"i was told by several doctors that i may be bipolar and finally went in to the psychiatrist recently. i was experiencing major mood swings and mixed emotions, paranoia. i couldn&#039;t even go to the grocery store without my heart racing and my chest tightening and thinking horrible gruesome thoughts. i have always been on effexor xr 150 mg a day for my depression and anxiety. the doc added to it 40 mg of geodon at night to start with, and i have never felt so free. i can think clearly and not dwell on every racing thought. the racing and paranoid thoughts are actually gone and i can handle reality again. i could probably stand to up the dosage a bit but this medicine has been a miracle for me. i have felt amazing."