23 years on Haldol and what a nightmare

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When I was first diagnosed with sz and forced into the hospital I was put on Haldol. This is a pretty primitive drug I would learn later. It essentially is a major tranquilizer I would learn later. I was on this stuff for 23 years. I’ve had to reconcile with this due to I feel I should have used some other drug to help me with functioning in our society. I feel I lost a lot of income and time to this mind numbing drug. But all the clinicians and individuals told me that this is the way schizophrenia. is. You won’t be able to do much,they said. I took this to heart as they were the experts. Well, they were wrong I now know. There is a recovery process I’ve learned and finding the right medication is a key part of recovery at least for me. I’ve discovered what my wellness tools and I now take Abilify! This words well for me. i’m now married to a beautiful woman and working for us!

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I still have Haldol as a PRN and it is a straight sledge-hammer to the noggin’. I have to be in a real crisis to touch that crap. The only med I hate more than this one is Zyprexa.

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I hear you bug! Terrible stuff!

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I hated Haldol. It was probably my worst med.

Glad to see you recovered and are doing better!

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I also hate Haldol. Only tolerated it for one night. NEVER again! Same with Zyprexa. @shutterbug

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Moving to Medications.

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Thanks Tony! Doing well!

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Haldol saved me from a nervous breakdown in my first psyche ward. They don’t use that term anymore but that’s what it felt like was happening when I woke up one night in my room. I couldn’t get back to sleep and I thought I was going to totally break down. I went to the front desk and the nurse gave me a cup of haldol and it knocked me out and I fell asleep and felt better in the morning.

Having a crisis was weird, I was going out of my mind and the nurses and techs were just kinda talking with each other, I interrupted them but they were acting totally normal on their end while I was freaking out on my end. It struck me as such a dichotomy at the time. They were looking at me like, “Just be normal dude, nothing is happening.”