- Antipsychotic drugs again
... am having her physician do a gradual withdrawal of Haldol (see interactions below), I ask myself if a patient ... I ask for the withdrawal due to lucid patients on Haldol described it as "chemical torture from within."
... reported in association with the administration of HALDOL . The nature of the evidence makes it impossible to ... determine definitively what role, if any, HALDOL played in the outcome of the reported cases. The possibilit ... y that HALDOL caused death cannot, of course, be excluded, but it...
- what would happen if alzheimer was left untreated
... five of her meds and now getting rid of the sixth - Haldol - and I'll keep trying to decrease or end the others...
- Update on my mom - please advise
... got another physician - now we're down to six and Haldol (the chemical torture drug) is gradually being withdrawn...
- Mom's A Wanderer
... having her weaned off of the chemical torture drug Haldol after I changed her physician. There are other medications ... assistant can prescribe so you can tell them HELL NO to Haldol .
You should get a copy of all the drugs that are...
- Unrelenting screaming
... 24/7 and I'm beginning to burn out. Despite trying Haldol , Respiridol, and a few other anti-psychotic drugs...
- Home Care - When is it needed?
... warehoused' in a ALF.
Check with her physician – Haldol – is a prescription for Hallucinations and...
- Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital
... discussing this fact with the doctor, he placed him on Haldol which also did not work. Now we are bAck where we...
... screaming, fighting mess. The psych ward also had her on Haldol , but after I investigated it there were way too many...
- No Sleep? What now?
... sleep for 4 daays and they were giving her ambien haldol and other things but to no avail. she would not sleep...
- Something to ponder
... begging me to take her home; the hospital gave her HALDOL which left her unable to walk for a week. They bloodied...
- Seeing Bugs - Just this past week!!!
... know.
another thought i have is that i've heard Haldol helps minimize psychoses associated with AD (seeing...
... Hi Sue,
Thanks for the haldol information. Ya know, he is on a lot medicines, but...
- So worried about my mom...
... anything else? In the hosp they gave her one dose of Haldol (I asked them to switch to Seroquel b/c Haldol so...
- How to choose meds?
... he didn't want her on a benzo so he switched her to Haldol - seemed extreme to me but he said it would really...
... Hi Sue,
Haldol used to be the big gun (talking 20 years), but that...
... no matter what, never let them give your loved one Haldol because that turns them into a zombie. Then I read...
- Physical Therapy and Dementia??
... t like benzodiazapenes for dementia so prescribed Haldol . She seemed okay on it last night but still wouldn ... discharge worker said they'd accept Risperdol but not Haldol , but the NH I spoke to said 'none'. Where would...
- Robbed of Some Good Weeks....Help
... the Med-Surg unit, where they kept him dosed up with Haldol , even after I expressed my disbelief in that drug ... geriatric pysch unit on Friday afternoon, he has had no Haldol . As he struggles to get the Haldol out of his system ... just can't help but think that all of that trauma and HALDOL pushed him along faster! A few weeks may not seem...
... the reason he went there?
If I am not mistakern, Haldol is a psychological drug, an anti psychotic .. what ... gradually improve? He may be allergic to something in that Haldol .. or it just confused his poor head even more.
...
... your father can get back to his recent normal as the Haldol leaves his system, as time passes, and as he returns...
... I looked up Haldol to check on side affects and such. Haldol may cause ... this information on but it's easy to find. Look up Haldol and then look up Tardive Dyskinesia.
I've heard ... a lot of bad things about Haldol . You were absolutely correct in not wanting it to...
- Monday Was the Worst Day of My Life
... snapped then, and he became combative. He was then given HALDOL -which never worked before and certainly didn't work ... We could not keep him in bed...they gave him more Haldol . He was falling asleep on the bedside commode, but...
... record be marked so everyone knows from the start that Haldol doesn't help and may make things worse.
Call and...
- consumed with worry
... everything that she has been given to help calm her down - haldol being one of them - and the moving from one hospital...
- Need Advice on Medications
... -- that made him worse. Now they have put him on Haldol and we're not happy with it. Oh he's calmer alright ... back to the doctor yesterday and he took him off the Haldol for a few days until he becomes agitated again then...
... honest with you, I would be upset if that were my dad. Haldol is a drug that should be started at the lowest dose ... possible that the tremors were caused by too much Haldol . If they want to try it again, I would make certain...
... be on something because he's "a danger".
The haldol has been stopped for a few days then when he goes...
... problem at her worst.
Is there a way to adjust the Haldol dose so he gets less? Maybe half the usual dose would...
... like the idea of drugs either; once they gave him Haldol because they said he got defiant and punched the nurse...
... off all meds but I think that they will restart the haldol today.
Does anyone know of another form of sedative...
- Very Agitated Alzheimers
... My gentleman is now on haldol and it seems to be helping him settle down and relaxing...
- Carepartner help (caregiver)
... Is used with many patients.I wouldn't want to be on Haldol as In many people It makes them very hyper,I have...
... The Dr. did place him on Haldol and for the moment it is working. Next week, he may...
- Down Syndromw
... doctor about putting the member on a seditive like haldol or a sleeping agent like ambian which has very few...
- Don't know what else to do...please help.
... Antipsychotics: abilify, geodon, seroquel, risperidol, haldol , invega, zyprexa, symbyax
Antidepressants: Lexapro...
- For my darling son...
... a temporary psychosis.
They started him off on Haldol - I know this is one of the older medicines, it was ... cost. It seems they have to try the older cheaper Haldol first because the health insurance won't pay the diffrence...
... is feeling better on the Zyprexa and is now off the Haldol .
Keep us updated....it must be so difficult being...
... up actually is noted to work more effectively than Haldol does in terms of addressing psychosis. So it may...
... would say about 70/80%...he still gets a low dose of Haldol in the evening at about 7 and goes to bed straight...
- Coming Down from Space
... valporate...) stuff, telgretol, neurontin, resperidol, haldol (bad news), paxil, prozac, etc.
Cheers,
Tigerlily...
- single mom with bp and psychosis
... just give me more hallucinations, I am just on 2mg haldol .
Serine, blessings...
- hello! info on navane or other typicals please!
... depakote. This past episode, my wife was stabilized on Haldol , because she's pregnant. It took roughly twice the ... time for her to stabilize. With haldol , I've noticed akathesia, which is probably due to...
- Calling all Spouses of Bipolars
... like finding water with a divining rod. She's on haldol , 10mg/per day, but the akathesia has been intolerable...
- Ever get that surreal feeling?
... And the whole time I thought I was just on lithium, haldol , and ativan lol.
I wish I could tell you what I ... I was discharged to start getting back to reality ( haldol has a half-life of 3 weeks)... If you are on meds...
- Anyone feeling like your medications not right
... hospital while on lithium, although I was also on haldol ... like one minute I knew who I was and what I was ... .. those didn't stop until I got out, and off the haldol and down to 600mg/day... you would think they would...
- i miss being hypomanic
... manic I got, but with mixed symptoms (I was also on Haldol )... now I only go out when forced to (last week I...
- Anyone else get this?
... in the hospital with the delusions I had while on Haldol (some of its side effects include hearing/seeing things...
... although I know it's good I quit). Enter lithium + haldol = severe paranoia and agorophobia and social anxiety...
- Anyone have issues with sex?????
... once hospitalized, however, I was put on lithium and haldol - as soon as this happened, I skyrocketed into full ... my jacked up prison world). After getting off the Haldol and lowering my lithium dosage, it took about a week...
- Tardive symptoms have put me to a halt
... which the traditional anti-psychotics (Thorazine, Haldol , etc.) were notorious for causing. If I were to guess...