Has anybody tried Haldol? What is it like? Did it cause weight gain?
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I tried and I didn’t liked
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I take 0.5 mg to 1.0 mg for 44 years. Weight might depend on dose. It makes me more peaceful, less angry.
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Only as a PRN. Haven’t had it as my daily driver for decades. It hits me hard. I was rendered immobile by it back when I was on it and I gained because I slept, sat, and ate.
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I take haldol and have for awhile now
I have no side effects from it…the only thing is it can be a little hard to wake up in the morning and get going
But once I have some caffeine I’m fine
I take a large dose of haldol but it really helps me
Also while being on this med and counting calories I’m losing weight
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Gotta love the negative symptoms
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I took haldol, because of noises (not voices) in my head. Haldol damps the noises. We have another choices (the other kinds of meds) if we need Haldol constantly (of course, i am not a psychiatrist)
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I go through most days feeling like I’m dragging a boat anchor behind me. With Haldol, it feels like you’re dragging the damn boat itself.
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On half my risperidone dose I could force myself to do more stuff but now on double the dose it feels impossible so I stick to easy stuff like gaming, dieting and walking, no work or studying.
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That is a hard med to be on. You have my sympathies.
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It was a grey world when I was on Haldol. A large dose of Haldol is totally miserable for me. Small doses are tolerable, but I still don’t like them. I gained about 20 lbs. on Haldol.
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I lost 100 pounds (45 kg) on Haldol in 1 year but had to switch because it made my urinary retention worse
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I’ve never taken Haldol but another 1. Gen antipsychotic named Clopixol Depot. I’ve used this depo for nearly 3 decades without break. That served me well with good effects and few side effect so thanks to you sir Lundbeck.
At the moment I’m in the process of lowering the quell below 600 mg. I’ll start the process in a couple of weeks.
As I’m sure you’ve All heard that Danish psychiatry is miserable. In my country they are really good at drugging you and they only know how to put drugs on you. When you want off there poison there is no help to be found unless you act on your on. So target dose is 500 mg Clopixol depot only every 3 week for the future.
I’m one of the victims of Danish psychiatry that have been abused by Danish psychiatry so the only way to get off their toxics is by acting on my own hands.
I totally agree with you notsostrange that it’s a load easier for me to prevent weight gain while on a 1. Gen meds like Clopixol.
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Haldol is old and extremely powerful. I’m allergic to it and might die should I take it. I tell the hospital when I go that I’m allergic to haldol and depakote. They always ask, what does it do? which pisses me off.
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No, I pay for mine.
It’s a pleasure for me to pay Lundbeck for 5 stk 500 mgs Clopixol 500 mgs ampules…
And it’s a pleasure to pay the 20 US dollars extra for Sandoz high quality 300 mgs qutiapine pills 100 stk.
The public box say I have to much saved up. So I’ve to pay by own pocket.
I take the haldol injection every 4 weeks without it I’d of never of gotten better it almost completely gets rid of voices helps a ton with paranoia among other things like it calms down my manic symptoms I don’t feel as creative as I used too but it’s for me a small drawback compared to what I used to go through with psychosis
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Do you think I be able to be on 0.5 mg of haldol only and nothing else, and not be agitated?
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