Posted by Lisa P on March 8, 2003, at 23:12:05
In reply to Re: starting on Seroquel, posted by xjs7 on March 8, 2003, at 22:00:20
> What sort of muscle problems have you been having on the Geodon? I have taken Geodon for 17 months and at first it made my muscles very tense, and made it difficult for me to walk. I was given Cogentin for these symptoms (EPS) and it resolved the stiffness instantly. I am now quite comfortable on Geodon and don't have any EPS. If you have EPS from the Geodon, you might be able to add Cogentin in. If you have tardive dyskinesia, then switching drugs might be better. I hope this helps.
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Thanks for your advice. I was put on 160mg/day of Geodon within 3 days of starting the drug. I noticed when I went running that the muscles in my back would tense up and I would start leaning to either the right or left. This didn't happen on every run, so I just kept on running. I did a 13.1 mi 1/2 marathon and the leaning happened after the first mile and I continued running leaning to the left side until the end of the race, and I hurt my back and went to physical therapy all summer. In the fall I started running again and the leaning problem disappeared for about 2 months and then came back. The sports doc and shrink decided to have me take Amantadine - a parkinsons drug that is also used like cogentin - it helped for awhile and then stopped working. Then one of my shoulders was lower than the other as a result. I went to several neurologists and they all thought my problem was the Geodon - now that I'm on 60mg the leaning has gotten a lot better and I'm going back to physical therapy and I've started running - only 1/2 mi per day, but better than nothing. It's not tardive dyskenesia though. I was told that I would never have had these problems had I not been a runner. It really sucks that I have to switch drugs since otherwise the Geodon worked really well. Now I might have to deal with weight gain problems again - but I'm still on the Amantadine and that does something to counteract weight gain too so hopefully it helps. I just hope that I can tolerate the Serequel ok because I don't really have any other options left as far as drugs to take.
Lisa
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