[dolphingirl]

My pdoc gave me a low dose (0.5mg) of haldol a couple years mainly for a movement disorder. In addition to depression/anxiety I also have mild hallucinations from time to time and "brain chatter". Pdoc figured the haldol might help with that some too. Well, after about 6 weeks or so at the next appointment pdoc asked about the movements, hallucinations, and brain chatter and side effects. I told pdoc that I couldn't tell if there was a decrease in movements, but there was a decrease in the brain chatter/hallucinations, but it made me really tired, so I was only able to take it at night. Pdoc asked if I wanted to keep taking the haldol and I told him no.

Over the past 2 years I took it a few times and pdoc would ask occasionaly if I had been taking any. He also seems to think that these are anxiety/stress related. Last week at the appointment as pdoc was asking me how often/if xyz was worse/better I told him that the "brain chatter"/hallucinations were more than the occasional times they usually occur. Then pdoc asked me if they were bad enough for a new prescription for haldol. I told him no. Why haldol? There are a lot of newish medications, though he isn't one to prescribe new medications just because of advertisements/newness, there are newer ones than haldol without being completely new. Is there something specific about Haldol compared to the others that some of you know about that can be helpful?

My best guess as to why your psychiatrist wants to stay with Haldol is that it's very effective in controlling motor movement.

I hope this helps.

[ofthevalley]

I take haldol and like it well enough. I would guess your doc picked haldol because you are tolerating it well. It's tough to find an ap that works so why fix it if it's not broken. Good luck I hope if helps

[dolphingirl]

The thing was I was taking 0.25mg at night before bed and tried 0.5mg at bedtime a few times. It didn't effect the movement disorder. The only side effects were it made me tired/ fall asleep, but it was a really small dose so I'm not sure if it would cause too many side effects.

[ofthevalley]

Originally Posted by dolphingirl

The thing was I was taking 0.25mg at night before bed and tried 0.5mg at bedtime a few times. It didn't effect the movement disorder. The only side effects were it made me tired/ fall asleep, but it was a really small dose so I'm not sure if it would cause too many side effects.

I didn't have any side effects from taking haldol. I really like that it's an older drug. I feel like it's been tested more and the side effects (if any) are more well known. That is a tiny dose that you were taking. I take 8 Mgs per day. I take 4 in the morning and 4 at night.