it really is a pick your poison situation. its all between TD or metabolic issues. Its a lose - lose situation to me. in my mind. ive been on haldol off/on for exactly a year now. since august 2013. half the time it was the injections. i was taking 100mg every 3 weeks. on the injection for 7 months. it made me gain weight and a bit sleepy but that was it. i now am back taking it in pill form in 15mg a day. the side effects are virtually gone now. idk why that is in pill form but it is. apparently.

ive taken every atypical and typical med approved by the FDA for the past 8-10 years now. except i havent taken clozapine. the atypicals hold true to giving weight gain as i ALWAYS have gained weight on them. including latuda and abilify.

on the typicals i just got really sleepy mostly. low weight gain but still weight gain. idk why that is for ME that i still gain weight on the typicals. but the weight is A LOT less than the atypical weight gain. so far anyway.

anyway the meds rarely help me anymore. the reason ive gone through all of them is because they either work OR they cause me massive weight gain. THE WORST BEING SEROQUEL for me. i gained 80 pounds on that. i became prediabetic on that. THANKFULLY i didnt get diabetes. and i lost all the 80 pounds. but the effects of the high dose of haldol injections has caused me to gain 40 pounds. during that 7 month period.

when i first took haldol in pill form the VERY FIRST TIME i got a dystonic reaction. i only got that 1-2 times. i dont get it anymore.