my aunt who has schizophrenia is in her 60s and I worry about her taking meds. she stopped taking them when she was in her 50s because she saw a commercial that told her its dangerous for elder patients to take anti psychotics. she also thinks nothing is wrong with her.
Whatās wrong with me? I mean besides being 67 years old?
Jayster
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i mean no offense @Jayster, i just worry about my aunt. She is highly psychotic and mean to other people except my dad and brother.
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Iām 55 and no doctor has ever told me that APās will kill me.
Doctors canāt be trusted.
My uncle and my father neither diagnosed both were put haldol at times during their fight with cancer. I think to fight anxiety, think they were in there 80ās think it was just for short periods of time.
Its not a black & white thing. Some doctors are very good at what they do and work to the best of their ability and you can trust them a great deal. Some doctors are bad or burned out from what they do for a living and they donāt do their job as well as they should. But can you appreciate the position theyāre in?
They set themselves up as the voice of reason or as the sane one, while they have a lot of the same frailties other people have. Even though they have the power in the patient-doctor relationship they are under the microscope. They have bad home lives sometimes or many character defects or they may be a in a bad marriage or have a daughter or son whoās a heroin addict, but day after day they are expected to be perfect and go to work while scrutinized.but they still are able to do their job for years while dealing with the most complicated organ in the body. I havenāt liked all my doctors but I appreciate their position.
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With the dementia Iāve studied online, the brain cells are shriveling and dying, perhaps thatās why different APs are prescribed. I was told in diagnosis that Sz can go away with treatment, dementia is permanent.
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My mother who is in the final stages of Alzheimerās takes seroquel for psychosis. It doesnāt completely take care of it, but it does help her some. She still has a lot of trouble being unable to determine if what she is experiencing is on TV or actually happening. Alzheimerās is the worse illness I have ever seen.
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Iām so sorry, @Anngee. When my mom was dying from cancer, some of her medication made her lose her mind. She didnāt know us and thought we were trying to hold her captive,etc. She came out of that extreme state, but never returned completely. She lived for over a year longer. It was the longest goodbye, made more painful by her being there/not being there.
Now my dad has dementia and forgets more and moreā¦Itās him but itās not. Another long goodbye.
My heart goes out to you. 
ļø
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Iām so sorry Hedgehog. The long good-bye is such a fitting way to put it. I assume you know of the book by that name as wellā¦ a very good book. Iām the caregiver for my mother. One thing I never thought I would ever say is that Iām glad I know what itās like to lose touch with reality because it helps me in caring for my mother. I know how to soothe her when sheās hallucinating or becoming paranoid. You and your dad are in my thoughts.
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Last time i was at the hospital there was an older lady there who they were treating with antipsychotics. She was psychotic, catatonic, mumbling out something every couple of seconds. Her family were really supportive, they all came out to see her through it.
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I am 69 years old on small 1 mg dose Haldol and 25-37 mg dose Seroquel.
Dementia patients are sometimes aggitated and a/pās calm them down so some nursing homes used them liberally to avoid possible hassles.
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What age were you diagnosed if you donāt mind me asking? I was diagnosed 6 years ago. Iām mid 40s and have got it into my head that Iāve only got 10 years to go. 
Me? I was diagnosed this year, Iām 28. Iāve had symptoms since my teens but it became severe between 18 and 22, while I was in college. I sought help but at the same time I tried to hide my psychotic symptoms, so I ended up with a diagnosis of Bipolar 2 because all they knew about were my mood symptoms. I did that because I honestly was afraid that I would be put in a state hospital and never let out, if they knew I was hearing voices and all the other crazy things going on in my head. But this year I just got sick of it and as soon as I started being honest with my doctor she diagnosed me with Schizoaffective.
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Sorry that was directed at @robertc .
Yeah but I know you wanted to know my answer too, since Iām so awesome 
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I was prodromal, self-medicated for years. I went on Haldol at age 31 or so.
I am trying to eat vegan most times now.
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Have you heard of the Thug Kitchen cookbooks? They have tons of really delicious vegan recipes, and they are very easy to follow. There are a ton of swear words in it too.
I never heard of that. I don 't cook much.
I eat vegan at Chipotle and middle east places.