Has my Haldol stopped working?

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I have been on Haldol for about 6 years. It has worked great between the dosage of .25-.5mg.
I usually would take around .5 mg for the last 6 years, a little less. I’ve been living a normal life.
But I recently started feeling very scared and terrible. I had to go up to 1mg. This is the most I’ve taken! What is going on?

Thanks.

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I can’t say what’s going on for you, but I find that every few months or so I have break-through psychotic symptoms that needs a slight medication increase.
That being said, I’ve been on a lot of medications, so perhaps that’s just me.
I’m on Clozaril now, I only required a 50mg increase to 350mg and I’ve been good.

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Is it possible that your body gets used to meds and they stop working as well over time?
I asked a Dr. about these and she said no, Haldol wouldn’t function like that because it is
not like some addictive drug or alcohol.

I hate having to go over .5 mg. I start to feel weighed down and more tired/ heavy… etc.
At .5 or less I have almost no side effects. However I can’t be going out of my mind. Yesterday
I felt so bad that I popped another .5mg on top of the 1mg I had already taken just so I wouldn’t
want to run out of my body!

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I take 2 mg just for anxiety. That’s not very high dose so don’t worry.

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When my doctor had me take Haldol with Latuda, she started me at 5mg :expressionless: it made me so tired, I laid in bed all day.
I’m a lot better on Clozaril.

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I think the only reason Haldol works so well for me is that I take such a low dose. If I had to go higher
than 2mg I’m sure I would start feeling some of the nasty side effects.

I already can feel my brain atrophying at this higher dose.

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Thank you for your comment Sheryl. I can’t believe 2mg just for anxiety… Haldol is a powerful
medication not just for anxiety…

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The same thing has happened to me when I was on 20mg of haldol and I had to increase mine to 30mg. However it made me restless and I’m now on a different drug.

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Wow, THat is a big dose. I can’t imagine the side effects of such a dose.

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The restless is hard to deal with, I’m 5mg and it’s still very noticeable. I’m hoping to switch to Latuda and start taking Sarcosine and NAC. Hope that helps.

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