Haloperidol for Psychosis User Reviews (Page 2)

• tma
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 14, 2019

"I was given haloperidol by injection in the hospital for bipolar l on several occasions during "emergencies" where I was agitated and/or confused and once for severe paranoia. I believe they gave it with ativan each time. I know this drug has a lot of negative effects for some people, but it helped me every time, and I even took an injection voluntarily a couple of times, because of how quickly it calms me down most of the time. I was given an injection one night after getting very agitated and trying to leave the locked unit. I hadn't eaten or drank anything in days and hadn't showered. They were ready to give me IV fluids, but the day after I had the injection, I was able to think clearly enough to shower and eat. It's not for everyone, but I can say it has helped me as a PRN med."

• Il1234
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 31, 2018

"I have been diagnosed with schizoeffective disorder bipolar type and after being on several different medications am now taking haloperidol injection once a month. I have had extreme paranoia and hallucinations / delusions for the past 12 years. Have felt better and am more functional since taking haloperidol and Invega sustena. I feel akathesia a great deal almost daily and have struggled with the weight gain. I used to have a career before being diagnosed. Now find it difficult to hold down a job. I struggle to read at times too. Feel like it is effecting my cognitive abilities. Anyone care to share how they lost weight on this drug? Would be of great help."

• haldo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 16, 2017

"I feel great so far. I have been taking the medicine for 2 months. At first, I felt overheated, hungry for carbs and very sleepy, but after about a week, that wore off. I have a lot less anxiety and have not felt irritable. I was dwelling on negative/ paraniod thoughts before taking the medicine. Now, I have those thoughts much less often and it is easier to switch gears and think of something else. I did gain 10 pounds the first 2 weeks, but have since lost that weight by walking and not snacking between meals. I feel like I am less stressed out so I eat better now."

• Anony...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 22, 2015

"Was on this med for about 30 years. This medication is supposed to only be a temporary fix for anger,paranoia etc.. I took it long term and have permanent damage to my brain and nervous system! It is and old drug first used 1958!! There are so many other options out there now. Don't get started on this drug. You will become dependent on it and will not be able to stop taking it. When I take it I get really paranoid and have anxiety attacks. I can't sit still and pace all day. The worse thing about it is my mom remembers me taking it when I was 16 and it used to work good for me. Now I am 51 and don't need it anymore. I smoked some weed when I was 16 that was laced with PCP. The doctor said the PCP get's in your brain and could take decades"

• itsme...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 8, 2020

"I have used haloperidol for almost a year now, since then I've lost interest of many things, even life itself. It didn't really connect the dots with this medication. Reading some other reviews some other people experience the same thing. Even though I got a care authorization and I am obligated to take these medicine, I'm gonna quit it and see how it goes. But it did really help with my psychosis so I hope I don't get a relapse"

• Lauren...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 22, 2020

"Okay I’m 24 years old and I’m usually on Zoloft, depakote and Ativan (as needed) but in July I had a psychotic episode where I had to get sent to the hospital for about a week. Before I left they injected me with this and I immediately felt unusually calm and relaxed but the next day I started slobbering, drooling all over my shirt, stuttering which I never do, not talking clearly, SLEEPING ALL DAY, I felt restless, anxious, hopeless and depressed and these side effects lasted for about 23 days. It felt like heaven when it wore off and I felt like my normal self again. My mom wants me to get put on haldol again but I refused and told the doctor I’d rather be put on something else and they agreed. Never again will I use this medication sure being sleepy and slobbering is “better” than having a psychotic episode but this medication sucks. 1/10"

• Amanda...
• June 13, 2017

"Was started in this in the hospital for psychotic bipolar disorder. Asked for a refill when I was released. Makes your mind quiet, sedated, calm. No hallucinations no delusions. Glad I had a doctor that uses typical antipsychotics because the atypical never worked for me. Aside from the diarrhea this drug is everything and more."

• beauty
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 13, 2016

"I had a very spiritual experience where I was having convos with spirits unseen. This was disturbing to my family members and because they did not understand what was happening I got upset at them. They called the doc etc. and I was taken to the hospital for observation. After few weeks being there they forced haldol on me. My conscienceness got lower and I eventually came down from those levels. I got 5 mg oral. They slowly got me off the meds and I was sent home. When I stopped with the meds I got a deep psychose. But was protected by my ancestors. Side effects: lowers IQ, drooling, no happy moments for you. Bad medicine. Used on horses. Made in Belgium by docs who don't know how it feels to have a psychose."

• My...
• September 14, 2011

"My son had a severe acute psychosis and was put on haloperidol for about 2-3 days. He had quite a bad reaction of dystonia (muscle stiffness) which is more common in young people and males (he was 17). He had trouble swallowing, drooled, arched his back involuntarily, etc. It was awful. I do think it helped the psychosis somewhat, but he could not tolerate it."

• AshEd
• December 22, 2016

"Was put on Haldol after being put on several atypicals: Abilify (no effect), Risperdal (high blood pressure/ heart arrhythmia), Geodon (panic attacks/ nightmares). Glad I was switched. Have noticed some side effects with Haldol (slight tremor/ restlessness) but nothing serious. Will definitely be sticking with this medication. Works better for me than the newer meds."

• Dirty...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 15, 2013

"Only medicine that controls my psychotic symptoms. Does cause some akasthesia. No other side effects noted. The atypical antipsychotics caused weight gain, rapid heart rate, and aggression. Glad I was prescribed an old school tried and true medicine."

• pjo
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 11, 2012

"Immediately felt a lot better taking this. After a couple of weeks now I have been feeling some kinesia-related issues: sore joints, sore muscles, but I'm not exactly sure it correlates to this medicine because my activity level is varied also. It helps voices and conspiracies chill out. But maybe that's exactly what "they" want! But I have felt immediately better, but am concerned about long-term effects considering the sudden onset of other symptoms. I have been nothing but tired lately too, while I've been getting more sleep and sleeping earlier also. This is something I need to address with my doctors and it does seem like a medicine that does have need for monitoring of the effects. I'd rather not be on it very long."

• ashcole
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 27, 2016

"I was prescribed haldol when I went in patient for borderline personality disorder. Though haldol does help with my anger and agitation as well as suspiciousness and paranoia, it makes me so restless that I'm crying and would rather die than suffer like that. It makes me pace around constantly and I can't sleep because I HAVE to walk around and move my legs. I was also prescribed trileptal while I was there, which in conjunction with the haldol, makes me get such blurred vision that I'm walking into things and can't function. I stopped taking trileptal due to the side effects of taking it with the haldol and was put on lamictal which had no side effects. My outpatient psychiatrist has since taken me off the haldol due to the restlessness."

• Jc222
• May 2, 2018

"I was extremely irritable and anxious and delusional. I still have delusions but only been taking for 1 day. I feel better much less obsessive on the odd thoughts I was having. My sleep is also back on track as it was all over the place hopefully the longer I take it the better it gets but so far feeling much better overnight"

• Jess
• April 20, 2018

"I have psychotic depression but have also been diagnosed as schizoaffective. I was put on haldol the last time I was put in the psych ward. It worked for my anxiety and delusions, didn't make them worse like most antipsychotics, but I did sleep pretty much constantly the next week while hospitalized. I'm not sure why that wasn't concerning to the doctors. I took it for the next 11 months and even with exercise and attempts at dieting could only manage to go up and down 10 lbs. I had gained 120lbs on Resperdal that I wanted to get off. After 11 months my weight just started shooting up and I just kept gaining until I took myself off haldol. I stopped gaining off and managed to lose weight . It also messed with my cholesterol and I slept over 10 hours a day on it, closer to 14. I never felt like myself either but was the most functional that I have been on psych meds. All these symptoms have gone away since I stopped the drugs. I also took wellbutrin and lexapro."

• Tye...
• September 14, 2014

"Out of all the neuroleptics I've been on, haloperidol helped my paranoia far better. I did not experience weight gain at all, but I take benztropine for muscle spasms, tremors in my hands and muscle stiffness- all of these are side effects from the haloperidol."

• Ruben...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 15, 2022

Haldol (haloperidol) "I was on 150 mg of haldol and I gained weight, I stuttered and I feel off-key and debilitated as well as suffering from erectile dysfunction as a result of taking haldol. It's got a catchall use for schizophrenia and unfortunately if you are labelled as something it can be hard to shake the label and so I am not actually schizophrenic but am treated like that and given haldol which in turn is something of a pointless med for me, just slows everything down, found myself chewing my tongue sometimes..."

• hawy
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 18, 2022

Haldol (haloperidol) "I have taken haldol multiple times for schizophrenia. I have also tried most of the atypical antipsychotics. Haldol has the least side effects for me and works the best. Depending on the dose, I can get restless but I can control that by splitting the dose up throughout the day. Other than that, I have no side effects."

• haldol
• July 5, 2016

"I am doing good while on haldol, still a bit of anxiety, but I can cope it is way more controlled now. Not sure I will ever be not sick, I am taking 20 drops in the morning and 10 in the mid day, 5mg pill before night...My sleep is very good, no dreams....That is a huge step with controlling my PTSD....I feel good during the day and can function, only downside, Im a bit of a hermit do not really want to leave my house....In all I think a good drug for those who need it..."

• LilJa...
• March 20, 2017

"Overnight relief from psychosis, controls intrusive thoughts and slows the brain down so you have control of your mind. Such a good feeling to be in control! I do experience fidgeting with limbs, especially my toes. Involuntary muscle spasms went away after about a month."

• Carlo
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 5, 2018

"Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur while taking haloperidol: More common Difficulty with speaking or swallowing inability to move the eyes loss of balance control mask-like face muscle spasms, especially of the neck and back restlessness or need to keep moving (severe) shuffling walk stiffness of the arms and legs trembling and shaking of the fingers and hands twisting movements of the body weakness of the arms and legs"

• elias...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 10, 2017

"I was given this medication for bi-polar to replace ALL A-TYPICAL ANTI-PSYCHOTICS that cause weight gain. I heard typical anti-psychotics don't cause weight gain. So I told my doctor to give me a typical anti-psychotic and she gave me haloperidol 2mg.....the good news is that my psychosis or my depression or whatever got much much better. The bad news is that I cant stop moving around. If I sit down, I can only stay down for 5 to 10 minutes then I have to get up and when am sitting down I move around a lot. My psychiatrist told me to live with it. It's either weight gain or unstoppable moving. What a witch. But eventually the shaking stopped for some reason and I don't move around anymore. Go figure. I also didn't gain weight so that's good"

• elias...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 3, 2022

"I had to play around with the dosage but I finally found the right dose. I took the 10mg and it worked but I couldn't stop moving around and had restlessness. My psychiatrist gave me benztropine for the shaking and it stopped. But for some reason he took away the benztropine. So my psychiatrist gave me 5mg and I still had the moving around and restlessness. So finally I was given the 2mg and for some reason not only did it stop my psychosis but the restlessness and moving around had stop."

• Tjtay...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2017

"I was prescribed handily in the psych ward and after receiving an shot I felt very relaxed. Unfortunately the oral pill form isn't the same. I immediately get stiff and anxious to the point that my neck and shoulders were in complete spams. Dr had to order another shot to counteract that and also give me a muscle relaxer. All in all, I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest and I couldn't relax at all."

• Sab
• May 20, 2020

"I was on this medication haloperidol for psychosis for 3.5 years. It prevented me from having another episode, and I was still using street drugs. I still had paranoid delusions about my partner but at least I didn’t have a psychosis. Side effects only higher cholesterol and increased prolactin levels. All and all the medication wasn’t too bad."