Increased anxiety and obsessive thoughts on geodon

[laffter58]

I have been on a combination of Wellbutrin (300 mg XL 1x/day), Cymbalta (30 mg 1x/day) and Geodon (20mg 1x/day). I also take 1500 mg Tyrosine 2x/day that has worked wonders. I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety lately that stays with me all day, and a little depression and irritability. I have been taking .5 mg Ativan as needed and I seem to need it almost every day. I also increased the Geodon to 40 mg a day for the depression and am experiencing worse anxiety and obsessive thoughts, which I haven't had since the last time I was on 40 mg of Geodon. I can't find anything on the web that connects obsessiveness with Geodon. All of this is under my psychiatrist's guidance and he does not know why I'm experiencing this. Can you help?

Linda

[laffter58]

I'm being treated for treatment resistant depression and occasional anxiety. I have been on Wellbutrin off and on for 10 years, on Cymbalta for 4-5 years and Geodon for 4 years. I have been on Geodon 40 mg at times, but recently for the last year or so, on 20 mg. Recently, my psychiatrist bumped me up to 40 mg again. It seems like the last time I was on 40 mg, I also had anxiety and obsessive thoughts. I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience with Geodon, since that is the only thing that has changed recently.

[Paxiled]

What are you being treated for?  Wellbutrin is for depression, not anxiety, it is stimulating; cymbalta can be stimulating because it not only targets serotonin but also norepinephrine; and geodon is for bipolar.  You're on a fourth drug, ativan, which is strictly for anxiety, and you're taking tyrosine, which is also for depression, not anxiety; the amino acid for anxiety would be taurine.  So again, what are you treating primarily?