Haldol injection and sedation

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HI there,
I used to be on Haldol injection for a year now. I started at 50 ml injection each 2 weeks.
the doctor was delaying the duration between each injection periodically . Now he asked me to stop taking the injection once for all. It has been 2 weeks now since i last took the injection, so theoretically I am still under its effect.
during all that period, I have been oversleeping ,more than 11 hours a day, feeling sedated all the day and taking many naps during the day. that was not all of it, after long hours of sleep I wake up drowsy and tired.

I don’t know if this is the effect Haldol on me, while my doctor is saying that haldol doesn’t cause sleepiness.

Is there anyone facing same problem as me?

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All antipsychotic cause sedation, even the newest ones, it is just a matter of how much

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It took over a month for the haldol injection to get out of my system.

It’s not gonna last forever

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Why did you stop the Haldol Injection ?

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I have been under treatement for 4 years now .
And my mental health condition has been stable for 2 years. Doctor removed respiridone from my meds list. I am taking haldol as preventive from the coming back of the schozophrenia. but as long as I am suffering from oversleep, the doctor stoped haldol for me.
He is still saying that haldol doesnt cause oversleep.
But i completely dont believe him.

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I experienced sedation when I was on Haldol. It wasn’t really sleepiness, but it sure turned me into a slug. I stayed in bed a lot too. Ask your pdoc if you can take Geodon.

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@crimby what was your dose on haldol?
Do you experienced wakefullness in night?

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They first put me on a 40 mg daily dose of oral haldol. Nobody would stay on that. Then they put me on, I think, 150 mg monthly timed released haldol. They gradually brought the dose down to around 60 mg, monthly. While I was on that does I was drinking huge amounts of coffee, taking a lot of ephedrine, and doing moderate exercise. I could get myself pretty amp’ed up like that. I messed up, and they were going to put me on 40 mg daily again, but then they relented and put me on Zyprexa. After that I was put on Geodon and Seroquel, and I have been happy ever since. Geodon does weaken me dramatically physically, though.

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You mean 50mg not ml. I take 250mg, which is 5 ml

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@Om_Sadasiva yes it is 50mg/ml injectable solution.
But I dont know if it is a moderate or a high dose.
And what its equivalent in pills is

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My psychiatrist switched me to the Abilify injection.

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I’m on haldol and it makes me tired. I’ve skipped my shot before and slept less. It does make u tired

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I’m not sedated by 250mg haldol. I have no side effects

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What meds do you take?

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I take a 100mg Haldol depot. I’m gonna see if pdoc will raise it to 150. I’m not experiencing any sedation from it. I do sleep about 12 hrs a night. The side effects are mild. I don’t even feel overly hungry. A+ would recommend

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Haldol, clozapine, Chlorpromazine.

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I’ve been lucky to have been stable on about 1mg haldol for over 10 years now. It’s the only drug I tried that worked for me. I just picked up my tabs yesterday. I buy them from the psychiatrist because I am living abroad now.

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Congratulations ! 1 mg Haldol is very little.

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Im on haldol and found it less sedating than risperidone. Im on 50mg once a month but i also take quetiapine 200mg at night.

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Yes it is. I feel lucky in that respect. I hope your doing well too.

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