kateholland78
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I didn't have that experience with Geodon, but I did have Akathisia when I was in the hospital and the nurses and orderlies all thought I was "med seeking" when I told them how much anxiety I was having and they wouldn't give me anything for it. It never really did go away the whole time I was in the hospital and no one noticed it and called it Akathisia. It wasn't until after I got home and saw my regular doctor that she told me what it was. It was the most horrible thing I've ever been through. It got to the point with me of an almost parkinsonian affect where I couldn't straighten my arms and would have uncontrollable jerking in my legs when I laid down. I was on Abilify but I've heard Geodon can do that, too. If it is Akathisia, it won't go away on it's own, they will have to prescribe something to combat the side effects, somthing like Cogenten (sp?). I only took Geodon for about two days because I started to feel the same thing happening and it scared me so bad that I just stopped taking it. Good luck with this, I hope they find something to relieve your discomfort. Pacing helped me a lot, I couldn't sit still for any period of time, which made it very difficult to sleep, something I did very little of which only made my mania worse. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just recounting what happened to me. Be very careful with the antipsychotics if you notice an Akathisia response. Have you tried Risperdal or Zyprexa? I have taken both of those with no noticeable side effects. Just an idea... In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.
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