Hello,
Does anyone have experience with coming off Haldol. I stopped it like a month ago. But, brain numbing, memory retrieval, better processing hasn’t happened a lot so far.,
How long can I expect to return to baseline?
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No clue. Depends on how much you used, for how long, how sensitive you are to it, how quickly your brain bounces back, how well you take care of yourself, and a whole lot of other factors nobody really knows. Doctors are good at putting people on meds…but everyone is a little clueless about what happens when coming of. Nobody really benefits from researching that.
For how long were you on them?
One year or so. I was taking 10, then it increased to 17.5 mgs at max. It used to completely numb my brain and all types of memories were poor on it.
A year is not so long. Luckily. I think it takes a while before it gets better. But with such short-term use, I expect it to clear up a lot still. I have read somewhere even the first two years, there is still progress, so it is getting better and better still for you, probably.
I was on them on/off for a very long time (more than 10 years). And SSRI’s and benzo’s too. I have been off them for a year, with the exception of PRN/very short-term use. In my case, there is still damage. But I have seen progress over the last year. Even with that ridicuously long-term use.
Keep your hopes up. I think it helps to focus on the things in your control - good sleep, exercise, good food, using your brain (puzzles, learning new things, doing social stuff, etc), not being on the internet a lot. I think it doesn’t help to stress out about the cognitive damage. Which is all easier said than done, I know.
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I spent about 2 months on Haldol. Started with 5 mg in morning and 5 mg in night. Then lowered to just 5 mg at night. Then I stopped. Haldol is very sedating and made me uncomfortable. I got Insomnia for about a month after coming off.
These meds take forever to work and forever to stop working.
I take haldol and have quit it but what u describe is my baseline so i dont think it was caused by the haldol for me or if it was it was caused by 16 years on antipsychotics
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