Restlessness on Haldol

Medications
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I was doing great for 6 years on 0.5mg of Haldol per day. I recently started feeling bad and
disorganized so I moved up to 2mg per day. I started to get bad side effects at 2mg including
not being able to sit still. I went to see a Psych here in Thailand (where I’ve been living for a few years)
and she gave me Valium and 2 other medicines (propandol and trihexyphenidyl) to take away the
side effects. She said stop taking Haldol for a week and then come see me.

Maybe she wants to try another medicine but I’m scared to try another medicine. Haldol worked
so well and now it doesn’t.

Thanks

2

I know what you mean, I get really tight muscles on it as a side effect and I am restless I have a hard time sleeping but it works really well on the sz so I don’t know what to do because the side effects suck.

3

You should probably ask your doctor if there is anyway of reducing side effects.

4

For side effects cogentin works on haldol

5

Valium is helping me now, She just gave me some today. Can finally relax!

6

I’m on haldol and whenever I increased my dose I would get restless for a couple weeks, but then I got used to it and the restlessness went away.

7

What dose are you on? I can barely stand just 2.5mg per day.

8

I got bad akathisia when I took 5-10mg of Haldol a day and had to stop it…now, if I have to have it (as in involuntary medication thru a needle) I have to take propanolol and Benadryl with it, those really help.

9

I’m on 16mg oral/day and also have the 100mg/ml shot.

10

When I first ended up in the hospital about ten years ago they gave me haldol. I took it for about a month. I got terrible akathesia from it.

11

This valium the doc gave me sure is helping me to ■■■■■■■ relax. It’s about time!

12

I also had the same side effects at 30mg of haldol and had to switch off to a different med.