Be carefull with your use of the Klonopin. It can be very addictive. Just take it when you absolutely have to. Sorry, but I don't know much as far as your actuall questions.

i was taking valium, not prescribed 10 mg as needed and the first time i took it i was high as a kite for about and hour.after that i was fine from there on out. it just does not last very long at all. i was afraid the klonopin would make me sleepy or loopy? i took half of a .5 and it make me a little of both. damn! hoping that will go away. she did say i could take 2 pills a day, but will most likely find out that it has a long run time and may not need that much?

A lot of people have success with Geodon. (I just wasn't one of them! LOL!) My pdoc always prescribes benzos like Klonopin to be taken at certain times per day, so you may want to try that, like twice a day or whatever, like jstreet says they can be addictive.

BP1's have manic epsiodes, periods of 2 weeks or longer of specific sort of hyper behaviors, BP2's don't get beyond hypomania, a less severe form of mania. Both experience very crushing depressions.

Oh, mania can also be very irritated behaviors, and BP1's can also experience Mixed episodes, being manic and depressed pretty much at the same time.

I take Geodon and Klonopin (and a few other things). I have to take the Klonopin every day even though I know its addictive. My prescription is actually *not* "as needed." The Geodon seems to work great.

i have not had any depression.she was more concerned with the rage issue. she was also very concerned that my first manic type behavior was so intense. she thought that was sever for my first ever and wanted to get me on meds right away so it did not happen again. she diagnosed moderate/sever mania. i have always know there was "something" going on with me but have denied denied denied! now that its open and hopefully being treated i really feel much better. that first mania episode lasted about 2 weeks and i did not know what was going on, scarred me to death. it was awful!

I took Geodon for a while and I had horribel side effects with it. I couldn't handle them between the raceing pulse, not being able to concentrate, and always feeling high I hated it. I take klonopin now and it works wonders for the night terrors and insomnia. If you need to talk I am here for you.

I tried Geodon a few years ago and have been left with a heart murmur from it.Be careful.Took klonopin also it is great but too much and you are a zombie there are periods of my life I do not even remember from that stuff.Worked its purpose though.(severe anxiety)

I took 80mg of Geodon a couple of years ago and could not handle it. It gave me SEVERE stomach cramps. I mean so severe I had to stop. I wouldn't swallow another one. I am on Klonopin now for anxiety. I take it three times a day, not on an as needed basis. Good luck to you. Maybe you'll do well on them.

i took my 1/2 of klonopin and geodon with dinner and i do feel like i am all jacked up on caffeine. i was scarred to drive but had to go out for a bit. i feel high. i hope this will go away soon.

I have a sitr you may eant to check ouy it tells the differese between the two and learning tje systoms and causes co to http://helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_symptoms_treatments.htm seee if this helps you

I'm on Geodon right now, have been on it for almost 3 years and it has worked wonders for me, i am on 80mg twice a day. but i think i am on it more for the anti-psychotic part of it, because i have also been on other mood stabilizers at the same time, but i don't hallucinate nearly as often as i used to, at least not to a point that i am delusional. but as for the mood stabilizer part of it, that hasn't worked for me. i was also on Klonopin for a little while when i was a teenager, but i had to stop taking it because it made me so tired that i would pass out in the middle of class. i have bipolar 2 and i experience really low low's most of the time but will occasionally get a hypomanic episode thrown in there, and i have had problems with mixed episodes also.

I've been on Geodon 120 mg as an anti-psychotic for 5 years now. I also take Lamictal 400 mg as a mood stabilizer and Cymbalta. I had some minor side affects in the beginning but they passed. They've really worked wonders for me.

i hated geodon - i was shaky all the time... if you want i posted an informative link to some youtube videos about bipolar that explains it really well - you can find it in "recommendations"

Seems like a lot of scary information but please realize that you have to find out what works for you. Everyone's system is so different! We all mainifest our bipolar in a different way. It only stands to reason that each of us has our own "effective med mix". If this one doesn't work out for you there are plenty more. There wouldn't be so many if we weren't all so unique!