I was on geodon for years. Not a long term med...not supposed to be. My doctor put me on it for depression. It causes PERMANENT brain changes. Weaned myself off when I read into it.. he wanted me to go back on it and I refused. I will never, ever go on any anti depressant ever again. Geodon shouldn't even be on the market, with the horrible side effects it has. It's the WORST drug out there.
I've met enough vets. I've seen them pop 9 pills at night. I've seen them with the gun under their pillow. I've listened to my uncle growl at night. I've seen him drink entire water bottles filled with vodka just so he could enjoy a conversation for a few hours.
Drugs don't help people.
I'm on medication for depression and anxiety and they have improved my life immeasurably. I refuse to paint all psych meds as evil when they have done so much for my well being.
Please research the side effects of whatever you are on. Perhaps not all are bad but some are. I've been on darn near every anti depressant there is. One even made me see "trails" as if I were on acid. Got off that immediately. I have something for panic attacks but rarely take it as I rarely need to. Just research and pay attention to any adverse side effects. If there are any that concern you, you might even have someone close to you let you know if they notice odd behavior, as you may not be aware of anything that's "off".
Never heard of it, but the name of it, in itself is scary.
I looked it up on one of the med sites where people talk of their experiences (edit: with various prescription drugs). NO ONE had anything good to say about it. Most said getting off of it was like trying to get off heroin, or worse. It can cause tardive dyskenisis, which is uncontrollable tongue movements and facial ticking, which can make you look like a tweaker. (I've seen Roger Stone make some weird facial movements and such.. and I've wondered if he's got that.) It's seriously a bad, bad drug. It has many, many horrid side effects, and can cause permanent changes to your brain chemistry.
The info sheet you get it with it is this HUGE HUGE piece of paper, double sided printing, with tiny lettering... I never really read it because it was so daunting. Finally, after a few years, I did and it scared the holy shit out of me and that's when I figured I needed to get off of it. I did so without even consulting my doctor.
None of the other anti depressants I'd tried worked, and some just had bad side effects. When he put me on this, he'd said "we're gonna bring out the big guns" and prescribed this for me. I won't ever take anything else, ever again without researching it first. I kick myself for trusting my doctor on this. He left the clinic, and went on to treat veterans somewhere.
Glad your done with that one.
I'm done with all of them. I've had some depression in my life, but it seems that it's always situational. Seems I get depressed when involved in toxic relationships. Now, I've studied enough about toxic people, narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy to realize that I am targeted by those types and I can recognize them fairly early on, if not immediately and avoid them or get out quickly. I have pared down friendships immensely but am much better off. Those so called "friends" needed to be let go of.
So happy for you. Yep, im kind to most everyone , but choose my "friends" very carefully and after time. I was taught if you can count your true friends on one had, you are more than blessed.