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Posted by 4mygrls on September 10, 2004, at 20:10:07
When do you take it and how much. my pdoc upped me to 120mg and told me to take it in the morning. I'm finding that i am exhausted during the days with a few bouts of energy. I finally wake up at around 6:00pm. I also can't sleep at night. I started 2mg of klonopin for the sleep. when i looked at remedy find i noticed that most people split their dose up 2x a day. Like 60mg 2x a day. should i do this? I hate trying to get ahold of my pdoc. I always talk to the social worker and the pdoc alwasy says to just set up an appt to discuss it. i wish i could just talk to him for 5 min on the phone. it sucks. anyhow, any advice here would be wonderful. thanks.
Kathi
Posted by Phamos818 on September 11, 2004, at 2:50:42
In reply to ? for those who take Geodon?, posted by 4mygrls on September 10, 2004, at 20:10:07
i take 60 mgs, 20 in the morning, 40 at night. it does have a really sedating effect, so you should take more at night than in the morning. also, it has a really short (7 hr?) half-life, which is why you're feeling it out of your system at 6. splitting up the dose would alleviate the sedation, as well as making its positive effects consistent through the day. if i was your doc, i'd say 40 in the morning, 80 at night.
Posted by Hattree on September 13, 2004, at 22:40:39
In reply to Re: ? for those who take Geodon?, posted by Phamos818 on September 11, 2004, at 2:50:42
hi. what are you taking it for, and does it work?
> i take 60 mgs, 20 in the morning, 40 at night. it does have a really sedating effect, so you should take more at night than in the morning. also, it has a really short (7 hr?) half-life, which is why you're feeling it out of your system at 6. splitting up the dose would alleviate the sedation, as well as making its positive effects consistent through the day. if i was your doc, i'd say 40 in the morning, 80 at night.
Posted by 4mygrls on September 14, 2004, at 11:51:59
In reply to Re: ? for those who take Geodon? » Phamos818, posted by Hattree on September 13, 2004, at 22:40:39
> hi. what are you taking it for, and does it work?
>
> > i take 60 mgs, 20 in the morning, 40 at night. it does have a really sedating effect, so you should take more at night than in the morning. also, it has a really short (7 hr?) half-life, which is why you're feeling it out of your system at 6. splitting up the dose would alleviate the sedation, as well as making its positive effects consistent through the day. if i was your doc, i'd say 40 in the morning, 80 at night.
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>i take it as a mood stabilizer and i do think for mild schitzo. i never thought of what happens to me being due to schitzo but i think it is as i really sit back and think about it. my mind is much clearer now and things of my past are clicking. I love the stuff. i would fight tooth and nail with the pdoc if he wanted to take it away. even with having some sleep problems i still love it. and i deffinatly need my sleep.
ps: i hope that question was for me? :)
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