Due to increased suicidal ideation and violent aggressiveness, my psychiatrist decided to put me on lithium which he thinks will take the edge off.
Last night my dad put me back on 4 mg of risperidone and 50 mg of haldol. I also took 2 mg of xanax to calm me down due to symptoms.
Well, my doctor agreed with my dad to treat this illness with four medications: haldol, risperidone, caplyta, and lithium.
I was really hoping there was another way to treat my illness, so that I’m not on so many drugs. As it is, I can barely walk today because my balance is all out of wack which I suspect will pass, but more than likely caused by the risperidone, which is known for that.
Anyway, I just hope I don’t do anything stupid. Therapy techniques work, but I need first a better foundation of medication. I feel like at 50 mg of haldol, that it’s losing its effectiveness; which happens to every antipsychotic I take.
Yeah, it’s all in a effort to avoid Clozapine. Because we don’t want to use the last ditch effort when my brain is still developing and I’m in my early twenties, so the illness will continue to grow and get worse. But I agree, it’s a lot, and my pdoc hates that I’m on a lot. Part of the reason he doesn’t want to prescribe Clozapine, is that it would more than likely lead to more drugs to counter the side effects.
I’m also on multiple medications, my pdoc hates that I have to be on two different APs but it’s what works best for me and keeps me out of the hospital.
Your taking a huge amout of haldol, plus being on 3 antipsychotics must be draining. Hopefully you’ll find some peace and that all those drugs don’t make you worse off.
While I’m not at the target weight I want to be at this month, I would say I am fairly healthy and, yes, I do exercise three times a week of intense cardio and weightlifting. But I’ve been noticing lately, that while on 3 APs and lithium, that my heart and conditioning has been reversed to that of when I was doing virtually no cardio. That concerns me.
Well, you’re devout LDS. I could chase you down the street with a coffee pot and I bet you say “flip” when you swear. (My humorous way of saying you’d be the last person here I would suggest would be using.)
Correct, I hardly swear. Since my going on my service mission, I don’t know if I cussed even one time lol, but that’s because I just grew up not cursing.
Not to come off as rude, but doesn’t your religion tell something bad about suicidal attempts and individuals? Not to assume anything but usually, religion is where some people find their depression lowering
