Halopreidol

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Hello, I’m in haldol since 4 years and I feel like so stupid. Can ECT give my intelligence back?

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Unlikely. Do you still have symptoms?

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Yes I still feel stupid,

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That’s just a side effect of the med. I have it too.

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Can electro therapy help?

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I don’t see how. It can also cause memory problems and just make the whole dumb feeling worse.

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Can you read? I can’t get through a book.

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I was on Haldol for a long time, and I felt that way too. You might ask your pdoc to put you on Geodon and Seroquel. When I was on Haldol my creative writing was atrocious. Now that I am on Geodon and Seroquel I can write again. For some people Geodon and Seroquel is a perfect fit. I feel so much better on those drugs than I do on Haldol.

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Thanks I will tell my doctor tommorow about that

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Actually I can’t get through a book anymore after graduation but podcasts

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What podcasts you listen to?

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Geography podcast

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Ok thanks I won’t go through this

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I am on haldol but I have no side effects

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I came off that drug as it sedated me in a very weird way. Not that I was tired, I was just vacant, I lost my ability to think at work, and my problem solving skills were diminished.

I switched meds and it went away. I don’t know anything about ECT

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I’m taking 4 mg of Haldol. Don’t notice any side effects.

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What drug are you using now?

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If u have treatment resistance sz or depression… its good idea to try ect…

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Maybe typical antipsychotics cause that more than atypicals. I don’t know

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Have you ever been on another medication?

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