Haldol and Drowsiness

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I’ve been on haldol for a few weeks now, up to 15mg a day. (5mg in the morning and 10mg at night)

I’ve noticed it’s made me incredibly drowsy and wanting to sleep all the time.

Any tips or tricks on how to stay awake?

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When you compare 15 antipsychotics, haldol is the worst when it comes to tolerance. [1]

[1] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/news/events/2013/september/Leucht-2013-15-antipsychotics-meta-analyses.pdf

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Haldol is my drug but I only take 1 mg. I do feel drowsy even the times I have taken 2mg. It was really unbearable.

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Why are you on such a high dose of Haldol? I guess that is what your dr. recommended for you. What medicine did you take prior to Haldol? How do you feel otherwise.

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Maybe take it to night only