[Shmooey]

Saw my pdoc today and got my Haldol raised from 20 mg to 30 mg. I'm wondering if that is a lot.

Asking because three years ago, when I first asked my primary care doc to put me back on Haldol until I could get in with a psychiatrist, she gave me 1 mg tablets. Obviously 30 is a lot more than 1, but I also thought I'd heard of people going on 60 mg of Haldol a day. My session ran four minutes late already so I didn't get a chance to ask the pdoc and I don't see her again for eight more weeks. Curious about others' experience with this drug for SZA/SZ.

Along similar lines, she has been reducing my Effexor and Lamictal because she says they both stimulate dopamine and fight what the Haldol is trying to do. I used to be on 300 mg of Effexor and 250 mg of Lamictal. I've only been seeing this pdoc since January and she seems to really know what she's talking about.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

[kaliope]

I dont think the amount matters, it how it affects you. i took it for bipolar and was stable for the first time ever. i took 5 when i was at my worse and when done to .5 when i was on other meds with it and doing well. i'd take more or less depending on how i was feeling. but when i took five for long periods of time when i was doing well, people noticed that i seemed drugged up and not thinking clearly, but if i was really manic, i needed this much to function right. all our bodies are different and require different dosages to be effective. i am very sensitive to meds so dont need a lot. i get pdocs that let me play based on my cycles.

[Sometimes psychotic]

If you smoke at all you usually need a higher dose of antipsychotics to compensate....

[insilence]

they started me out on that one, gave me terrible restless leg. quit it when i got out.

[Shmooey]

I didn't know that about smoking. I have never smoked, but that's interesting.

I'll be taking 25 mg for the second night and then starting 30 mg tomorrow night. Hoping it goes well. Thanks for all the replies!

[newtus]

the most oral haldol ive been on has been 20mg.
the most of injection ive been on is 100mg.

30mg is pretty high. but whatever works in your case i suppose.

[CrazyLo]

It's a lot. Sorry if that scares you. From what I've read, most pdocs only go up to 20mg.

I am on 5mg oral, or 50mg injection.

[newtus]

im currently on 15mg and i feel crazy lethargy and tiredness all the time.

[Shmooey]

Yeah, I kind of thought it was a lot. It's got me tired right now, but hopefully I'll adjust. I also had excessive fatigue when I transitioned to 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg.

I don't know where I read that some people are on 60 mg, perhaps on another forum. There was a really good schizophrenia forum run by an independent guy on his own server, but it's been gone for the at least the past two years. I occasionally look for it again, just to see if it's been reincarnated.

Thanks for all the replies! Much appreciated.

[newtus]

Originally Posted by Shmooey

Yeah, I kind of thought it was a lot. It's got me tired right now, but hopefully I'll adjust. I also had excessive fatigue when I transitioned to 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg.

I don't know where I read that some people are on 60 mg, perhaps on another forum. There was a really good schizophrenia forum run by an independent guy on his own server, but it's been gone for the at least the past two years. I occasionally look for it again, just to see if it's been reincarnated.

Thanks for all the replies! Much appreciated.

was it run by a guy named Jason? i think i was on the same forum.

[CrazyLo]

Originally Posted by Shmooey

Yeah, I kind of thought it was a lot. It's got me tired right now, but hopefully I'll adjust. I also had excessive fatigue when I transitioned to 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg.

I don't know where I read that some people are on 60 mg, perhaps on another forum. There was a really good schizophrenia forum run by an independent guy on his own server, but it's been gone for the at least the past two years. I occasionally look for it again, just to see if it's been reincarnated.

Thanks for all the replies! Much appreciated.

High dose or not, as long as it helps!!!

[Shmooey]

It seems to be helping, thanks! Previously on 20 mg it felt like it had worn off by 1 p.m. (I take it all at night). The past couple of days have not been that way. I really hope this is the sweet spot. I don't want to keep increasing forever, and besides, this is the last link in my psych med cocktail that isn't finalized. Once we hit the Haldol sweet spot, I can be constant. Only four years of trying - should have fired my previous pdoc way before I did. This new one is fab.