I don't see why everyone is so against Haldol. I've taken it for psychosis in the past and I never had any adverse effects. I'm on Zyprexa now so I rarely ever need the Haldol but I do keep it around for emergencies. Zyprexa takes a day or 2 to start working so for acute psychosis its not that great but Haldol works a lot sooner. I'm a nurse at a long term care facility and many of my patients take Haldol for agitation and psychosis. None of them seem to be suffering adverse effects. But I agree you need a new pdoc. He shouldn't insist on having you take a medication you are not comfortable with. As for him not visiting you in the hospital that's unforgivable. WHen I was in the hospital my pdoc came to see me every morning before he went in to his office. He even came to see me in the hospital when I had my heart attack last year. I will miss him when he retires.