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Posted by Jack9999 on February 28, 2004, at 9:59:47
My wife was recently hospitalized for Mania - she was obviously manic and needed help. They started her on a fairly high dose of Geodon. After about 2 weeks, she started hearing voices and became very psychotic. The psychosis (feeling of being possesed, talking to herself, some parinoia) has persisted for the last 7 months. We will be starting to try and wean her off but I am not sure what to expect (will it get worse, will it get better??)
My question is - can these drugs cause psychosis?? She was never hearing voices or talking to herself until she started the antipsychotics. Help....
Posted by SLS on February 28, 2004, at 10:17:46
In reply to Can Geodon cause psychosis????, posted by Jack9999 on February 28, 2004, at 9:59:47
I think you can look forward to having your wife stabilized once you make the change in medication. Some people have described having a manic reaction to various antipsychotics, including Geodon (ziprasidone). I don't know why she was left on it for so long. Any one drug can affect two people very differently. Your wife could do very well on Zyprexa or Risperdal. Maybe Depakote is the way to go.
- Scott
Posted by jlo820 on February 29, 2004, at 2:59:20
In reply to Re: Can Geodon cause psychosis????, posted by SLS on February 28, 2004, at 10:17:46
It did for me. Geodon caused me to experience hallucinations. Very scary.
Posted by Jack9999 on February 29, 2004, at 7:23:33
In reply to Re: Can Geodon cause psychosis????, posted by jlo820 on February 29, 2004, at 2:59:20
> It did for me. Geodon caused me to experience hallucinations. Very scary.
Did the symptoms go away after you stopped, or, did you try a new drug?
Thany you for the replies.
Posted by Bristol on March 1, 2004, at 0:35:14
In reply to Can Geodon cause psychosis????, posted by Jack9999 on February 28, 2004, at 9:59:47
First: I'm so sorry to hear about your wife and her mania - Do you know why they started her on Geodone as her first treatment?
I think her history might be important here. I have been on a series of drugs for BP2, Post Traumatic Stress and Geodone was one of them that I didn't do very well on. I had a lot of hallucinations ie. I would wake up in the middle of the night and hear footsteps or running water plus I would have a lot of flashbacks but that was because I escaped a war as a child. What was her childhood like? Are there any triggers that you can think of that might have started this manic episode? Any major stressors? Sometimes that helps to understand and she can go through talk therapy.
My wife was recently hospitalized for Mania - she was obviously manic and needed help. They started her on a fairly high dose of Geodon. After about 2 weeks, she started hearing voices and became very psychotic. The psychosis (feeling of being possesed, talking to herself, some parinoia) has persisted for the last 7 months. We will be starting to try and wean her off but I am not sure what to expect (will it get worse, will it get better??)
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> My question is - can these drugs cause psychosis?? She was never hearing voices or talking to herself until she started the antipsychotics. Help....
Posted by jack9999 on March 11, 2004, at 18:35:30
In reply to Re: Can Geodon cause psychosis????, posted by Bristol on March 1, 2004, at 0:35:14
Thank you for the reply.
She did have some major stressors that triggered the mania and she did not have an easy childhood. Although the mania is under control right now (Lithium did a wonderful job controling that) and she is able to work, the delusions (feeling of possesion) are not going away. Also, she has "invouluntary conversations." She will speak out conversations as if there are three or four people talking through her.... She says that she has no control over it and that she does not want to speak them out - they just happen (one of the reasons she thinks she's possessed.
The "speaking" did not start until after she was put on antipsychotics. We are going to beging a slow withdraw next week - I am hopefull things will get better but scared to death that they will get worse.
I hope and pray that you and your wife will find peace in life.
Thank you.> First: I'm so sorry to hear about your wife and her mania - Do you know why they started her on Geodone as her first treatment?
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> I think her history might be important here. I have been on a series of drugs for BP2, Post Traumatic Stress and Geodone was one of them that I didn't do very well on. I had a lot of hallucinations ie. I would wake up in the middle of the night and hear footsteps or running water plus I would have a lot of flashbacks but that was because I escaped a war as a child. What was her childhood like? Are there any triggers that you can think of that might have started this manic episode? Any major stressors? Sometimes that helps to understand and she can go through talk therapy.
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> My wife was recently hospitalized for Mania - she was obviously manic and needed help. They started her on a fairly high dose of Geodon. After about 2 weeks, she started hearing voices and became very psychotic. The psychosis (feeling of being possesed, talking to herself, some parinoia) has persisted for the last 7 months. We will be starting to try and wean her off but I am not sure what to expect (will it get worse, will it get better??)
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> > My question is - can these drugs cause psychosis?? She was never hearing voices or talking to herself until she started the antipsychotics. Help....
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