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Acute Bipolar Mania
About GEODON® (ziprasidone HCI)
GEODON is a medicine for the treatment of some mental illnesses. It is used for acute manic acute bipolar mania or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder.
Doctors believe GEODON helps balance certain natural chemicals in your brain. This, in turn, helps treat your symptoms of acute mania acute bipolar mania or a mixed episode. And that can help you feel better.
What are the signs of acute bipolar mania or a mixed episode?
During acute mania acute bipolar mania you may:
- Feel overly happy
- Feel hyper
- Feel grouchy
- Feel restless
- Have difficulty concentrating
You may also think and talk fast or treat people in a rude manner. You may go days with little or no sleep.
Acute mania acute bipolar mania can also make you feel as if you are on top of the world. This may lead to very reckless behavior, like:
- Problems at work
- Spending sprees
- Risky sex
- Abuse of alcohol or drugs
In a mixed state, you may feel very sad or hopeless but also be full of energy and restless.
Sometimes if an acute manic acute bipolar mania or mixed state is severe, you may have thoughts that are unusual. You might even hear voices or see things that other people do not see or hear.
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