even at the lowest dose. That is why I begudgingly started using Zyprexa as monotherapy maintenance, begrusgibgly because it caused weight gain.
Several years later, to curb weight gain, I switched to Latuda. However, Latuda erased my libido and flattened me. After more than a year on it, I switched back to Geodon but added Seroquel for sleep. I had to use Seroquel with Latuda as well. Geodon works now and miraculously, at only 40 mg, much less than I had taken before. But sometimes medications stop working after several years. It happened to me, too, with Trazodone for sleep. After 2.5 years, it stopped working. Raising the dose did not help. So I am very sorry that Geodon stopped working for you. __________________ Bipolar I w/psychotic features Last inpatient stay in 2018 Geodon 40 mg Seroquel 75 mg Lybalvi 5 mg as a PRN Gabapentin 1200 mg, Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects) Long term side effects from medications some of them discontinued: - hypothyroidism - obesity Suspected narcolepsy Treated with Ritalin 5mg |
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