i have been looking at every single antipsychotic med doing research and seeing what i can afford and im thinking about trying a typical ap since i need a new med and i have been on almost every atypical ap
about a year ago i made a post asking about what taking haldol is like when i first quit zyprexa and was off meds so i am thinking haldol since it is once of the most effective meds
but im gonna ask about perphenazine also it is medium potency instead of high potency but i really dont want to have to take a med more than once a day and it is shown that haldol is more effective
i already have some cogentin at my house just in case i get an EPS that my pdoc prescribed before when i was on geodon but i never took it
i really dont want to go back on olanzapine now that i think about it the weight gain and high cholesterol and sleep paralysis every night and how it makes me eat all day long
i dont want it i didnt lose 55 pounds for nothing.
i am hoping haldol or maybe perphenazine will be effective and not cause too bad of side effects
What does your doctor say? I am not sure if you are giving enough time for each medication to actually see results. Maybe you also need a combination of medication.
i see my doctor on september 7th, i dont have insurance right now that is why it will be a while until i go to the doctor but they said it should be approved by next month,
i ran out of abilify two days ago i was on it for like 2 months at 10 mg it didnt even work it made the voices get louder when i switched to it from geodon, geodon was horrible, seroquel didnt work and zyprexa worked but i gained too much weight
i am mainly considering the typical aps in case there is no insurance again in the future i will still be able to pay for them
I tried the haldol pills and they would work for me a while then they wouldn’t. Doctor said it’s cause i have a high tolerance and med resistant. So he put me on the injection which is working well have been on it almost two months.
I am sorry for that
Hope it will be solved. If Zyprexa worked for you, can’t you compromise of eating less and exercising. Imagine having peace of mind…
In my humble experience, Haldol and Perphenazine are both ineffective and have terrible side effects as compared to atypicals. Especially atypicals in combination.
Haldol worked great for me. The only side effect I noticed was EPS. It made my eyes roll upward and my neck contort uncontrollably. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take a high enough dose to keep the positive symptoms quiet, even with cogentin to counter the EPS. I’m on abilify now and it’s going well.
